Steve Hammond is a corrections Corrections Officer who protects and secures our prisons and is a longtime member with the Michigan Corrections Organization. Thank you Steve Hammond for your dedication to the citizens of the State of Michigan.
(Originally Published in the Lansing State Journal)
Over the past 14 months, the COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on hardworking Michiganders and forced our state and nation to take a deeper look at our collective values, priorities, and vision for the future.
Even before dispatch asked for assistance from the Mio Field Office, Jennifer Hansen and her colleagues at the outpost of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) were tracking the growing wildfire. A jack pine stand had caught fire near Grayling, Michigan, and containing it was going to take coordination between multiple agencies.