City hires 2 police officers

Staff Reports

Columbus Police Department has hired two new officers, Cody Wooten and Sean Deem.

Wooten, 36, is a Westport resident and a South Decatur High School graduate. He previously worked for the New Albany Police Department, where he was a field training officer, firearms instructor and a member of the SWAT Team. Wooten has also been with the Indiana National Guard for 19 years, where he holds the rank of first sergeant. Wooten has been deployed to Bosnia and Iraq.

Deem, 26, is from Greenwood. He graduated from Greenwood High School and attended Indiana State University, where he graduated in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in criminology. Deem is a graduate of the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy and is currently in the Indiana Army Nation Guard.

Wooten and Deem will begin the Columbus Police Department Field Training program later this month.