“At your service 24 hours a day, seven days a week” says the webpage of the DeWitt County Office of the Sheriff, a sentiment that easily describes longtime law enforcement agent Santos Calderon, Jr.
Serving for over 40 years in DeWitt County, Calderon made a childhood dream a reality when he joined the Yorktown Police Department in 1978 at the age of 19.
“I was in the 25th session of police training by the Victoria Police Department. It was out at the airport. I think that was one of the last training they did there,” Calderon said, adding, ”it is now done at the college.
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