JACKSON — Officer Andrew Koplin is doing a job he loves.
Koplin is the newest full-time police officer for the Jackson Police Department after graduating from the New Hampshire Police Standards & Training Police Academy in Concord on Dec. 18. The grueling 16-week academy was everything he thought it would be and more.
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