CONWAY — “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
Michael Santuccio chose law enforcement, and after 36 years of service — the first 14 with the Conway Police Department and the last 22 with the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office — he retired last Thursday (July 31). He never regretted his career decision for a minute.
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