Manhattan PD Gets 2 New Officers, Another Moves To Detective

MANHATTAN, IL — The Manhattan Police Department got two new members added to its ranks and another officer took on a new role as detective during Tuesday's Manhattan Village Board of Trustees meeting.

Thomas Scully and Tyler Bogdan were officially sworn in by Village Clerk Shelly Lewis during the meeting.

Scully has seven years experience as a police officer with the Midlothian, Orland Hills and Orland Park Police Departments, while Bogdan has a year-and-a-half years under his belt from the Matteson Police Department and another year experience as the community service officer for Orland Hills, according to Manhattan Police Chief Jeff Wold.

"They're both eager to get to work," Wold said. "Scully has significant experience in investigations and patrol, and [Bogdan] has experience in patrol. We're looking forward to having them in our department."

In addition to the two new officers, a current Manhattan PD officer was chosen as the department's new detective.

Jared Pomaranski took his new oath of office Tuesday, as well. Pomaranski has been with the Manhattan PD for two years, and during that time has served as a patrol officer, officer-in-charge, and evidence technician. He will continue to serve as an evidence technician in addition to his new duties.

"He's done an excellent job on patrol," Wold said. "We went through a process to see who wanted to be selected for investigations, and we conducted some interviews, and he was best suited it."

Both Scully and Bogdan will go through an abbreviated field training program to familiarize themselves with the specifics of the Manhattan PD because each was a lateral hire from their previous police departments. They are expected to be fully out on their own performing their duties in about seven or eight weeks, Wold said.