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Monday, November 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM

Sheriff says Mercier ‘heart and soul’ of Jr. Police Academy

“He was the heart and sole behind the Junior Police Academy.”

Brantley County Sheriff Len Davis gives Deputy Mike Mercier, who passed away Saturday, March 29, 2025, all the credit for the success of the annual Junior Police Academy held each year after school is dismissed for the summer.

The summer academy for youth started under former Sheriff Robert Thomas.

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