Sean C. Morgan
Gerrit Southard got into the law enforcement business via an unusual path, but he brought three years of police experience when he started work at Sweet Home Police Department on Dec. 2.
Southard grew up in Salem and graduated from Sprague High School in 2000 and from Willamette University in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and a minor in math.
After graduation he had the opportunity to become a…