Wood Hopes To Continue Making A Difference As The New Sheriff

  • Justin Wood, the Tecumseh Public Schools Director of Community Engagement, poses with his father, Freeland Wood, who is the Pottawatomie County Sheriff Elect. F. Wood was a police officer for the City of Shawnee, Shawnee High School and North Rock Creek for 36 and a half years before winning the Sheriff’s election this year. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
    Justin Wood, the Tecumseh Public Schools Director of Community Engagement, poses with his father, Freeland Wood, who is the Pottawatomie County Sheriff Elect. F. Wood was a police officer for the City of Shawnee, Shawnee High School and North Rock Creek for 36 and a half years before winning the Sheriff’s election this year. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

    On Jan. 6, 2025, there will be a new sheriff in Pottawatomie County.

    But Freeland Wood is no stranger - especially not to Shawnee. Wood has been in law enforcement for 36-and-a-half years, and he enjoys building positive relationships.

    Wood said he wanted to be in law enforcement since he was a kid, when he and his cousin, Patrick Hernandez, would play “Starsky and Hutch” - a popular TV police drama…