21 years of service: Gardner retires

SMT photos/Sara Eisinger. More than 150 law enforcement officers, dignitaries, friends and family members wish Jason Gardner, Swain County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy retiree, a happy retirement at the Business Education and Training Center on Friday, March 21. Gardner has 30 years of creditable law enforcement service.

Swain County Sheriff Curtis Cochran presents Jason Gardner, Swain County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy retiree, with retirement gifts following 21 years of service to the county at the Business Education and Training Center on Friday, March 21. Prior law enforcement experience included serving with the Marion Police Department for five years and Belmont Police Department for another three years.