Fentress officially recognized as GCSO Deputy of the Year

The Grayson County Sheriff’s Office’s 2023 Deputy of the Year was recently officially recognized by Fiscal Court.

In December, it was announced that Deputy Sean Fentress was selected by his peers and supervisors as the GCSO Deputy of Year. Sheriff Norman Chaffins formally presented a plaque to Fentress at Thursday’s Fiscal Court meeting.

“I want to personally thank Sean for his dedication,” Sheriff Norman Chaffins said as he presented Fentress with the plaque. “He has our K-9 (and) he’s done an outstanding job … Zeus and Sean continue to remove some the drugs that infest our community, and get them off the street. And I’m greatly appreciative of that.”

Fentress graduated from the Department of Criminal Justice Training in Richmond in early December 2019. But Fentress didn’t merely graduate, the 2011 Grayson County High School alum graduated at the top of his class in the academic portion of his training and additionally received a leadership award.

Zeus, an East German Shepherd, began his service with the sheriff’s office in late February 2022 after the K-9 officer and Fentress were certified in narcotics detection.

Photo l-r: Sheriff Norman Chaffins, Deputy Sean Fentress)