The Gorham Police Department recently hired an additional officer, Shannon Coffey, a native of Bohemia, New York. Coffey has lived in Maine for the past year and worked as a reserve officer in Old Orchard Beach.

A graduate of Franklin Pierce University, Coffey comes from a long line of military and law enforcement members. A former Division II athlete, she ran track and field and was also a pole vaulter.

She is a member of the Emerald Society, an organization for Irish police officers. Coffey is “very excited to be working here in Gorham.”