Officer Jake Jostes has been promoted to Sargeant within the Clinton Police Department.

Many know Jostes as the City's K-9 handler who works an overnight shift. Monday night at the Clinton City Council meeting, police chief Ben Lowers spoke high praises of Jostes.

Jostes says it is a real honor be have been able to move up through the ranks of the Clinton Police Department and says it means a lot to have been accepted by the community.

Jostes chose his parents to pin his new collar brass to his uniform and his wife, Amy, pinned his Sargeant badge during his swearing-in ceremony Monday night.