Police department's mechanic still enjoys job 29 years into it

Jeff Nicoson, 48, has been a mechanic with the Danville Police Department for nearly 29 years. He oversees a fleet of about 45 police vehicles and regularly repairs the 18 cars on active patrol.

Nicoson rotates each one through a bumper-to-bumper inspection schedule. The active patrol cars each average between 700 and 1,100 miles a week. Occasionally, Nicoson has to don biohazard gear to clean out vomit, blood or urine from the back seat of a patrol car. He is also on call 24 hours a day.

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