(Marion, IA) — Marion’s newest police officer is believed to also be the youngest ever hired by the eastern Iowa department. Officer Kylie McCaughey joined the Department in 2021 at 18-years-old and has since turned 19. McCaughey tells KCRG TV that she has wanted to be a police officer for as long as she can remember. McCaughey completed about one year of college in 2020 during high school at Lin-Mar, and then applied to the department the following year. Marion Police Chief Mike Kitsmiller tells KCRG TV he wasn’t sure about hiring someone so young until he talked to McCaughey and he was sold. Officer McCaughey says the job is everything she’s wanted it to be.
