The City of Hiram welcomed two new officers to the police force this week.

Jessie Gantt and Jared McLaughlin are new to the department, the city said on Facebook.

Gantt, a native of Greenwood, S.C., who moved to Douglasville three years ago, is a U.S. Army veteran. He said he became an officer “to try to make a positive change in my community.”

McLaughlin, the son of Gina Robinson and Thomas McLaughlin, is a resident of Dallas who joined the force “to help serve and protect the community I grew up in.”