Steven Hutchens/Credit: KS Department of Wildlife and Parks

(KMZA)--The Seneca Police Department is welcoming a new part-time officer.

The move comes after the Seneca City Council approved the hiring of Steven Hutchens at their April 1st meeting. Hutchens will be joining the department at a salary of $23 an hour.

Hutchens is currently a game warden with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks and grew up in rural northeast Kansas. He earned a bachelor’s degree in natural resources from Fort Hays State University in 2024, and soon after graduation, began working with the Department of Wildlife and Parks in Marshall and Washington counties.