CCHS graduate joins Charles City police force

By Mary Pieper, Special to the Charles City Press

For Charles City’s newest police officer, law enforcement is something that runs in the family.

Dylan Isakson, a 2015 Charles City High School graduate who joined the department in April, said like many teens he chose a few careers he might be interested in pursuing.

“It helped that my uncle (Officer Lenny Luft) is on the police force here too,” he said. “As a kid growing up, having him around, it was just kind of one of those things. I thought, ‘Maybe that’s something I want to do.’”

Isakson, 23, was raised in Colwell, which is part of the Charles City School District.

After graduating from high school, he worked in construction and had a few other jobs.

Isakson worked at the Floyd County Jail, run by the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office, for 2½ years. He said he received a lot of on-the-job training, so it was good preparation for becoming a police officer.

Since joining the CCPD, Isakson has gone on patrol. However, he’s still in the training process.

“It’s been a lot of learning,” he said. “It’s been fun.”

It’s also been a lot of hard work, but it helps that he’s familiar with the community, he said.

Isakson will attend the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy in the fall.