Director of Manatee Technical College Law Enforcement Academy retires

Director of Manatee Technical College Law Enforcement Academy retires

When Mill Creek's Jay Romine started out as a police officer with the Palmetto Police Department in 1979, officers were issued guns but not bullets.Because he was 18-years-old, Romine had a problem — he wasn’t old enough to purchase bullets.“The chief (Mike Rushing at the time) put me in his car, and we drove down to the local sporting goods store, which was owned by my cousin,” he said with a chuckle. “The chief bought me three boxes of 357 rou…