The Mercer Island Police Department recently welcomed its newest officer, Huy Nguyen, left. Last month, he graduated from the police academy, where he was greeted by Mercer Island Police Chief Ed Holmes, right. Nguyen was born and raised in Vietnam and completed school and worked in Ho Chi Minh City. Nguyen, his parents and his younger sister immigrated to the United States in 2018, and he served as an airman for the United States Air Force and now continues his military service as a reservist. Courtesy photo