Photo Contributed by City of Elizabethton Public Relations City Clerk Preston Cobb, left, administers the oath for becoming an Elizabethton Police Officer to Rocky Matthew Croy, Jr.

Photo contributed by City of Elizabethton Public Relations Three generations of police officers were on hand for Monday morning’s swearing-in ceremony for Rocky Matthew Croy, Jr. (center) who became a member of the Elizabethton Police Department. Joining Croy, Jr. were EPD Captain Matthew Croy (father, on left) and Rocky Croy, a retired Carter County Sheriff's Department employee (grandfather, on right).

Photo contributed by City of Elizabethton Public Relations Rocky Matthew Croy, Jr. (center) is joined by his family at Monday morning's ceremony at Elizabethton City Hall.