article_snippet.sent: Among the details were that Slager had graduated from Lenape High School in Medford, N.J, in 2001 and was a waiter at an Italian restaurant before he joined the U.S. Coast Guard in 2003.
article_snippet.sent: he spent six years with the U.S. Coast Guard working as a mechanic and engineer and then became involved in security on board vessels.
article_snippet.sent: he was hired by the North Charleston Police Department in December 2009 and attended the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy for a nine-week training course.