POOLER, Ga. (WTOC) – Being a police officer can be the most dangerous job — as well as the most rewarding. For one Pooler Police officer, his work speaks for itself. You have heard the saying at work — that person is on the ‘fast track.’ Officer Nicolas Silva-Brown, 22, with the Pooler Police Department embodies that statement. “Started here at 18,” Silva-Brown said. Silva-Brown grew up in Pompano Beach in Broward County, Florida, where a deputy steered him in the right direction. When he moved to Pooler, he said the Pooler Police Department guided him the same way. “Grew up in Florida in Broward County, Florida, in Pompano Beach. And a deputy kind of steered me in the right way when I was growing up. And when I moved to Pooler, the Pooler Police Department kind of guided me the same way,” Silva-Brown said. With just over three years on the job, his work keeping Pooler residents safe has been recognized several times. In 2024, Silva-Brown was recognized as a top officer in the entire state by Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He placed third in the state for Rookie of the Year and received the MADD Shield Award for his DUI enforcement that year. “I was third place in the entire state for rookie of the year. I received that award for the DUI’s that I worked for that year,” Silva-Brown said. “For that year I believe I had 26.” For Silva-Brown, DUI enforcement is personal. In 2023, he said he was almost killed by a suspected drunk driver while working. “They kill a lot of…
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