By Kyle Coppola
Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Welcomes New Volunteer Chaplain
The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office welcomed a new member to its team Monday morning as Sheriff Breeden officially swore in Chaplain Richey as part of the department’s new volunteer chaplain program.
The initiative, launched by Sheriff Breeden, aims to provide emotional and spiritual support to deputies and staff during times of crisis or conflict. As a volunteer chaplain, Richey will offer comfort, guidance, and encouragement to department personnel as needed.
(Sumter County Sheriff Breeden welcomes Chaplain Richey to the team. Photo Credit – SCSO.)
Welcome Chaplain Richey!
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
