The 20 year old admitted to driving the bulldozer, owned by the excavating company working on the downtown water main project, after a friend bet him $100.00 that he would not drive the vehicle.
Dermot is a young man from Colorado and he and his mother have been travelling across the country visiting different police departments and law enforcement agencies.
The Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police offers departments around the state accreditation, if those departments are able to meet 105 different professional standards.
The Marshall Police Department says Tuesday that the subject was seen approaching the kids at Marshall Middle School, as well as the Marshall District Library.