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XII. “In the Mailbox” <br />2014 Annual Report · Police Department · St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br />27 <br />I was leaving for work shortly before <br />8:00, and my children (ages 3 and 1) <br />came to the front door to wave goodbye <br />to me. That didn’t last long because <br />they saw a police car parked across the <br />street by the park, and immediately <br />began waving at the officer in the car. <br />He happened to see them waving and <br />rolled down his window to greet them. <br />My wife let my kids sit on our front step, <br />and the officer carried on a conversation <br />with my children (as best as one could <br />with kids those ages). It probably took <br />just two minutes out of the officer’s day, <br />but it completely thrilled my kids. I just <br />wanted to thank him for his kindness. <br />As you know, YOU gave our f <br />a <br />m <br />i <br />l <br />y <br /> <br />tremendous relief by fi nding the person <br />who committed the crime an <br />d <br /> <br />t <br />h <br />e <br />n <br /> <br />obtained a guilty plea. I am f <br />o <br />r <br />e <br />v <br />e <br />r <br /> <br />grateful for your work!! I will <br /> <br />n <br />e <br />v <br />e <br />r <br /> <br />f <br />o <br />r <br />g <br />e <br />t <br /> <br />the relief you gave our family. <br />Reaching into your ow <br />n <br /> <br />p <br />o <br />c <br />k <br />e <br />t <br /> <br />to provide this person <br />w <br />i <br />t <br />h <br /> <br />s <br />o <br />m <br />e <br /> <br />food and temporary sh <br />e <br />l <br />t <br />e <br />r <br /> <br />i <br />s <br /> <br />w <br />h <br />a <br />t <br /> <br />most would consider “a <br />b <br />o <br />v <br />e <br /> <br />a <br />n <br />d <br /> <br />beyond”….especially w <br />h <br />e <br />n <br /> <br />y <br />o <br />u <br /> <br />take into consideration <br /> <br />h <br />o <br />w <br /> <br />m <br />a <br />n <br />y <br /> <br />similarly situated peop <br />l <br />e <br /> <br />a <br /> <br />p <br />o <br />l <br />i <br />c <br />e <br /> <br />officer routinely contac <br />t <br />s <br />. <br />I’m grateful to the St. <br /> <br />A <br />n <br />t <br />h <br />o <br />n <br />y <br /> <br />P <br />o <br />l <br />i <br />c <br />e <br /> <br />D <br />e <br />p <br />a <br />r <br />t <br />m <br />e <br />n <br />t <br /> <br />for safe guarding the <br /> <br />n <br />e <br />i <br />g <br />h <br />b <br />o <br />r <br />h <br />o <br />o <br />d <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />f <br />e <br />e <br />l <br /> <br />c <br />o <br />n <br />f <br />i <br /> dent knowing when I mak <br />e <br /> <br />a <br /> <br />c <br />a <br />l <br />l <br /> <br />w <br />i <br />t <br />h <br /> <br />a <br /> <br />c <br />o <br />n <br />c <br />e <br />r <br />n <br />, <br /> <br />t <br />h <br />e <br /> <br />issue at hand is take <br />n <br /> <br />c <br />a <br />r <br />e <br /> <br />o <br />f <br /> <br />p <br />r <br />o <br />m <br />p <br />t <br />l <br />y <br /> <br />a <br />n <br />d <br /> <br />w <br />i <br />t <br />h <br /> <br />understanding. <br />Th e response was und <br />e <br />r <br /> <br />t <br />w <br />o <br /> <br />m <br />i <br />n <br />u <br />t <br />e <br />s <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />A <br />s <br /> <br />a result, the prowler <br />w <br />a <br />s <br /> <br />s <br />t <br />o <br />p <br />p <br />e <br />d <br /> <br />a <br />n <br />d <br /> <br />identifi ed by your offi cers. Both offi cers were very courteous <br />a <br />n <br />d <br /> <br />p <br />r <br />o <br />f <br />e <br />s <br />s <br />i <br />o <br />n <br />a <br />l <br /> <br />a <br />n <br />d <br /> <br />helped put our neig <br />h <br />b <br />o <br />r <br />’ <br />s <br /> <br />m <br />i <br />n <br />d <br /> <br />a <br />t <br /> <br />e <br />a <br />s <br />e <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />W <br />e <br /> <br />appreciate your serv <br />i <br />c <br />e <br /> <br />t <br />o <br /> <br />t <br />h <br />e <br /> <br />c <br />o <br />m <br />m <br />u <br />n <br />i <br />t <br />y <br />. <br />I just can’t say enough about how won <br />d <br />e <br />r <br />f <br />u <br />l <br /> <br />h <br />e <br /> <br />w <br />a <br />s <br /> <br />a <br />n <br />d <br /> <br />he deserves all kinds of credit….he di <br />d <br /> <br />s <br />u <br />c <br />h <br /> <br />a <br /> <br />n <br />i <br />c <br />e <br /> <br />j <br />o <br />b <br />.