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Thursday, September 5, 2019 | A5 | Mid Valley TiMes John Agueda has been a jack of all
trades in his public safety career
By Juanita Adame
For The Times
John Agueda, Reedley Fire Department engineer, has been in public service for 46 years. Dur- ing that time he’s not only worked in the fire service, but police and EMS as well.
“I was doing both law enforce- ment and fire at the same time for a while,” Agueda said in a recent interview. “So for example, when I was on scene somewhere I had to think to myself, what role am I playing today? Am I doing the medical part and I doing the fire part, or am I doing the law en- forcement part?”
Agueda's career began as an equipment mechanic for Fresno County, and just before turning 40, he made the move into law en- forcement.
“I was a reserve police officer for the city of Fresno,” he said. “I was then hired with the California Highway Patrol and stayed there for the next 20 years, then 15 here with Reedley [although] some of those years overlapped with CHP.”
When asked which role was the most challenging, Agueda’s answer was fire.
“Every scene [in fire], every situation is different,” he said. “We never know what we’ll run into, in law enforcement of course that can be the same way, but sometimes it was repetitive calls whereas in fire, we don’t know what we’re going to get into once we get there.”
Agueda said his experience also helped him assess situations better.
“Sometimes each role can in- termix because I’ve used parts of each one in whatever scene
we’re at,” he said. “Then, when I go grab a radio, I remind my- self I have to say things a certain way because on the fire side we just use plain English and on the law enforcement side it was all 10 codes.”
Police agencies use 10 codes to communicate quickly and ef- ficiently.
But whether with fire or law enforcement, Agueda said it has always been his mission to serve his community. And, he said he’s proud to continue to do that in Reedley.
“I enjoy working here, the citi- zens here are very grateful when weshowuptoasceneandwetry to assist them however we can,” he said. “Working with our Reed- ley Fire crews here, they are just a great bunch of guys to work with.”
Juanita Adame / For The Times
John Agueda, an engineer with the Reedley Fire Department, also has served as a reserve police officer for the city of Fresno and an employee of the California Highway Patrol during his four decades- plus career in public safety.
DINUBA Continued from page A3
Uruapan Street at 11:21 a.m. • A group of five to six juve- niles were reportedly harass- ing customers inside the Mc- Donald’s in the 1700 block of East El Monte Way at 4:52 p.m.
Saturday, August 31
• Domestic violence was re-
ported in the 800 block of East North Way at 4:39 a.m. • Vandalism to a business was reported in the 600 block of West Kern Street at 7:28 a.m. A window and a door were re- portedly broken.
• An unknown type of fire was reported in the 1500 block of West Sierra Way at 11:19 a.m.
• A cell phone was reported
stolen in the 700 block of West El Monte Way at 7:45 p.m.
Sunday, September 1
• Shots fired was reported on the 1500 block of West Sierra Way at 6:44 a.m.
• A theft report was made in the 700 block of West El Mon- te Way at 12:25 p.m. The sus- pect was reportedly conceal- ing items and was described
as wearing a blue hat, black shirt and white shorts.
• A shoplifter was detained in the 700 block of West El Monte Way at 3:26 p.m.
• An assault was reported in the 300 block of North Villa Avenue at 10:34 p.m. A male subject reportedly tried grab- bing a female. The female was able to get away.
• A domestic violence call
was received in the 1100 block of North Villa Avenue at 10:43 p.m. A male and fe- male were heard yelling in the background and also what sounded like a male hitting a female.
• A caller stated she ac- cidently ran over her hus- band’s foot at a residence on Avenue 400. It was reported at 10:45 p.m.
REEDLEY Continued from page A3
enue, 7:59 p.m.
• Disturbance, 1400 block of South Rupert Avenue, 8:49 p.m.
• DUI arrest, 1100 block
SANGER Continued from page A3
• Repossession, 2200 block of Jenni Avenue • Mental health hold, 3000 block of Holt Av- enue
• Family disturbance, 1600 block of 8th Street
of I Street, 10:31 p.m.
Saturday, August 31
• Public intoxication/ar- rest, 200 block of North Cedar Avenue, 7:56 a.m.
• Vehicle burglary, But- tonwillow Avenue and
• Domestic violence ar- rest, 1000 block of Cher- ry Avenue
Sunday, September 1
There were 84 calls for service and three traffic citations were is- sued.
• Vehicle caused dam-
Myrtle Avenue, 12:17 p.m. • Intimidation, 900 block of East Red Beaut Av- enue, 1:30 p.m.
• Outstanding warrant, 1400 block of G Street, 9:43 p.m.
age to fire hydrant, Greenwood Avenue and 9th Street
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• Five subjects were cited for possession of alcohol at Reedley Beach.
• Public intoxication/ar- rest, 1400 block of East Carolyn Lane, 5:27 a.m.
• Probation violation/ar-
block of 7th Street
• Vehicle repossession, 2700 block of Edgar Av- enue
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rest, 500 block of North Acacia Avenue, 9:36 a.m. • Disturbance/domestic violence arrest and threat- ening a police officer, 400 block of East Sierra Av- enue, 4:32 p.m.
• DUI and child endanger- ment arrest, 700 block of
11th Street, 8:07 p.m.
(Crime reports are listed for the Reedley and Orange Cove areas and are available online at crimereports.com. Unless noted, the Reedley Police Department handled the calls.)
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