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As a treat, I invited a guest columnist to write for changes in policing right to our doorstep. It has ourselves where no one else wants to go and we
the month of August. been a challenging first half of the year to say the bring safety back where fear once stood. To know I
least. One question that has come up a lot in these can do that and help someone in this moment – to
Why I Serve last few months has been why would anyone want bring safety back – is a pure sense of service to
By Captain Troy Bergstrom to be a police officer now? Valid question. So I others. To know I could be hurt doing that -- never
Roseville Police Department thought I would use this time to tell you “my why.” really crosses my mind. I know this is just what I’m
here for – to run into that situation – instead of away
I’m honored to share my thoughts with our To feel like I’m doing my part in the world, I need
neighbors at The Club at Westpark. When I was to be of service to others. I’ve always wanted to from it.

invited to write this column, I asked myself, “What help people. As a police officer, I get called on I take great pride in the men and women of the
do you think they’d like to see?” I was told I could those days where someone is at his/her lowest point. Roseville Police Department who I share this badge
write about anything that a group of astute Club People don’t call 911 when they’re having a good with. I know they go to work every day just like I
residents might find interesting. day. And in that moment, I have a chance to really do –- wanting to make a difference and wanting to
help – to give them that hand up they need – and keep our city safe. They do so with courage and
I have been a police officer for closing in on 26
help them to a better path. honor. Being here with them every day easily
years, 21 of those with the Roseville Police
concludes my answer to, why would anyone want
Department. I currently serve as one of the There’s also that moment where someone calls
Captains. I’ve had the opportunity and challenge to because they are scared. They have nowhere to turn to be a police officer today? It’s because I get to
see policing change over the years, but this past and they reach for help. When they call 911, we’re help people everyday and I get to do it with some of
year has been the most sudden change. We started here because we’re always here. The police are the the finest police officers and professional staff in
with COVID-19 and a worldwide pandemic unlike the world right here in Roseville.
only place you can call, no matter what the issue, no
anything we have seen in 100 years. And while in matter what time it is, no matter the weather, or Mia Winter, Coordinator
the midst of that an incident of police brutality 1900 anything else – we are always there. We insert The Neighborhood Watch Team
miles away brought civil unrest and demands for

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