Citizen Telegram:
"Police Chief Daryl Meisner will finish his 39-year law enforcement career in July, when he turns in his badge and retires.
“I've always had good instincts throughout my career, and my instincts tell me it's just the right time,” Meisner, 59, said in his office at the Rifle Police Department building on South 18th Street. “I'm kind of scared and excited, both.”
In recent years, when crimes like arson fires and the shooting deaths of four residents occurred, Meisner said Rifle was no longer a “Mayberry” kind of town. The reference to the idyllic, mythical small town on TV's “The Andy Griffith Show” grew out of Meisner's early career in the 1970s.
“Being out on the streets and walking around, people would say ‘Here comes Rifle's Barney Fife,' ” Meisner said of the show's popular deputy character. “I'd just laugh. I even started carrying a bullet in my pocket,” like the Fife character.
Born in Meeker and raised in Rifle, Meisner began his law enforcement career in December 1973. Former chief Larry Allec asked if he was interested in becoming a reserve officer...."
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March 30, 2012
March 2, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Citizen Telegram "Moving on: Detective retiring after 22 years with Rifle Police Department"
Thank you for your service, Detective Jones.
Jenny Lavey:
"Detective William Jones wants to say something to the community of Rifle.
“Thank you.”
Following a call to service that began in 1981, Jones has become a staple in countywide law enforcement, but most notably in the Rifle Police Department.
This week, he'll be turning over his office keys, retiring after 22 years on the Rifle beat.
Reflecting on a career of public service, first as a police officer and finally as a detective, Jones calls police work “a job, but really it's not just a job.”
Charged with working in a system that keeps both the ills and good of society running, Jones says he's been honored to have worked with the team of colleagues that defines Rifle's criminal justice task force.
“It's been an honor to serve this community,” he said. “Some of the finest I have ever known are here....”
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"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
Jenny Lavey:
"Detective William Jones wants to say something to the community of Rifle.
“Thank you.”
Following a call to service that began in 1981, Jones has become a staple in countywide law enforcement, but most notably in the Rifle Police Department.
This week, he'll be turning over his office keys, retiring after 22 years on the Rifle beat.
Reflecting on a career of public service, first as a police officer and finally as a detective, Jones calls police work “a job, but really it's not just a job.”
Charged with working in a system that keeps both the ills and good of society running, Jones says he's been honored to have worked with the team of colleagues that defines Rifle's criminal justice task force.
“It's been an honor to serve this community,” he said. “Some of the finest I have ever known are here....”
(Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
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