Sad news from Iraq
I was privileged enough to meet Bill Juneau during the course of a story I was working on about the Chisago County SWAT team. He was passionate about SWAT, and officer training in general, as a way to insure the safety of officers, suspects, and especially the public.
Today I wrote another story about Bill Juneau, this one to report the news of his death in Iraq. He was there to impart his vast training experience to that nation’s fledgling police force. As he was forefront in the formation of the SWAT team, so to was he at the forefront of a convoy headed for a training mission when disaster struck.
Bill firmly believed that properly trained police saved lives, and, while he is gone now, his legacy will live on in Chisago County in every life that is saved, in every person protected from harm, because of that belief and his passion for passing it on.
UPDATE: It turns out Bill was a blogger.
I know a resident of Ramsey, on Hennepin County SWAT team. Great person, great family, and calm in a job that others might not have the nerves to keep up with. Interested in land use and planning. Another neighbor is in the BCA, criminal apprehension, after a long law enforcement career. Same thing. It is sad to see death on duty.