It has been Constable David Balcius’s goal to create a more permanent memorial for Somerset's unofficial guardian, and that finally comes true on September 4th.
It has been Constable David Balcius���s goal to create a more permanent memorial for Somerset's unofficial guardian, and that finally comes true on September 4th.
I wish I had a chance to meet Jacob Raposa of Somerset.
There isn’t a person in town that doesn’t know the upstanding citizen that Jacob was. I got a chance to speak with Somerset Constable David Balcius about Jacob’s legacy and Balcius’s touching plan to create a top-notch memorial for Bike 1.
“If you saw Jacob flying down County Street, you know he was responding to a call,” Balcius said. He shared with me how Raposa was the unofficial guardian of the area with a scanner in one hand and his bike handle in the other. “He reported to every accident,” Balcius said. He rode around on his bike and that’s what he liked to do. That’s what made him happy.