it s so the parent is the minnesota law enforcement memorial association, they do a lot of work to help survivors and their families make their way through the process of getting benefits after their officer is killed in the line of duty. i was on the honor guard. what did you do being on the honor guard? when i started in 1998, i was on the colors team for a year or two and then i went to the casket team. what s the color team? carries flags. and the casket team? we would carry the casket or the urn of the fallen officer and fold their flag. would you be in contact with the deceased family. sometimes with the family, a lot of times with the chief of police because i have to give the folded flag to the police chief. this was throughout the state of minnesota? yes. these were police officers
were very sad failures. another program you were involved with was a hostage program? i was a crisis negotiator for the eou team, the emergency operations unit. what did you do? i was a crisis negotiator. what does that mean? we would go out on barricaded subjects or without with the s.w.a.t. team would be the easiest way to describe it on warrants. we would respond to calls where there may be people in danger. and was your job to try and negotiate with the subject and get him to submit to being arrested? yes, he or she. was that your main job? no, i was always a patrol officer. as far as a hostage negotiator that s what you did. yes, i was a crisis negotiator. what other programs were you in? i was on the law enforcement memorial solicitation honor guard. what is that?
0 where s that at? he s currently stationed in florida. and your other son, where is he at? he s in college in north dakota. are they going to be home for the holidays? yes, they will. is your mother in the courtroom? yes. and your sister? no, she s not. but is your brother in the courtroom. yes, he is. and besides your brother and your mother, your father is deceased? yes. and do you have any other siblings? i have another sister and a brother. what do they do you know what their ages are? my oldest sister is in her 50s and my other brother is in his 50s also. my sister works for a medical device company my oldest brother works for a parking company and my other brother works for retail. . going back to when you were a youngster, where do you go to elementary school? immaculate conception. where is that? columbia heights. did you live that neighborhood? yes, i did. while you were going to that school did you have a police officer