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Weitzel embodies what it means to serve and protect

by Benjamin Sells February 23, 2021February 23, 2021

In 1984, 23-year old Tom Weitzel joined the Riverside Police Department. It likely never occurred to him that he would spend the next 37 years of his life serving and protecting our village and its residents. Three years later, on Aug. 12, at 3:15 in the morning, Officer Weitzel came upon a car parked on […]

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