Read about volunteer police officer Pennington patrols for free for a quarter century …

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

The (Longview) Daily News writes about volunteer Toledo police officer Randy Pennington who for 25 years has worked close to full-time hours, patrolling several evenings each week after a full shift as a trucker.

Toledo Police Department Chief John Brockmueller says the 61-year-old Pennington is “like a 21-year-old rookie with 30 years of experience,” news reporter Natalie St. John writes.

Read more here

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4 Responses to “Read about volunteer police officer Pennington patrols for free for a quarter century …”

  1. woweeekazoweeee says:
    Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 4:18 pm

    Congrats to Officer Pennington and the City of Toledo !!! Such a kind and wonderful man. Our streets are kept safer by such a dedicated man.

  2. linda says:
    Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 11:48 am

    I have known Randy for several years and he is a WONDERFUL person ! Our church was having a campout at the Toledo/Winlock LDS church and he hadn’t heard about it, so he came and checked it out, because he wanted make certain we weren’t transients there.

  3. Sick of tweekers says:
    Monday, November 12, 2012 at 7:43 pm

    Yep, Randy is top notch in my book, liked him the 1st day I met him back in 93 at Champs place.

    (Hey April…..Brandon waving hello)

  4. april says:
    Monday, November 12, 2012 at 4:50 pm

    That is my brother. Always giving of himself. I am proud.