Elizabeth Popowich looks back at her 25-year career with Regina Police Service – Regina | 24CA News
For over 25 years, Elizabeth Popowich has been on the centre of lots of of instances for the Regina Police Service. As a member of the communications crew, Popowich was a relentless by means of social media, press releases and talking at group occasions.
Popowich is formally retiring from her place, and whereas she was indirectly responding to crimes, she was the one to report them.
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Global News sat down with Popowich to mirror on her time with Regina Police, in addition to take a look at how policing has modified during the last three a long time.
Q: How you feel about retiring? This should be a bittersweet second.
A: You know, bittersweet is absolutely the right phrase for it as a result of I’m able to retire. I haven’t made an enormous deal out of it, however I inform those that I truly am a senior citizen so I can retire. And I’ve come to the top of 25 years with the Regina police service and so it looks as if the fitting time.
But I’m actually going to overlook the folks and the work and the connections locally as a result of over time I’ve gotten to take action many issues and so many occasions out locally that I’ve cast some actually beautiful friendships there that I do know will proceed.”
Q: And what are a number of the moments or occasions out of your profession that can follow you?
A: “You know, it’s tough because the conclusion of an investigation, again, the word bittersweet comes to mind because you can say that we’ve solved it. Someone is charged and will be held accountable in the courts. But you always know that it began with something tragic and traumatic. And so you always have mixed feelings about it.
I would say that some of the things that really stand out for me are probably the cases that are still unsolved because we would like nothing more than to be able to give answers to the families of victims or the families of someone who is missing.”
Q: How do you mirror in your over 25-year profession right here?
A: “The Regina police service has given me amazing opportunities to learn about my own privilege and how I might take steps to make the world more equitable. One of our former chiefs, Cal Johnston, used to say that ‘the goal is always to have a community where all people live well together.’ And I know that that’s not the reality right now. And so, we all have a lot of work to do as a society. And I give credit to this place for teaching me that.”
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