Longtime Burlingame Officer Leaves Department After 53 Years

PHOTO: “Buzz” (left) pictured with Chief of Police Eric Wollman. COURTESY: Burlingame Police Department.

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BURLINGAME, CA- Longtime Burlingame Police Department sergeant and employee Oliver “Buzz” Kruttschnitt work his last day with the department on Thursday after 53 years of service.

The police department hired a then 20-year-old Kruttschnitt as clerk and dispatcher on June 3, 1963, and he became a police officer with the department in 1965.

“Kruttschnitt was a beloved and respected member of the department for his entire 53 years of service and he will be truly missed,” the police department said in a news release.

In 1973, he was promoted to the rank of sergeant. He retired as a sworn officer and 1997 and spent the past 19 years as a reserve officer and a court officer.

He spent the last several years of his tenure as a volunteer, according to the police department.