Thank You, Capt. Carlos Medero!

Wednesday, December 28, at 3:30 pm I stood amongst a large crowd to witness Captain Carlos Medero retire as a La Mesa police officer, become a citizen once again, and hand in his official equipment for the last time. 

The ceremony was both tearful and joyful, as a bell rang out 30 times to symbolize his years of service, a well prepared presentation of his career achievements, and the reminders that we celebrate his survival.

I had the pleasure to work with Captain Medero through the annual events in the village, including some counterfeit bill trouble at my store.  He was very supportive and a great source of preventative measures.

At the end of the retirement ceremony, I moved across the parking lot for a better vantage point to see the procession that took Carlos away from the police station, and the sight of two PD motorcycles in front and a cruiser in the rear brought it home to me again that 'Thank God' we are celebrating a retirement. 

I know there will be those who are concerned with the looming pensions that need to be addressed, but I stood there as proud as ever that our La Mesa Police Department took the time to honor one of our heros.  The whole department — all the men and women serving our La Mesa community are our heros.

I hope that someone can attached photos from the ceremony to this blog, please?