Roseville Police Department members receive badges, promotions

ROSEVILLE — The Roseville Police Department presented members with badges and promotions at the City Council’s June 25 meeting.

Officers who received their badges included Dylan Nabozny, Christopher Schwandt, Nicole MacDonald, Thomas Walby, Zachery Bezel, Adam Kusch and Craig Grimes. The officers completed the probationary period with the department, which Roseville Police Chief Mitch Berlin said consisted of four months of training.

“These officers come from different areas of our state, different backgrounds and have varying levels of work and life experiences,” Berlin said. “But today they share a common bond: They’re all Roseville police officers.”

Members of the department who were promoted (with their new ranks) included Lt. Alison Rieser, Lt. Scott Burley, Sgt. Eric Saddler, Sgt. Jeffery Wawrzyniak and Sgt. Brandon Quinn.

“These officers have strived to achieve success while serving others,” Berlin said. “These officers are the leaders of your department and possess the skills and traits to make decisions and make our city and residents safe and get our officers home every day.”

Berlin also introduced two new police dogs, Legend and Blue, at the department.

“Our Police Department is by far the best police department around,” Roseville Mayor Pro Tem Catherine Haugh said following the ceremony. “They all deserve a good applause for what they do.”

“Being retired law enforcement and current law enforcement, I guess you could say, I’m humbled by the fact people want to come to Roseville and protect our city like Chief Berlin and Chief (Robert) Gudenau back in the days when they first started,” Mayor Robert Taylor said. “We’ve got some honorable police officers here and the promotions here are well deserved.”