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St. Paul memorial to fallen Maplewood police officer restored
Updated: 08/12/2014 06 42:30 AM CDT TwinCities.com
AUG 1 4 2014
_" "'' Two St. Paul Police Historical Society members restored a memorial
to a murdered officer over the weekend after it was vandalized last
Irkyear.
They repainted the inscription on the granite boulder for Maplewood
Sgt. Joseph Bergeron that is near Lake Phalen and the Bruce Vento
Regional Trail in St. Paul, about 100 feet from where an armed
carjacker killed him in 2010.
"We had talked about doing this a long time and ... I'm sure the
funeral of officer Patrick spurred it a little bit, saying, 'OK, let's get it
done.' ... It was time to do it, " said Tim Bradley, a retired St. Paul
, WI'!` police officer and historical society member.
Maplewood police Sgt. Joseph
Bergeron Mendota Heights police officer Scott Patrick was fatally shot during a
traffic stop on July 30, and his funeral was last week.
Bergeron's memorial, a 30-ton granite boulder, was placed at
t , , :': Arlington Avenue and English Street about five months after the
g .. Maplewood sergeant was killed. It was dedicated in November
3 2010 and an inscription had been sandblasted into the rock, "With
�f�" ,‘,4--,,i...
:. t,° ,t ; heartfelt gratitude, the community reclaims this earth as sacred
k ground to honor a peaceful warrior."
In November, the memorial was found defaced with white paint. No
one has been arrested. St. Paul police said Monday that they are
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