{"id":1311605,"date":"2019-06-19T22:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T04:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/glenwoods-top-cop-named-locals-choice\/"},"modified":"2019-06-19T22:04:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T04:04:00","slug":"glenwoods-top-cop-named-locals-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/glenwoods-top-cop-named-locals-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenwood\u2019s top cop named Local\u2019s Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Glenwood Springs Police Chief Terry Wilson was recently voted the best police officer in this years Locals’ Choice. For more winners check out this years edition of Locals’ Choice inserted into todays paper.<\/strong>
Kyle Mills \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Thirty-five years ago, Terry Wilson began his career with the Glenwood Springs Police Department. More than two decades ago, he took over as the department\u2019s chief of police.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to today, and he\u2019s earned the honor of being named the Local\u2019s Choice for Best Police Officer.<\/p>\n

Not bad for a man who didn\u2019t have a career in law enforcement as part of his road map. Sure, he had an interest. After all, his dad was a sheriff\u2019s deputy in Los Angeles. But for Wilson, it took a while for his interest to develop.<\/p>\n

And it started with losing a job.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was happily working my life away in the coal mines, and then the mines began to close up,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n

At the time, Wilson was playing music in a little weekend bar band, and one of his band mates happened to be a Glenwood Police Department sergeant.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told him I was going to have to move because the mine was closing,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n

A fourth generation resident, Wilson\u2019s roots run deep in the Roaring Fork Valley, and he didn\u2019t want to move.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy great grandpa came to the valley in a covered wagon to run a bakery in Aspen in the silver boom,\u201d Wilson said.<\/p>\n

The band mate suggested Wilson put in an application with the Police Department \u2014 so he did.<\/p>\n

He was hired, and his career with the Police Department began in February 1984. Wilson has been hooked on helping people and the community ever since.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a very addictive profession in that you enjoy being the person that goes to help people when they have problems they can\u2019t deal with themselves,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cIt\u2019s a very enjoyable and satisfying business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wilson said a lot has changed during his PD tenure.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a lot quieter (early on in his career),\u201d Wilson said. \u201cMy officers now are so much busier than they ever were. It\u2019s incredible the volume of calls that they respond to.\u201d<\/p>\n

He remembers a time when he and his fellow officers could count on quiet time for about 3-4 hours in the early morning in Glenwood.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was us, the wholesome bread delivery guy, and the couple that ran around and filled the newspaper racks,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cNothing truly stops the way it used to.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked about being recognized as the best police officer, Wilson said he really appreciates the voters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think for me to win as the head of this department says that I have a very good staff of people that are doing an excellent job,\u201d Wilson said. \u201c\u2026 I have the blessing of working with tremendous people every day and night \u2014 within the department \u2014 within the city. I think any recognition that comes my way is solely because of the work they are doing every day, that makes me very proud.\u201d<\/p>\n

kmills@postindependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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