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stations with only a radio and notepad, the oper-
ations of the Kennett Police Department is now
mostly computerized.
Goddard says one of the people at the police de-
partment he admired and looked up to was Lieu-
It’s a tough job which rarely receives
It’s a tough job which rarely receives tenant Charles Dennis, the late police officer and
appreciation. They choose this line of of
appreciation. They choose this line father of current police chief, Johnny Dennis. “I
work because they want to help people.
work because they want to help people.
888-5157 would get off work and he would come get me. I
would ride along with him until four or six o’clock
901 South By-Pass • Kennett, MO in the morning,” Goddard reminisced. During
those ride alongs, Goddard said he discovered
ThanK You how many alleys the city actually had. “That man
patrolled,” Goddard recalled. “We were in every al-
FirsT responders! ley this town ever had. I enjoyed that.” At the time
Goddard and Lt. Dennis would make their rounds
doing burglary patrol in one of the three cars the
city had. “They had to stay on the street all of the
805 First Street time,” Goddard remembered. “If you didn’t patrol,
1004 First Street there was a lot of thievery.”
Although Goddard has found enjoyment in his
Kennett, MO 63857 decades long career, he said some things are dif-
573-888-9051 ficult. “Personally, the worst thing is seeing chil-
dren abused and the elderly abused,” Goddard
www.KennettTrustBank.com said. “I hate to see the abuse.” But Goddard says
serving the public and with his fellow co-workers
drives him on the job.
Through the many holidays he has spent work-
Thank You ing, he says those at the police department are
his family, and he has served as a lifeline for that
First Responders family as each one performs their day to day jobs.
At the end of this year, Goddard plans to re-
tire from a job he says has offered him a position
where there is “no day that’s the same. You don’t
Mark Preyer know what’s about to happen in the next five min-
Mark Preyer
utes,” Goddard described. But until that day of
Associate JudgeJudge retirement arrives, he will continue to serve and
Associate
protect the community he loves, and his brothers
Missouri 35th Judicial35th Judicial
Missouri and sisters in law enforcement.
Circuit Judge
Circuit Judge

Daren S.Robertson

ATTORNEY AT LAW

607 FIRST STREET • P.O. BOX 309
KENNETT, MO 63857

Pray for First Responders Everywhere 573-888-2006 FAX 573-888-2126
103 South Side Square Kennett, MO 63857 • Tel: 537-559-2196 darenrobertson@sbcglobal.net
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