2018-10-31 18:03:34
This afternoon, we paid tribute to Officer Albert Granville in a retirement ceremony at CPD headquarters. He retires after 20 years with the police department, after having his first career with 20 years in the U.S. Army. Officer Granville was always doing things for the community that he didn't want anyone to know about -- things above and beyond the call of duty to help people. Like the time he saw a woman trying to carry a heavy bag of topsoil across her yard and stopped his patrol car to carry it for her. Or the time he went to check on the welfare of an older woman whose family was worried about her, and he ended up taking her shopping for groceries at Walmart -- on his own dime. There are countless other "Albert" stories out there -- incidents where he helped people but never wanted the attention for doing what he thought was his job. We will miss you greatly, Officer Granville!