Behind the Badge
Jerrod Hardy • February 16, 2022
Community Policing at it's best is Community Involvement
Seeing stuff likes this warms my heart and puts a smile on my face!
Cole Zempel, the School Resource Officer at a middle school in Colorado was at the wrestling meet to support his school's program and community.
What happened next is the kind of stuff legends are made of and far to often the world does not hear about.
They were short a referee to get the matches going.
What most of the parents in the stands did not know was that Cole also happens to be a former Division 1 wrestler at the University of Northern Iowa.
Off comes the uniform and in steps the new referee.
I don't know if he made all the right calls that night, but I'm sure these kids will never forget the night the police officer refereed their middle school match.
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