Yesterday, I spoke about the St. Olaf Christmas Concert. It’s a great event that brings many people into Northfield during the first week in December. The weather this year has cooperated in adding to the holiday spirit with snow and a chill in the air.
With those additions brings great challenge to the members of our police department. As with the many other events that take place in Northfield throughout the year, the men and women of our police department step up to the challenge to help make the visit to the events and to Northfield a pleasant one. The majority of our officers and staff are involved in the traffic control during the St. Olaf concert to assist in getting people to and from the event without incident. Our reserves and explorers also assist St. Olaf public safety officers on the campus to assist the pedestrian vehicular traffic through the campus. It would be almost impossible to meet the needs of events like this without out the volunteer hours our reserves and explorers contribute.
It’s cold and snowy and I appreciate their efforts to help make the event enjoyable for those visiting the event.