University PD swears in new lieutenant
By MAURICE O. NDOLE
He said he doesn’t like surprises, but this was no ordinary surprise
for newly named university police lieutenant Allen Gaad.
He was not aware that he was going to be sworn in, and he did not expect
to see his family at the ceremony.
Gaad was sworn in Monday in the presence of his father, Albert Gaad; his
wife, Pam; and his daughter, Kristina, a freshman at Fresno State, in
a surprise ceremony organized by Fresno State’s public safety department.
“They surprised me. I didn’t know this was coming,”
said Gaad, who joined the force April 11. “That’s the biggest
surprise I’ve had in a very long time.”
Lori Alamano, personal assistant to police chief David Huerta, said the
public safety department preferred to welcome new officers and give departmental
promotions by personalizing them through surprise parties in the presence
of the officers’ families.
Gaad, 53, who graduated from Fresno State in 1974 with a degree in criminology,
retired from the Fresno Sheriff’s department last year after serving
for 29 years. He is a member of several police organizations, including
the California Homicide Investigators Association, the California Association
of Police Training Officers and the Central Counties Training Committee,
among others.
He has also served as a background investigator and a part-time instructor
at the State Center Police Academy.
Gaad said he was happy to join the university police.
“I plan on staying here for quite some time,” Gaad said. “I
don’t plan to go anywhere else.”
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