This is Mike Bosacker. For over twenty years, Mike was a Police Officer for the City of Eden Prairie Police Department. He started her as a youngster and worked his way up to the rank of Captain, the second highest ranking position in our PD, by the time of his retirement earlier this year.
Mike was the best. Good judgment. Good leader. Good storyteller. During the last couple of years here, we “loaned” Mike to the Minnesota Joint Analysis Center (MnJAC) as our contribution to help get an intelligence fusion center started in Minnesota. There were some other cities and counties involved in that effort too, but it was Mike Bosacker that got thing established and moving forward.
This photo comes from a front page Star Tribune story from yesterday’s newspaper. The story talks about the MnJAC and the implications of the MnJAC’s activities on personal privacy and liberty in America.
I’ll be the first to say that I care about personal privacy and liberty, but the work that Mike and his colleagues are doing at the MnJAC is critical to maintaining the personal freedom and liberty that we believe is our God-given right in this country. Yes, we have more government officials looking over our shoulders now than we’ve had in the past. That’s regrettable. But as long as it’s people like Mike Bosacker who are in that important position of authority, you need not worry. He’s not just looking over your shoulder. He’s got your back.
