(Photo courtesy of PARADE magazine)
The serious gentleman pictured above is 30-year-old Police Officer Robert Wuller. You may not know him, but you might remember his work. Here's an excerpt from Barb's story in April: Screams from a Northeast Philadelphia apartment early yesterday forced a police officer to kick in the front door and confront several armed robbers, authorities said. Within minutes, two of the assailants were dead and four people were rescued.
Wuller's name was never mentioned in our story, but consequently, he is being honored for the above act next week by the International Association of Chiefs of Police as the 2006 Police Officer of the Year. Considering the number of folks entered internationally for this award, Commissioner Johnson said yesterday that it was quite an honor not just for the department, but for the City of Philadelphia.
The Commissioner also said he'd offer Wuller the opportunity to chose his next assignment in the department. Where ever you decide to go Officer Wuller, I hope its not anywhere based in the Round House. Parking spaces here are running thin and I have a feeling that mine would be one of the first to go.