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Bridget Joyce, 27, beat out close to 50 other applicants and becomes the fourth woman on Winona’s force of 39 officers, Deputy Chief Paul Bostrack said. She was hired to fill the vacancy left by the death of Investigator Art Petroff, who died in May. Officer Andy Mohan was promoted to the investigator position in September.
Despite four years of experience at the Deephaven, Minn., police department near the Twin Cities, Joyce must go through about 10 weeks of field training before she can patrol on her own, Bostrack said. He said she would be joining the night shift upon successful completion of training.
“She’s an excellent officer,” Bostrack said. “She came very highly recommended.”
Me wrote on Dec 4, 2008 6:31 PM:
Bartski- Until the city of Winona starts to pay like a metro department, I'd also venture to say you won't see a Hmong or Hispanic being hired in Winona. The state is hiring a lot of minorities and pay much better than the city of Winona does or ever will. I'm sure the city of Winona would like to hire a minority such as above but until a qualified minority applies and proceeds like every other applicant through the hiring you won't see it. Why would you want to be a Hmong officer in Winona when you could go to the metro, make more money and blend into the community when not at work? "