Captain Ferguson to lead West Lafayette Police Department

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00:00What brought me to this job, it's probably a longer story than we have time for, but

00:06this wasn't the career I had envisioned, but I do feel like it's the one that I was born

00:12for.

00:13I somewhat tripped and fell into law enforcement.

00:15It was somebody else's idea and it just stuck and it's felt right ever since and that's

00:20why I'm here.

00:21For nearly 24 years, Captain Adam Ferguson has served his community at the West Lafayette

00:25Police Department.

00:27Now, the city has announced he'll be leading that agency.

00:30My focus will be on the people that are in this building because they're the ones who

00:35serve the people that are out of this building, so I look forward to being the best steward

00:40that I can for our agency to continue the tradition of professionalism that we've enjoyed

00:46at the West Lafayette Police Department.

00:47Captain Ferguson says his personal philosophy of policing came from Sir Robert Peel, who

00:52he quoted as saying, the people are the police and the police are the people.

00:57Sir Robert Peel's vision was that civilians, people who live in the community, have the

01:03say in how their community stays safe and how we enforce our laws and handle disagreements

01:12and I believe that and I believe that's what we do and that's what we're going to continue

01:15to do in West Lafayette.

01:17The city has not shared details of when Captain Ferguson's swearing in will happen just yet,

01:22but we'll keep you updated.

01:23Congratulations, Captain Ferguson.

01:25Emily Slater, Star City News, West Lafayette.