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Article: New Bangor police administrator asked to fill void of retiring veteran
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- June 20, 2002
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BANGOR - For 25 years, even when Bangor Police Department
Administrative Lt. Robert Welch was buried with reports, assignments
and telephone messages, he still found the time to help anyone who
asked and to crack a joke with those who didn't.
"He has always been very helpful, very ambitious, always willing
to pitch in and help and has always had a great sense of humor,"
Bangor Lt. David Kane said Wednesday. "He's got a quick wit, and when
he sees the opportunity he's got a lot of good one-liners."
But joking around has never affected Welch's ability to do his job
and do it well, Kane said.
"Bob's enthusiasm for the job never waned over 25 years," Kane,
who has worked with Welch for 24 years, ...