“How many times I’ve done CPR, I can’t remember,” he said. He said those also marked significant moments on the job. He often responded to medical situations, where he got to the scene before paramedics. I really helped an officer at a time when he needed it.”
“I was able to go out there and I helped that officer,” he said. Ropelewski was once the first officer on the scene in Fawn Township during an officer-involved shooting. He had served on the force since March 1, 1978. It was one of several moments Ropelewski reflected on after retiring from the Harrison Township Police Department on Thursday. “With police work, people don’t remember so much what you say or what you do as how you say and do it,” Ropelewski said, explaining that he always tried to treat people right - even during an arrest. Ropelewski’s son was confused about why someone would thank his father for putting him behind bars. He said the incident helped him turn his life around. The man thanked Ropelewski for arresting him a few years before. Once, he said, a man approached him while he was having dinner with his son at a local pizza shop.
Michael Ropelewski has some good stories about his 42-year tenure with the Harrison Township Police Department.
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