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NORTHVILLE
NORTHVILLE

Veteran police officer retires from township

Northville Township Police George kept the horse on his
Sgt. David Roberts retired Sept. ” farm overnight until the rightful
16, after a 27-year law enforce- I'm very much a guardian owner noticed a horse missing,
ment career, 22 of them with of helping and assisting others. and came to claim it.
Northville Township. Roberts is also credited with
Roberts' professional high- saving several lives while on the
lights include rescuing a lost midnight shift with the depart-
horse walking down Ridge and parked outside public safety department field training offi- ment. He quickly learned to rec-
Seven Mile roads, training police headquarters. cers, responsible for training sev- ognize the signs of driving while
departments across Michigan Roberts returned to eral new officers over the years. under the influence of alcohol.
about people with autism and Northville after beginning his “I watched the township as it Mothers Against Drunk Drivers
winning back-to-back awards for law enforcement career in 1995 was on the cusp of growth and it (MADD) gave him “lifesaver”
spotting drunken drivers on the as a deputy with the Wayne exploded, going from cows to awards two consecutive years for
roadways. County Sheriff's office. During concrete, if you will,” he said. the high number of intoxicated
Roberts' stellar career with that time, Roberts was assigned Those cows played a role in people he stopped before they
Northville Township began even to the corrections division, as helping him find the owner of a caused an injury or fatal acci-
before he became an officer. At well as the sheriff's detachment wayward horse wandering Ridge dent.
age 19, he was a decoy, assisting at Metro Airport. Road. “I didn't know where to put Roberts spent several years
the police department as it Roberts was hired by the it. I knew Mr. George who owned assigned to task forces through
clamped down on underage sales Northville Township Police a farm with cows at Six Mile the Drug Enforcement
of alcohol in the township. Back Department as a patrol officer in Road, and so I walked the horse Administration and the Michigan Sgt. David Roberts
then, he recalled, the detective 2000. While assigned to the patrol about a mile with a squad car State Police task force Western
bureau was housed in a trailer division, he served as one of the falling behind me,” Roberts said. Wayne Community Response been shared with other agencies
team, during which he handled across Michigan.
several major investigations and “He always took the extra
participated in hundreds of time, using his own personal
arrests of individuals responsible experience, to try and help the
for felony crimes. After being families of those with special
promoted to the rank of sergeant needs come up with ideas on
in 2015, Roberts served as a how to improve the lives and
patrol supervisor and also spent safety of their loved ones,” said
time as the supervisor in charge Northville Township Police Chief
of the department detective Scott Hilden.
bureau. Roberts is not finished help-
Roberts' legacy at Northville ing others. His main motivation
Township also includes founding for retiring is teaching his non-
the department Honor Guard verbal autistic son to communi-
Unit, which participates in com- cate. He wants Blake, 18, to be
munity events and pays respect able to ask for help if he ever
to fallen officers. He also used needs it, he said.
his personal experience as a “I'm drawn to helping people,”
father of a non-verbal autistic he added.
child to develop and enhance the Roberts said he will also will
department autism profile pro- spend more time with daughter
gram. He provided critical infor- Molly, 19, son Brody, 13, and his
mation to officers who respond- fianceé, Barbara Springer.
ed to calls involving missing vul- “I'm very much a guardian of
NorthvilleTownship Police Sgt. David Roberts marked the last day of his career with the department. nerable adults or individuals helping and assisting others,” he
Sept. 16 after 27 years in law enforcement, 22 with Northville Township. with autism. His expertise has said.
Northville names new

Senior Services leader

Lindsay Boujoulian has joined the helped coor-
Northville Department of Parks and dinate was
Recreation, a shared service of the city the evacua-
and Northville Township, as the new tion of 6,000
Senior Services Supervisor. guests when
Boujoulian interned with the depart- Hurricane
ment while she completed her degree in Floyd struck
gerontology at Western Michigan the area.
University. Most
She previously served as director of recently, she
marketing at Waltonwood of Cherry Hill was a para-
and Carriage Park in Canton Township professional Lindsay Boujoulian
and as lifestyle programs director at for both the
Brookdale Living in Southfield. Northville Community School District and
Her experience in planning events, fol- Novi Community Schools. It was a position
lowing a budget, managing and coordinat- that allowed flexibility while raising a
ing staff and volunteers, reaching out to family and giving her experience working
community resources to enrich programs with another special population, she said.
and creating a trusting, caring environ- Boujoulian is familiar with the intrica-
ment for families and residents will help cies of working with a municipality as she
in her new position in Northville, officials was also previously employed by
said in a prepared statement. Farmington Hills, where she developed
Boujoulian was an event coordinator marketing strategies, secured donations,
for six Marriott resorts in Hilton Head, SC. booked entertainment, administered the
One of the events she didn't plan but budget and managed a staff of 35.
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