Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Jose Ruiz Rose From Impoverished Childhood To Become Kimball Police Chief
Kimball County Court Magistrate Michele Woods swears in Jose Ruiz as Kimball police chief. Below: City of Kimball police vehicles get a new look under Police Chief Jose Ruiz.
New Kimball Police Chief Jose Ruiz has a wealth of knowledge not only from his years of experience with the Cheyenne Police Department but also from growing up on the south side of Denver in Adams County.
Growing up, Ruiz said their family was impoverished, and the culture he was raised in centered on violence, gangs and drugs. Ruiz said his mother tried to keep "us away from as much as she could," but in the end Ruiz said he decided himself that he "didn't want to have the life that his brother and dad had chosen."
Ruiz could have gone down that same path, but he credits a teacher when he was...