Aurora Missouri Police Department

06/10/2026

Come out and salute America with us. Swing by our table and grab a bracelet and say hi! We’d love to meet you!

06/09/2026

We had the honor of working a few incidents yesterday with our firefighters. I stood at a head on collision and watched this team provide such amazing care to a man who had suffered a medical emergency while driving. And you know something? Not everyone at that crash was getting paid.

Whether you’re Aurora, Aurora Rural, Marionville, Monett, Monett Rural, Mt. Vernon or any volunteer firefighter, I appreciate you. You are critical to our mission. Thank you for being who you are.

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06/09/2026

Please read. This is important.

As online sextortion cases surge nationwide, offenders are exploiting fear, speed and technology to target minors — often with tragic consequences

06/08/2026

Stay alert! Look out for one another. Call us if you need help!

The flood warning is still in effect!

06/08/2026

Question: “Thank you so much for meeting with me. I appreciate your time. I noticed some Ghostbusters memorabilia in your office. As a mental health worker, I have to ask, what’s the significance of the Ghostbusters to you?”

Answer: I’m just a nerd…..🤓

Actually, that’s a great question. And one that deserves a thoughtful answer.

Tomorrow, June 8th, is Ghostbusters Day, the anniversary of the release of the original Ghostbusters movie in 1984. For some people, it’s just a fun movie. For me, it was something much more. My parents can confirm. I’ve saved this question for a few months. So here we go.

I was just a kid sitting in front of a television watching four ordinary men climb into a vehicle with lights flashing and sirens blaring, racing toward a problem everyone else was running away from. They weren’t perfect. They weren’t superheroes. They made mistakes. They were just people using the gifts God gave them to help others.

Something about that stuck with me. As a boy, I remember watching them answer calls for help, walk into dangerous situations, and do everything they could to make things right. Somewhere deep inside, I remember thinking, “I’ll do that someday.”

Life has a funny way of taking childhood dreams and reshaping them. I never became a Ghostbuster. There were no proton packs waiting for me. Instead, I found a police uniform, a patrol car, and a community that needed people willing to answer calls for help.

The older I get, the more I realize the lesson wasn’t about ghosts. It was about seeing a problem and deciding to help. It was about using whatever gifts you’ve been given, not for yourself, but for someone else.

Every day, police officers, firefighters, paramedics, dispatchers, animal control officers, public works employees, teachers, nurses, and countless others climb into vehicles with flashing lights or walk through doors where someone needs help. They don’t do it because they’re guaranteed success. They do it because someone has to try.

As a kid, I saw four fictional men save New York from ghosts. As an adult, I’ve spent nearly three decades watching real people save lives, comfort families, rescue strangers, and stand beside people on the worst days of their lives. That’s still admirable. That’s still heroic. And if we’re being honest, that’s still something worth aspiring to.

So, I’m grateful for a movie that made a young boy dream about helping people. I’m grateful for the opportunity I’ve had to spend my life trying to do exactly that. Because whether you’re carrying a proton pack, a fire hose, a medical bag, or a police badge, the mission is really the same:

When someone calls for help, answer.

And maybe, just maybe, you’ll get the chance to help save the day.

And, I’m just a nerd.

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06/07/2026

Lots of rain on the way! Watch for high water areas and don’t cross moving water!

06/06/2026

A classic sign of an abuser is to provoke a reaction and then play victim.

Watch out for this in your personal life and watch for it online!

06/06/2026

Today we pause to remember the heroes who stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944.

06/03/2026

We love it!

06/02/2026

Do you know Blaize? If you don’t, you should.

Blaize was a police officer for the Independence Missouri Police Department. A young man with a bright future. A hero while he was alive.

In 2021, Blaize was shot and killed in the line of duty. A family shattered, a great life lost, a hero down.

But did Blaize stop being a hero as he took his last breath? Absolutely not.

Blaize was an organ donor. At the same time Blaize was passing, we had a hero of our own down here. Mark Priebe. Mark had been an Aurora Police Officer at the start of his law enforcement career and went to Springfield PD where he had a long career. As you should remember, Mark was seriously injured and nearly killed when a lunatic targeted him in the police department’s parking lot and hit him with a vehicle.

Mark suffered but survived. He ended up needing a kidney. Guess who responded to Mark’s call for help with heavenly lights and sirens? Blaize.

Today is Blaize’s birthday. Would you do something to honor him? Would you do something small for a stranger? Buy them a Quenchers? Buy their lunch in the drive through? Help someone load their groceries? Say something kind and uplifting?

Tell them Blaize sent you.

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