Witness details Joplin, Missouri, 'close encounter'

摘要

John Cruzan has spent most of his life like most of us with his family, work, and hobbies keeping him busy. John served as a police officer for the Joplin Police Department from 1986 to 1996. He worked on the Jasper County Drug Task Force and the Newton County Major Crimes Task Force. From 2009 to 2014 he worked as a private investigator for civil and criminal cases. Prior to his law enforcement career John worked as an EMT-Paramedic from 1983 to 1986 for Joplin Emergency Medical Services, and as director of the Southwest Missouri Search and Rescue Team. He instructed members in Wilderness Search and Rescue, High Angle and Rappelling Rescue, and is a Certified Rescue Scuba Diver. John is currently the Technical Operations Manager for the Joplin Globe newspaper. Among his hobbies is flying small engine airplanes.