APPLETON, Wis. (WFRV) – The Appleton Police Department is celebrating the nearly 30-year career of one of its sergeants who retired this week.
Sergeant Chue Thao started his career in law enforcement exactly 29 years ago this week, and he’s the first Hmong police officer in the Appleton Police Department’s history.
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Local 5 spoke with Sergeant Chue Thao in May 2021 , which is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Sgt. Thao immigrated to the United States in 1982. When his father sadly died when Sgt. Thao was just 10 years old, he took extra responsibility as an older sibling.
Sgt. Thao to Local 5 in 2021 that he took that responsibility and put it towards his eventual start with the Appleton Police Department…