A YOUNG WOMAN WITH A BIG
PERSONALITY MADE HER MARK IN
LAW ENFORCEMENT EVEN THOUGH SHE
DIDN'T WEAR A BADGE.
JANA WOOD WAS A SOCIAL MEDIA
MANAGER FOR THE SHAKOPEE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
SHE CAME THROUGH THAT DOOR,
IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO KNOW --
NOTICE THAT THINGS WERE GOING
TO CHANGE WITH JANA.
THE CHIEF SAYS SHE WON
NATIONAL AWARDS FOR HER WORK IN
SOCIAL MEDIA.
JANA WAS 28 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE
DIED FROM A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE ON
SUNDAY.
TONIGHT IN LIFE STORY,
ANGELA DAVIS SHOWS HER HOW HER
CAREER WAS ONLY A PART OF HER
MISSION IN LIFE.
THIS IS WHERE JANA WOOD MADE
HERSELF AT HOME INSIDE THE
SHAKOPEE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HER DESK IS NOW DECORATED WITH
PICTURES OF HER AND HER
FAVORITE THINGS LIKE HALLOWEEN
COSTUMES.
SUCH A LOSS FOR OUR
DEPARTMENT.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT
MOVING FORWARD.
Reporter: JANA WAS THE WITTY
AND CARING VOICE BEHIND THE
DEPARTMENT'S TWITTER ACCOUNT
AND FACEBOOK PAGE.
SHE RECOGNIZED FOUR YEARS
AGO THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE A
BETTER TWO WAY CONVERSATION
WITH THE COMMUNITY AND SHE MADE
SURE THAT WE WERE SOCIAL ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
SHE DID IT SO WELL, THAT
OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS
INVITED HER TO TRAIN THEM.
IN 2014 SHE WAS NAMED MINNESOTA
CRIME PREVENTION SPECIALIST OF
THE YEAR FOR HER WORK IN
TEACHING THE COMMUNITY HOW TO
BE MORE ALERT.
RARELY WOULD A DAY OR TWO GO
BY WHERE SHE WOULDN'T COME IN
THE OFFICE WITH A NEW IDEA, A
NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS.
DETECTIVE MICKEY MARQUARDT
SAT NEAR JANA.
TAUGHT ME IT'S OKAY TO BE
WHO I AM AND BE CONFIDENT ABOUT
WHO I AM AND, YOU KNOW, SHE
TAUGHT ME TO LOVE PEOPLE AND
CARE ABOUT PEOPLE.
JANA WAS MARRIED TO HER
COLLEGE SWEETHEART.
SHE WAS SO SELFLESS AND I
SAW THE LOVE AND STRENGTH TO
CARE ABOUT OTHERS THROUGH HER.
I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, GIVING BACK TO
PEOPLE.
Reporter: ERIC SAYS HIS WIFE
REALLY WANTED TO BE A MOTHER
AND SHE CAME CLOSE.
LAST YEAR SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH
TWINS BUT THEY WERE STILLBORN.
MONTHS LATER SHE BECAME
PREGNANT AGAIN BUT HAD A
MISCARRIAGE.
AND LAST WEEK WHEN JANA WAS
ADMITTED INTO THE HOSPITAL, SHE
WAS THREE MONTHS PREGNANT.
SHE WANTED HER BABIES AND
SHE IS UP IN HEAVEN WITH THEM
SO SHE GOT THEM INADVERTENTLY
IN A MORE HEAVENLY WAY SHE IS
DOING WHAT SHE REALLY WANTED.
Reporter: ANGELA DAVIS, WCCO
4 NEWS.
JANA WOOD'S FUNERAL IS THIS
SUNDAY AT BRADSHAW CELEBRATION
OF LIFE CENTER IN STILLWATER.
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