.
A ST. PAUL POLICE OFFICER
HAS FOUND A WAY TO GROW
RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN HIS
COMMUNITY.
SOMETIMES ALL IT TAKES IS A
COMMON INTEREST AND A
WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN.
.
IN LATE SEPTEMBER THE HARVEST
OF VEGETABLES IS A FAMILIAR
SIGHT IN GARDENS.
LOOK, THERE'S A RED ONE.
BUT THIS GARDEN STANDS OUT.
IT'S A COMMUNITY GARDEN BEHIND
A PUBLIC HOUSING HIGHRISE FOR
SENIORS AND OTHERS IN ST. PAUL.
LINDA IS THE GARDENER IN
CHARGE.
IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL.
I THINK IT'S GREAT.
EVERYTHINGGREW.
RESIDENTS OF THE HIGHRISE
APARTMENT BUILDING SHARE THE
WORKLOAD OF TENDING TO THE
GARDEN AND THAT INCLUDES THIS
GUY.
JASON PETERSON IS A ST. PAUL
POLICE OFFICER.
HE'S LIVED IN THE BUILDING FOR
THE PAST 3 YEARS.
IT'S PART OF HIS JOB.
THEY DON'T JUST SEE A
UNIFORM.
THEY SEE ME HERE, THEYSEE ME
HERE WITH MY KIDS.
THEYGET TO TALK TO ME MORE OF A
FRIENDLY LEVEL.
WHAT DID JASON DO OUT HERE?
THE MAN WORK, HE PUT THE
DIRT IN.
THE OFFICER SAYS HIS FATHER
BROUGHT IN SOIL FROM HIS FARM
TO GET THE GARDEN STARTED.
HE'S AN OFFICER WHEN HE
PUTS ON HIS UNIFORM WHEN HE
NEEDS TO BE BUT HE'S BASICALLY
A NICE MAN.
YOU KNOW, HE'S CUTE TOO.
THE VEGETABLES ARE GIVEN TO
THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.
IT'S A COMMUNITY GARDEN SO
EVERYTHING GETS LAID OUT ON THE
TABLE IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM AND
THEY TAKE FROM THAT.
AND IT'S AFIRST COME FIRST
SERVE.
.
THE RESIDENTS COUNCIL BOUGHT
SEEDS FOR GARDEN.
