(Seguin) — The men and women of the Seguin Police Department will be honored during this year’s Holiday Lighted Parade. Mayor Don Keil announced recently that he had selected the officers to be recognized as this year’s grand marshals for the popular Christmastime parade. Keil says he has such great respect for Police Chief Terry Nichols and for the rest of the department. He says he’s seen first hand how they are making a positive difference for the people of Seguin.
“Through the past few weeks, I’ve seen so much of Chief Nichols and doing things and seeing his operations throughout the community as well as his command staff which is an amazing group of guys too, a very skilled group of people. So, it kind of put it into head to me that every year, it’s my duty to name a marshal for our Holiday Stroll Parade and so, I took it upon myself to appoint I think the Seguin Police Department headed by Chief Nichols as the official marshals of whatever forum our celebration will take – whether it’s a standing display or some sort of celebration but one way or the other, I want this to be a reminder to this community of what a great, professional, well run police department that we have,” said Keil.
Mayor Keil says a number of law enforcement agencies have been in the news of late, and not always in a positive light. But Keil said he wanted to show his support for the work done by the Seguin PD each day.
“I just want them to know that this community supports them and will do all that it can to help them keep this a safe community. I’m going to encourage people through the holiday season, if they can, maybe even make it some sort of theme to honor these guys that keep us all safe in this community,” said Keil.
The officers will be honored as part of the city’s holiday parade, but Mayor Keil says that he hopes the community will come together during this time to show its thanks for the officers who serve and protect this community.
“Throughout the country, there are places that are really having a hard time respecting police and I really want to make sure that our police force, Chief Nichols knows that this community knows them, supports them and will do all that we can to make sure that this a wonderful, peaceful community and the police department is a big, big part of that,” said Keil.
The Lighted Holiday Parade is usually held the first week of December in downtown Seguin. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s not clear how the parade will look this year. The city is currently exploring a number of options, and expects to make an official decision on the parade in mid-November.
