{"id":21077,"date":"2023-01-11T20:37:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T02:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/?p=21077"},"modified":"2023-01-11T20:37:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T02:37:18","slug":"groundbreaker-gracie-vrieze-retires-from-pd-after-3-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/groundbreaker-gracie-vrieze-retires-from-pd-after-3-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Una pionera&#8221; Gracie Vrieze se retira de la polic\u00eda despu\u00e9s de 3 d\u00e9cadas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"holaa-2653149203\" class=\"holaa-before-content holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/events\/2025-26\/broadway\/wicked?utm_source=HolaIowa&#038;utm_medium=DigitalAds&#038;utm_campaign=July26\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"728&#215;90\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/728x90.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/728x90.jpg 728w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/728x90-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/728x90-696x86.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/><h3><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tras luchar contra el c\u00e1ncer y el Covid, es hora de estar con la familia<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><b>Por Dolores Cullen, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stormlake.com\/\"><b>Storm Lake Times Pilot<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oficial de Servicio Comunitario Gracie Vrieze cierra sus 29\u00bd a\u00f1os de carrera con el Departamento de Polic\u00eda de Storm Lake con una lista de logros impresionantes y la admiraci\u00f3n de la comunidad Storm Lake.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-285566672\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles-2 holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aap.org\/en\/patient-care\/lead-exposure\/lead-exposure-in-children\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Web Ad July #1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-1024x256.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-1536x384.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-2048x512.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-696x174.jpg 696w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-1068x267.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-1920x480.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" width=\"600\" height=\"640\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Gracie fue y es una pionera&#8221;, afirma el ex Jefe de Polic\u00eda de Storm Lake, Mark Prosser, que la contrat\u00f3 en 1993.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vrieze, de 54 a\u00f1os, fue la primera agente de servicios a la comunidad y personal multiling\u00fce empleada por el departamento de polic\u00eda y la ciudad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fue una de las primeras, si no la primera, funcionaria multiling\u00fce de servicios a la comunidad en el Estado de Iowa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;A trav\u00e9s de su servicio, Gracie ayud\u00f3 a preparar el programa de agentes de servicios a la comunidad de tal manera que ha sido reconocido a nivel nacional en medios impresos y de v\u00eddeo durante m\u00e1s de dos d\u00e9cadas&#8221;, a\u00f1ade Prosser.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-2335616091\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/forms\/sign-up-for-progress-iowas-high-five\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" aria-label=\"H5 Spanish 300 x 250 Progress Iowa\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H5-Spanish-300-x-250-Progress-Iowa.png\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los problemas de salud han influido en su decisi\u00f3n de retirarse en este momento. &#8220;Realmente quer\u00eda llegar al menos a los 30 a\u00f1os&#8221;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En 2006 le diagnosticaron un c\u00e1ncer de mama contra el que lucha a brazo partido. Con los a\u00f1os se hizo conocida como una superviviente inspiradora.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-2021429553\" class=\"holaa-content holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/events\/2025-26\/broadway\/wicked?utm_source=HolaIowa&#038;utm_medium=DigitalAds&#038;utm_campaign=July26\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"300&#215;250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En 2020 fue hospitalizada con COVID-19 en el St. Luke&#8217;s de Sioux City. Esto fue antes de que hubiera vacunas disponibles. &#8220;Estuve a punto de morir&#8221;, dijo al Storm Lake Times Pilot. &#8220;Estaba en coma e intubada&#8221;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tambi\u00e9n tuvo que luchar contra los efectos secundarios. Incluso caminar era un reto. &#8220;Ten\u00eda muchas ganas de trabajar&#8221;, dice, pero pasaron varias semanas hasta que pudo hacerlo.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-2643703562\" class=\"holaa-after-content holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.auditor.iowa.gov\/about-us\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" aria-label=\"Davenport MBS26007_Spanish Fund for States Ads 300x250_F\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F-1024x854.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F-696x580.jpg 696w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F-1068x890.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21079\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21079\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gracie-bw-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gracie-bw-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gracie-bw-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gracie-bw-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gracie-bw-324x235.jpg 324w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gracie-bw-696x505.jpg 696w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gracie-bw-1068x775.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gracie-bw-579x420.jpg 579w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gracie-bw.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">El exjefe de polic\u00eda Mark Prosser contrat\u00f3 a Gracie Vrieze hace casi 30 a\u00f1os.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>La primer Oficial de Servicio Comunitario (CSO) de Storm Lake<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vrieze hab\u00eda estado trabajando en la l\u00ednea de IBP cuando solicit\u00f3 el puesto de CSO. Tambi\u00e9n hab\u00eda sido int\u00e9rprete en el hospital.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Como CSO, su principal responsabilidad era servir de int\u00e9rprete a la poblaci\u00f3n latina, que en aquel momento contaba con unas 300 familias. Otras de sus tareas eran la vigilancia de domicilios, la asistencia a ambulancias, la escolta de funerales, la seguridad en tiendas, las multas de aparcamiento, los veh\u00edculos abandonados y el servicio comunitario en las escuelas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sin embargo, seg\u00fan Prosser, Gracie se vio inmersa en algunas de las investigaciones m\u00e1s serias, peligrosas y de m\u00e1s alto nivel de las que se ocupaba el departamento, &#8220;y siempre respondi\u00f3 con elegancia, profesionalidad y dignidad&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuvo un papel decisivo en un caso de falsificaci\u00f3n que llev\u00f3 al Servicio Secreto a la ciudad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Recuerdo algunos de los casos tr\u00e1gicos&#8221;, dijo Vrieze. Mencion\u00f3 el incendio que se cobr\u00f3 la vida de dos ni\u00f1os peque\u00f1os y su t\u00edo en Vista Estates Mobile Home Park en 1996. Tambi\u00e9n recuerda con tristeza el incidente en el que muri\u00f3 ahogado un joven de 17 a\u00f1os.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Cuando Vrieze era la \u00fanica persona del departamento que hablaba espa\u00f1ol, le toc\u00f3 a ella convencer a un hombre de que soltara el arma &#8220;como en las pel\u00edculas&#8221;, dijo en una reuni\u00f3n en Our Place en 2019. El hombre estaba en una casa y ella le habl\u00f3 por meg\u00e1fono con voz calmada hasta que entreg\u00f3 el rifle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vrieze no se amilan\u00f3, ni siquiera ante las tareas m\u00e1s dif\u00edciles. &#8220;Disfruto mucho con mi trabajo&#8221;, afirma.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La gente llama a Vrieze o se presenta en su puerta. &#8220;La gente viene a mi casa porque tienen problemas o papeles del juzgado y no saben lo que significan&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Era valios\u00edsima cuando trabajaba con ni\u00f1os v\u00edctimas y familias en crisis que hab\u00edan sufrido grandes p\u00e9rdidas&#8221;, dijo Prosser, pero a\u00f1adi\u00f3 que &#8220;Gracie dec\u00eda lo que pensaba y no era temerosa. Hac\u00eda preguntas cuando hab\u00eda que hacerlas&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21080\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21080\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21080\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gracie3981-1024x656.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"446\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asisti\u00f3 toda la familia Vrieze. Primera fila, de izquierda a derecha: Ana, Lihley, Gracie, Montserrat, Elijah (al frente), Raymond. Atr\u00e1s: Stephanie, Terry, Vanessa, Yicel (esposa de Alan), Alan.<br \/>Foto por Dolores Cullen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Lista para jubilarse<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Terry quer\u00eda que dejara de trabajar hace un par de a\u00f1os&#8221;, dice de su marido. Comprend\u00eda el estr\u00e9s que sufr\u00eda&#8221;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Se conocieron en M\u00e9xico. Terry estaba de servicio en la frontera, en Yuma (Arizona). Tuvieron seis hijos: Alan, ahora en Denison; y Jennifer, Stephanie, Vanessa, Ana y Montserrat (que ahora tiene 11 a\u00f1os), todos en Storm Lake.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahora estar\u00e1n encantados de ver m\u00e1s a Gracie. &#8220;Mis hijos se alegrar\u00e1n de ver a mam\u00e1 sin uniforme&#8221;, dice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hablando de uniformes, en sus 29 a\u00f1os y medio en el departamento, pas\u00f3 por tres cambios de uniforme.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Lo que m\u00e1s echar\u00e9 de menos es estar con todos&#8221;, dijo Vrieze sobre su pr\u00f3xima jubilaci\u00f3n.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expres\u00f3 su gratitud por las veces que la comunidad la apoy\u00f3. Mencion\u00f3 la recaudaci\u00f3n de fondos contra el c\u00e1ncer. &#8220;Fue incre\u00edble&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Y al final, las noches en vela, las llamadas telef\u00f3nicas, la ayuda a la persona atrapada en el ascensor de Senior Housing, todo formaba parte del trabajo que amaba.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Siempre me ha gustado ayudar a la gente&#8221;, dice. &#8220;Me hace sentir bien por dentro&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21081\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21081\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21081\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gracie3961-1024x1007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"684\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gracie recibi\u00f3 una placa del Departamento de Polic\u00eda de Storm Lake<br \/>Foto por Dolores Cullen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ha sido una verdadera pionera en la construcci\u00f3n de la comunidad<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Por Chris Cole, Jefe de Polic\u00eda de Storm Lake<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A principios de la d\u00e9cada de 1990, Storm Lake estaba experimentando una gran afluencia de inmigrantes hispanos.\u00a0 Hab\u00eda falta de int\u00e9rpretes y muy poco conocimiento de la cultura en espa\u00f1ol. Los agentes se enfrentaban a menudo a barreras ling\u00fc\u00edsticas con sus contactos en la calle. Muchos de nuestros residentes inmigraban a Storm Lake desde pa\u00edses donde hab\u00eda miedo, desconfianza y desconexi\u00f3n entre los ciudadanos y la polic\u00eda. Esta falta de confianza y temor a menudo les hac\u00eda sentirse marginados.\u00a0 Algunos incluso sent\u00edan que no ten\u00edan acceso a la justicia.\u00a0 Las v\u00edctimas de delitos no los denunciaban porque no confiaban en la polic\u00eda, o no sab\u00edan c\u00f3mo denunciarlos, porque no hablaban el idioma. Esto a menudo provocaba m\u00e1s victimizaci\u00f3n y m\u00e1s actividades delictivas, ninguna de las cuales se denunciaba.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El jefe Mark Prosser fue lo suficientemente previsor como para reconocer este problema y cre\u00f3 el puesto de Agente de Servicios a la Comunidad de Gracie, en un esfuerzo por ayudar a fomentar la confianza entre la polic\u00eda y la comunidad. Dado que el programa era nuevo, no exist\u00eda ning\u00fan plan, manual o gu\u00eda sobre c\u00f3mo alcanzar el objetivo.\u00a0 El trabajo y la dedicaci\u00f3n de Gracie con los esfuerzos de divulgaci\u00f3n comunitaria del Departamento de Polic\u00eda de Storm Lake (SLPD) han allanado el camino a lo que ahora es un modelo de polic\u00eda comunitaria de gran \u00e9xito para diversas comunidades.\u00a0 Creo que su trabajo ha hecho de Storm Lake una comunidad m\u00e1s segura.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crear confianza en la comunidad requiere mucho tiempo y esfuerzo. No es un trabajo de 9 a 5.\u00a0 Cuando Gracie empez\u00f3, era una de las \u00fanicas int\u00e9rpretes de espa\u00f1ol de la zona.\u00a0 La llamaban a cualquier hora de la noche para que hiciera de int\u00e9rprete, no s\u00f3lo del departamento de polic\u00eda, sino tambi\u00e9n del hospital y de otras organizaciones.\u00a0 Ser\u00eda impactante saber cu\u00e1ntos beb\u00e9s ha ayudado a nacer en los \u00faltimos 29 a\u00f1os. Sigue atendiendo llamadas a domicilio, a todas horas, por todo tipo de motivos. Es incre\u00edble la cantidad de informes policiales que se han iniciado a partir de una llamada telef\u00f3nica de un residente a Gracie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He tenido el privilegio y el honor de trabajar con Gracie durante los \u00faltimos 29 a\u00f1os. Ella me ha ense\u00f1ado mucho sobre las tradiciones y la cultura de habla hispana. Tambi\u00e9n ha sido fundamental para ayudarme a aprender a hablar espa\u00f1ol. 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