Officer Ben Bloker grew up in Janesville and graduated from Janesville High School
in 1991.   He attended classes at the University of Northern Iowa before joining
the United States Navy.  After his Naval service, Officer Bloker was attending Hawkeye
Community College in the Police Science Program, when he was hired by the Waterloo
Police Department in September 1996.

Officer Bloker graduated as a member of the 155th Basic Law Enforcement Academy
at Camp Dodge. Officer Bloker has been a member of Third Watch Patrol, the Waterloo
Police K9 Unit with K9 Aron, and as CSI for the Patrol Division.  He is currently a
member of first Watch Patrol.   Officer Bloker is married to his wife Jen of twenty years,
and has two sons, Luke and Drew.

According to his supervisors, Officer Bloker is a great example of a dedicated professional law enforcement officer. Officer Bloker initiates traffic enforcement, business checks,
foot patrol, and extra attention checks every day.  He takes his calls without hesitation
and is professional and cheerful on the radio when doing so.  Officer Bloker has great
communication skills with the citizens of Waterloo and is able to build rapport on each
call he goes on.  We can count on Officer Bloker every single day to handle his cases
and back up other officers without question.  He is the first to step up and help out
another officer regardless of the situation.
 
Congratulations Officer Bloker!

                     Officer Ben Bloker