{"id":9324,"date":"2019-05-25T08:03:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T12:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=9324"},"modified":"2026-08-14T09:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:13:15","slug":"batavia-old-school-cop-retires-after-32-years-at-the-batavia-police-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/05\/25\/batavia-old-school-cop-retires-after-32-years-at-the-batavia-police-department\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Old school cop retires after 32 years at the Batavia Police Department"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q0VdnbbIrgw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Youth Detective Rich Schauf retired on Friday after 32 years of dedicated service to the City of Batavia and City of Batavia Police Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schauf started his law enforcement career in June of 1983 as a Jailor at the Genesee County Jail. He graduated from the Central Police Services Academy in Erie County in June 1987. He was then hired by the City of Batavia Police Department and promoted to Youth Detective on October 20, 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schauf spent the majority of career dedicated to the youth of the City. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Rich is an old school cop, he really takes his job very personally and he puts everything he as into everything he does,&#8221; says Chief Shawn Heubusch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ykXYKfvVhzg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Presentation during luncheon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was an integral part in the creation of several organizations designed to provide support services to the youth of the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;He intertwines himself with the community, he reaches out ahead of time seeing trouble coming down the pike. He is a valuable member of not only the Department, but the City of Batavia. As a whole he is somebody you look up to,&#8221; says Heubusch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A luncheon was held at City Hall on Friday to honor Rich Schauf&#8217;s 32 years of service and to wish him well in his retirement.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ufoOz4LHL9w?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Audio interview with Det. Rich Schauf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"521\" data-attachment-id=\"9327\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/05\/25\/batavia-old-school-cop-retires-after-32-years-at-the-batavia-police-department\/20190524_171933-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190524_171933-1.jpg?fit=2719%2C1575&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2719,1575\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G950U&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1558701085&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0333333333333&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20190524_171933\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190524_171933-1.jpg?fit=900%2C521&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190524_171933-1.jpg?resize=900%2C521&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190524_171933-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C593&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190524_171933-1.jpg?resize=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190524_171933-1.jpg?resize=768%2C445&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190524_171933-1.jpg?resize=150%2C87&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190524_171933-1.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190524_171933-1.jpg?w=2700&amp;ssl=1 2700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Some current and retired members of the Batavia Police Dept.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Youth Detective Rich Schauf retired on Friday after 32 years of dedicated service to the City of Batavia and City of Batavia Police Department. Schauf started his law enforcement career in June of 1983 as a Jailor at the Genesee County Jail. He graduated from the Central Police Services Academy \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/05\/25\/batavia-old-school-cop-retires-after-32-years-at-the-batavia-police-department\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,23,1],"tags":[213,1644],"class_list":["post-9324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","category-genesee-county","category-uncategorized","tag-batavia-police-dept","tag-det-rich-schauf"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-2qo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53536,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/05\/29\/genesee-county-city-of-batavia-proclaims-may-29th-as-batavia-police-department-flag-commemoration-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":9324,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/City of Batavia proclaims May 29th as Batavia Police Department Flag Commemoration Day","author":"aka","date":"May 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rylJOxMJaG4?si=RgJwNQi-5FpQG6S4 VIDEO-Procession\/ceremony at the gravesite of former Patrolman Arthur Luplow at Grandview Cemetery, 80 Clinton Street, Batavia, NY\/ Who was honored on May 29, 2024 Third annual commemoration honored deceased members of the Batavia Police Department Press release BATAVIA, NY \u2013 The Batavia Police Department held its third annual Flag\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/gennesse-county\/batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240529_131934-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C836&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240529_131934-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C836&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240529_131934-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C836&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240529_131934-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C836&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240529_131934-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C836&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":32750,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/05\/23\/batavia-police-department-honors-deceased-members-at-first-annual-flag-commemoration-ceremony\/","url_meta":{"origin":9324,"position":1},"title":"BATAVIA\/Police Department honors deceased members at first Annual Flag Commemoration Ceremony","author":"aka","date":"May 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Graves of deceased officers honored with placement of flags featuring Batavia Police Department shield Press release BATAVIA, NY \u2013 The Batavia Police Department conducted the first annual Flag Commemoration Ceremony to recognize, and honor departed members of the department who are buried or interred in cemeteries across Genesee County. 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