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Andrewski honored by Claremont City Council

By BOB MARTIN
Eagle Times Staff
CLAREMONT, N.H. — The Claremont City Council made a proclamation in honor of the late Stanley J. Andrewski III at their last meeting, commemorating the longtime member of the Claremont Police, who died on May 24 after a nine-year battle with cancer.

Members of Andrewski’s family were on-hand at the council’s meeting on Wednesday to hear a proclamation read by Mayor Dale Girard. Andrewski, 52, spent 28 years in law enforcement, starting with the Webster Police Department before going to Claremont in 1996.

Chief Brent Wilmot spoke at the meeting, telling the story of Andrewski’s career in police work. He was a graduate of Hesser College and started in Webster. He graduated from the Police Academy in 1995, and while with Claremont Police he worked his way up through the ranks. With the Claremont Police Department, Andrewski went from Patrolman to Sergeant in 1998, then to Lieutenant in 2013 and Captain in 2019. He retired from the force in January 2021 as the patrol captain.

“Over the years, he set himself apart,” Wilmot said. “He did everything that was asked of him, and he did it at a very high standard. He was most passionate about his role with narcotics investigation and practicing officer safety.”

In 2009, Andrewski received the Combat Cross for rescuing an officer who was down while taking gunfire in a standoff in Charlestown.

“Stan set himself apart as the bravest officer I’ve ever seen under fire,” Wilmot said. “In that incident a state trooper was critically injured inside a camper. With zero consideration about his own safety, under withering gunfire, he entered the camper, put the wounded officer over his shoulder and then ran across the field to a waiting police cruiser.”

In 2012 he received the N.H. Congressional Law Enforcement Award Unit Citation for “Courage and Resolve” during a 2011 domestic violence incident in Cornish, as well. On their arrival they took shotgun fire, and Andrewski led the tactical element. They hunkered in a ditch for five-and-a-half hours in the rain while it was resolved.

Andrewski was not only a dedicated member of the force, but also a top notch human being, with Wilmot saying he left a “legacy of benevolence and charity.” He would organize food drives, resurrect the Shop with a Cop program, help people down on their luck around the holidays and more.

Wilmot said in law enforcement it is easy to get jaded, but when his passing was announced on Facebook, they were flooded with positive comments about the impact Andrewski had in their lives.

“Off the job he was equally as admirable,” Wilmot said.

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