It’s a busy morning as Lieutenant Anderson suits up and hits the treadmill.
But it’s not some part of police training, or his morning routine, it’s part of a new enhanced cardiovascular screening program put on by Essentia Health and the West Fargo police and fire departments.
They began implementing the program after a rough scare and an even tougher loss. One that left shockwaves in the community, the force and a family.
Amber Gustafson, who lost her husband, Lt. Adam Gustafson, to a heart attack last May, said, “I think that it’s important and necessary that West Fargo has decided to try to eliminate one thing like a cardiac event as a reason why one of their officers won’t come home at night. I think Adam would be really proud too to know that his fellow officers are being well-cared for”