Frankfurt retired Tuesday, Feb. 25, drawing a nearly 35 year in law enforcement to a close.

Frankfurt began his law enforcement career in 1991 and served at Monticello, Anamosa, Lisbon and then Mount Vernon-Lisbon Police Department. Chief Doug Shannon said Frankfurt came to Lisbon after he was heavily recruited by fellow officer Amy Ford. “Jeff has been a great addition to our department since he arrived,” Shannon said.

Jeff’s son, David, is a member of the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Police Department reserves and also serving as part of the Cedar Rapids Police Department. Shannon said the legacy Frankfurt is leaving for the department is great.

Ford said she learned so much from Frankfurt about the importance of police work when she joined the Anamosa Police Department in 2007.

“He really shared what being a police officer in a small town police department is like,” Ford said. “That you have to see many of these people again and again every day.”

In 2017, shortly after Ford had joined the Lisbon Police  Department, she recruited Frankfurt to join the small town police department.

Ford said the most important lesson she has learned from Frankfurt is to “pick yourself up and move on after anything, because it will al buff out in the end.”

Frankfurt thanked Ford for recruiting him to the Mount Vernon and Lisbon communities, which he said have been some of the best departments to work at in his career.

“I’ve loved having the opportunity to work alongside my son these past few months,” Frankfurt said.

Frankfurt said he always tried to do the best he could with the abilities he had at times as an officer.