Golden to welcome retired Lewiston Police corporal as guest to Trump’s address at joint session of Congress

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) will welcome retired Lewiston Police corporal Jeffrey Baril to Washington, D.C., Tuesday as his guest to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress. 

“Public service like that provided by Cpl. Baril transcends partisanship and politics,” Golden said. “Whether he was responding to violent crime or inspecting abandoned, derelict apartment buildings to help prevent fires like those that devastated our city in 2013, Baril dedicated himself to the people of Lewiston over his long career with the Lewiston Police Department and Code Enforcement office. I’m proud to welcome him as my guest to the first presidential address to Congress of President Trump’s second term.” 

Baril, like Golden, is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He joined the Marines after high school and served two years of active duty before going on active reserve. He joined the Lewiston Police Department in 1989 but was called back to active duty during the first Gulf War in 1991. After serving in Kuwait, he returned to the Lewiston PD, where he eventually obtained the rank of corporal and retired in 2014.  

Baril is a resident of Sabattus, where he raised three children who have continued his tradition of service as a registered nurse, a teacher, and a mental health technician.

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