A dedicated and steadfast community servant who wore his badge proudly on many uniforms.That's the way Ross Bartlett's co-workers remember him.The 54-year-old Ceresco police officer was hit and killed during a traffic stop Friday night just south of the village of a thousand residents.A brand new fire truck sits in front of the Ceresco volunteer firehouse to honor one of their own — Bartlett's gear and helmet placed on the front along with rose. Both Bartlett and his wife Tina were members of the squad. Bartlett was in charge of training and was looking forward to using the new truck.Madison County Sheriff Todd Volk said the couple did the same thing when they lived in northeast Nebraska before moving to Ceresco in 2017. "He wore his badge proudly. It worked several different ones from different departments over the years and he was a friend and he was a friend of the communities that he worked for," Volk said.Bartlett's law enforcement career spanned 30 years. Started as a police officer with the Valentine Police Dept. He went on to serve as a Boone County Sheriff deputy, Madison police officer and worked part-time at the Madison County sheriff's office doing court security."Dependable if you had a if you're out on a call or something like that need a backup he was coming," Volk said.Volk said he was extremely professional."There's a lot of times where things could have gotten out of hand and either working in our court there or even when he was an officer with Madison Police Department, he was able to handle himself and just talk with people," Volk said. For the past seven years, Bartlett was an investigator for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services and also worked part-time as a Ceresco police officer.On Friday Bartlett was conducting a traffic stop on Highway 77 and was parked on the shoulder when a pickup struck his cruiser from behind killing him."It you know, hit me pretty hard when I got called by his daughter Saturday morning, " Volk said. Volk said they all know their job can be dangerous. He hopes this tragedy is a reminder to everyone else on the road."You see flashing red and blue lights, you better be slowing down. This shouldn't happen that way," Volk said. A funeral service for Bartlett is scheduled for Friday at 10:30 a.m. at Saint Mark's United Methodist Church in Lincoln.A fundraiser for the Bartlett family is being held at the Red Rooster Restaurant in Ceresco from Tuesday to Thursday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.The state patrol continues to investigate the crash.So far the driver of the truck, 49-year-old Tony Pierce has not been cited. He was not seriously injured.