Meet Scott Jablow.
A well known Sedona City Councilman, Scott holds a degree in Criminal Justice from the State University of New York at Farmingdale. For over 30 years, he worked as a police officer for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey before retiring as a Senior Police Accident Investigator. During his public safety career, he also worked in the Police Emergency Service Unit and was responsible for a squad of firefighters in the elite “Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting Unit.”
Scott and his wife, Janet, have lived in Sedona since 2007. He understands the importance of a strong community and strong leadership and has served on the Sedona City Council for six years.
Questions:
Q: Tell us about what you do. Why you do it? What inspired you or led you to your current career?
A: I have been on the City Council for six years. While I was the Planning and Zoning Commissioner, I was also elected to the Fire Board. Afterward, I decided to run for City Council, and I won. I wanted to stay on the SFD Governing Board because I had initiated a project that I was passionate about. If I resigned, I wouldn’t be able to carry it out. The project was the 9-11 Memorial at Sedona Fire District’s Station 6, along State Route 179. I am a retired officer with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and lost colleagues on Sept. 11. It meant a lot to me to accomplish this.
Q: What is something that you love about Sedona or what you do for fun?
A: I’m a workaholic! My work is fun. Where I came from, there were tall buildings, smog, and real traffic. As I walk my dogs, I see red rock mountains and Cathedral Rock. It’s a great life in Sedona.
Q: When friends or family visit you, where do you take them?
A: I usually take the people to see the statue at the Sedona library first and then the Heritage Museum.
Q: What would you consider as your greatest accomplishment?
A: I have always tried to bring people together. I have been successful with getting people to work together as a team.
Q: Choosing anyone with who would you love to have lunch?
A: I don’t know because usually people I aspire to meet, I do.
Q: What age would you be again, and why?
A: Given what I know now, I would say in my late 20’s and 30’s because I could do more for people, I think I would be more directed in different ways. I never got involved with the health care system, but I would have helped more people in that area. I would still be a police officer because that’s what I wanted to do since I was a little kid, I never acquired or aspired to be in a high rank, but I wanted to get certain things done and I did!
Q: What is that one thing you want people to remember you by, one word?
My devotion
From the interview with Jonelle Klein.
