Trooper Bertha Cazy is a community service officer and public information officer with the Pennsylvania State Police Troop D in Butler. Having worked with Troop D for six, years, Cazy recently assumed new responsibilities. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Bertha Cazy, the new public information and community service officer for state police Troop D, said she's focused on helping others on and off duty.

Serving the public is what drew her to the job in the first place.

“The helping people aspect of it is what I was always drawn to. I was drawn to the experiences I saw in cop shows on TV, but they don’t show you the paperwork,” she said and laughed.

Originally from Philadelphia, Cazy was stationed at the barracks in Butler right after her academy graduation in December 2017. She stepped into her new role in late March after serving as a patrol trooper in for six years.

Cazy said the troop’s main way of communicating to the public is through its Twitter page, @PSPTroopDPIO. The Butler barracks can be reached by calling 724-284-8100.