Late last year, siblings Oscar and Olive, were visiting Beechworth Bakery when they met fellow siblings, Senior Sergeant Damian Keegan and Leading Senior Constable Brendan Keegan.
Taking advantage of a free seat on a police motorbike and a photo opportunity, the two youngsters hit the brothers with tough questions like: ‘Do you get to turn the sirens on?’ and ‘How do you be a cop?’
For the Keegan brothers, police work runs deep in their family history. A recent interest in their ancestry revealed five generations of direct descendants dating back pre–Victoria Police to 1850, totalling 173 years of combined service.
Both are now celebrating 30 years in the job, with Brendan marking nearly three decades with Highway Patrol.
Meanwhile Damian, currently Station Commander in their hometown of Echuca, has moved through regional stations and spent 10 years within the Sexual Offences and Child-abuse Investigation Team.
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