Cohasset police officer Regen Steverman attended the University of Vermont on a track scholarship. Photo by Greg Derr

Regen Steverman

Police officer, Cohasset

Tell us about yourself.

“Serving the public and getting to know the people in the community that I serve” is the best part of the job.

Her brother Erik Steverman, a Scituate police officer, “was probably a huge part of why I ended up going into police work.”

Fellow officers are very respectful. “They have confidence in me and I know that they do.”

“My niece (Molly, 3) and my nephew (Tucker, 6) are the light of my life.”

THE SKINNY
RANK: Police officer
AGE: 30
HIRED IN COHASSET: 2006
BIO: Steverman, whose first name means rain in German, grew up in Scituate. She played varsity soccer and basketball and ran track at Scituate High School, graduating in 1996. She went to the University of Vermont on a track scholarship and graduated in 2000. She graduated from the police academy in 2005 at the top of her class. She was a part-time officer in Scituate and became a full-time Cohasset officer in 2006. She is in “Choices,” a video that her aunt Lynda Steverman shows at high schools each year to counsel seniors about choices they will face in college. The video project was created after the death of officer Steverman’s cousin P.J. Steverman, who wandered away from an off-campus party in New Hampshire in 1995.

What did you want to be when you were a kid? Professional soccer player
What would you have been if not a police officer? “I can’t picture myself doing anything else.”
Best advice you ever got: “Everything happens for a reason.”
Person who gave it to you: “My mom.”
What do you do in your time off? Play soccer on indoor teams at South Shore Sports Center in Hingham and outdoors as a member of the Old Colony Women’s Soccer League.