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 Life, Adventure, Family, Writing what else is there? Random thoughts. |
Today, I went to downtown LA to collect my 25 year pin in person. LAPD did a nice ceremony for us civilian and sworn employees which I thought was thoughtful. Mind you, the City of LA is notoriously late on just about everything. I got my 10 year pin at 15 years - in fact, I got 2 and didn't get a 15 year pin. I got my 20 year pin at 22 1/2 years. So when they sent me the invite for the 25 year pin I said I better show up!  The day was a bit overcast. And my classmates (there's only 4, me, Sarah, Olga, and Jessica) were ALL supposed to go, but Olga and Jessica canceled. I get it. Fufu ceremonies are not for everyone, and Olga and Jessica are the type where they are uncomfortable in recognition of achievement. Mind you, I'm only only a hair better. I got my picture with the Deputy Chief and moved on. My husband was there dressed up in all his LAPD finest so that was nice. It's hard to believe it's been 25 years since I was hired by the City of LA and LAPD. We started with a class of 28 and there's only 4 of us now. When started, a cell phone was only good to make a phone call and everyone used a pager. CD players were in cars. My boys weren't born. My, how the times have changed. One of my most memorable calls, I was just qualified as a calltaker and this guy called up and wanted the Popo to come out. I asked, "What happened?" Caller: "I just paid this guy 1400 dollars for my drugs and he took off with the drugs and my money. I want to the police to track him down and get me my drugs I bought."  I said, "You know drugs are illegal?" Caller: "yeah." Me: "Well, the police would come out and arrest you for buying drugs." CLICK. |
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