Dozens of recruits were injured when an SUV crashed into them while they were out on a training run. Their class still made it to graduation day.
On Friday morning, in front of a crowd of hundreds, Macdonald found the words.“Class 464 is a resilient and remarkable group, and they had to grow up quick,” he said. “Unlike most police officers, they did not get six months of academy training before they found themselves in the middle of a high-risk, life-and-death situation.”Deputies Christopher Cenderelli and Arin Davidian demonstrate a hold during a defensive tactics class at the STARS academy in Whittier.
Brendan Kilgore is a Marine turned registered nurse who has “always had a desire to be of service.” After deciding that law enforcement was his calling, he applied to the Glendale Police Department.The men and women would spend a punishing 22 weeks at the academy. They would endure Black Monday, the boot-camp-style initiation, practice defensive tactics on one another, go through intense physical training.That day, Kilgore rose at 3 a.m. and met up with his carpool to head to STARS.
A resident surveys the scene after a motorist plowed into Los Angeles County sheriff’s cadets during a morning run Nov. 16 in Whittier.As the car barreled toward her, Fernandez froze. A fellow recruit yanked her out of harm’s way. They crashed into a black fence.The Honda CR-V had crashed into recruits in the middle of the formation who didn’t have time to jump out of the way. The vehicle then slammed into a lamppost, which prevented it from striking more recruits.
Mora tended to another recruit who was bleeding profusely. With bare hands, he fished concrete shards from a gaping wound in her leg. Another recruit, who had experience as an emergency medical technician, came to help.
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