CHAPTER 2: UNDERNEATH HER UNIFORMJOSIE AND I FELL INTO a routine of being partners and quickly became friends. She made me laugh and we had fun together. But out in the streets, she could draw her gun as fast as I could and she had no qualms backing me up. And I had her back as well. We were out doing a routine patrol. It was a nice crisp morning and aside from the usual vagrants wandering around, it was pretty quiet in the park this morning. That usually meant an interesting afternoon or super busy evening and night. Josie and I began walking the park, stopping every now and then to talk to some of the homeless people that I knew. It made me sad to see good people in this predicament. I knew some of them were on drugs or drank. And this was the path those life choices led them to. But