'Officer down!'

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How the LBPD won a race for life

By Wendy Thomas Russell, Staff writer
Article Launched: 03/31/2007 10:32:41 PM PDT

Long Beach Police Chief Anthony Batts had seen this emergency room countless times. But this was different.

It was three days before Christmas, and two of Batts' officers had just been shot during a traffic stop on a downtown thoroughfare. Both had been hit above their bullet-proof vests. Blood was everywhere.

The doctors and nurses at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center moved in a tense choreography - pressing, cutting, retrieving, hovering. Their stern faces conveyed a grim, unspoken truth.

Batts stood between the injured men: a training officer and a rookie.

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[Felix]

That is...a great story. Thank God it ended well for the two officers and their families. You read so many stories where the contrary is true.

[Jay]

That really sucks for Wade........Only his 12th day on the job and that happening.. I'm glad they both made it.

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That really was well written. I was all swolt up and I knew the ending!

I'm glad they both made it.

Me too.

They endeavored to persevere.