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Submitted to Contest #106
Doing therapy dog work at a Behavioral Health Unit has its challenges. My being a retired police officer had prepared for me for the unexpected. In fact, there were situations as a police officer that I actually had to take people into custody under California Health and Safety code 5150, because they were a danger to themselves or others. Some of those times I would transport those individuals to a lock-down unit in Los Angeles. But now I was visiting them, helping them. The work was rewarding for me, I was actually changing people’s lives....
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