Article December 8, 2008 Issue

COURAGE TO STAND FOR WHAT IS RIGHT

with contributions from Mike Laggart, Nina, Courtney, Christa, Ella, Emilia, Jake, Steve

The Kids' Sentinel talked with Mike Laggart, who worked as a Los Angeles Police officer for 25 years. Here, Mr. Laggart, who is now retired from the police force, answers questions kids had for him.

Did you always want to be a police officer?

That's a great question, because some people choose a career very early in their lives. I'd had an interest in law and law enforcement for a long time. But once I was out of college, I needed to pray about what I was going to do. God had always supplied me with what I needed, and I often prayed:

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