Behind the Badge 
Heroic moment inspires son to join father at La Habra Police Department
0The day of Lieutenant Steve Costanzo’s retirement ceremony from the La Habra Police Department his son, Sgt. Michael Costanzo, received a job offer from the department. “I was very pleased that he (was) hired there,” said Steve, who worked at the La Habra Police Department for nearly 31 years. “He got to work with some of the people I had worked with, actually some of the people I trained. He had some knowledge about the city and the goings-on before he even got hired.” Though Steve didn’t encourage his kids to become police officers and tried to keep his work…
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