Behind the Badge
Best of BTB: Meet Sgt. Sarah Fetterling, the first female motor officer in the history of the Tustin PD
0Editor’s note: As part of our 10th anniversary, Behind the Badge is sharing stories from our archives on Tuesdays and Fridays. This story is from February 28, 2019. March is Women in History month. When the dust cleared, Tustin PD Motor Officer Ralph Casiello turned to his colleague on the ground and made a crack. “Are you making gravel angels?” Sgt. Sarah Fetterling was flat on her back. Assigned to run the traffic unit in June 2018, Fetterling decided to learn how to ride a motorcycle. Although she didn’t have to, she wanted to be a sergeant who rode one,…
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