![Pasadena Police Department has a fan with 4-year-old](https://behindthebadge.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/lucasnolfi_2-702x527.jpg)
Pasadena Police Department has a fan with 4-year-old
0On the corner of Ramona and Garfield Street, across from the Pasadena Police Department, 4-year-old Lucas stands outside an electric gate where he can watch police officers come and go between shifts. There’s the undercover car. The SWAT car. A car for the K9 unit and the police cars that go out for traffic and park safety. Lucas knows them all by memory. Wearing mirrored sunglasses and a police costume his “Nonna” gave him for his birthday, Lucas waves “hello” to all of the police officers who exit the gate. And everyone waves right back. …
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