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April 1998 Starts Cadet Training
May  1999 Makes First Arrest in the Field
Sept.  1999 Makes Police Sergeant
Feb. 2000 Transfers To Uptown
Sept.  2000 Makes Lieutenant
Jan. 2001 Celebrates his 200th Arrest!
May  2002 Promoted To Headquarters
Jan. 2003 Makes his 300th Arrest
Jan.  2004 Celebrates the Arrest of Crime lord "Slick Jim"
Feb. 2005 Makes 25th Courtroom Appearance
Oct.   2005 Move into Headquarters, Permanently out of the field.
Oct.  2006 Re-designs Office Promoted to Captain
March  2007 Transfers to California
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