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Best of BTB: A tale of two chiefs: BFFs since junior high, they now run PDs in adjacent cities in O.C. - Behind the Badge

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Editor’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 20, 2016. The two police chiefs were recalling when they first met — way back in junior high, in summer school biology class. “We were dissecting a frog,” Irvine PD Chief Mike Hamel recalled. “We were dissecting something,” Tustin PD Chief Charlie Celano said. The two became instant friends. C…
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