From answering phone calls late at night, to breaking down a door to bust a narcotics ring, to helping to escort dignitaries throughout town, Tod Patterson and Chris Jacobson have done it all.
Friday marked a "special day" for the two officers and for the Lodi Police Department, as Chief Mark Helms put it.
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