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EDITORIAL : THUMBS UP.


GOOD for Bryce Verna. He refused to let the tragic, senseless sense·less  
adj.
1. Lacking sense or meaning; meaningless.

2. Deficient in sense; foolish or stupid.

3. Insensate; unconscious.
 murder of his police officer father, Paul, in 1983 stop him from last week carrying out his lifelong ambition of being a cop.

And good for the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).

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 to unretire un·re·tire  
intr.v. un·re·tired, un·re·tir·ing, un·re·tires
To return to work after having taken retirement.



un
 the badge of the elder Verna in a tribute to the life he laid down for the residents of this city.

It's nice to see the boy who attended his father's funeral in a Little League uniform grow up to become a responsible adult whose values were not deluded the day his father died.

Bryce's mother, the since remarried Sandra sandra (sänˑ·dr),
adj
 Jackson, deserves credit for raising him to keep his head high. Verna's younger son, Ryan, also wants to become an L.A. police officer.

Bryce will wear badge No. 193 while on duty, and should his brother join the force he'll pass it along. That's brotherhood, and what we want our officers to stand for.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Article Type:Editorial
Date:Dec 5, 1999
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