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By noon, Glendale police officers were shedding their badges for jerseys and facing off against the school's staff on the basketball court to raise money for a worthy cause.
“We sat down, and we thought what about a basketball game, cops versus staff at every high school in Glendale or at least as many as we could get to participate,” said Trennepohl. While Officer Flanagin will split his allegiance today, there’s no question where he stands on the Special Olympics thanks to a relationship with a very accomplished athlete at the high school named Carly Ogden.
Her parents say the real reward, however, is the transformation they’ve seen in their daughter, born with Down syndrome, beaming confidence and finding a place of belonging she never had before.
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