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Resident credits Montclair officers with saving his life; council and pastor join in praise
Summary
A Montclair resident testified that two city officers provided compassionate, nonjudgmental help during a mental-health crisis and facilitated temporary housing and rehabilitation; the mayor read a letter of thanks and the officers were publicly recognized.
The Montclair City Council meeting opened with a mayoral reading of a letter thanking two code-enforcement officers, Ortiz and Goodridge, for what the letter described as life-changing, compassionate assistance to Abel "AJ" Apodaca.
The mayor read the letter from Apodaca, which recounted that during a severe manic episode and psychosis—when his medication had lapsed—officers Ortiz and…
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