Caroline

She was very sweet and said, you are brilliant, resilient, and beautiful, and you deserve to tell the truth of the story. You deserve to let people know what we went through.

I was told from my employers that one of the things that would be required of me as a component of my training for the position would be to complete a ride-along with the Colorado Springs Police Department. So I showed up at the substation, and I'm all 22 years old, freshly graduated, just celebrated my birthday, and I meet this police officer. His name was Troy.

I was told from my employers that one of the things that would be required of me as a component of my training for the position would be to complete a ride-along with the Colorado Springs Police Department. So I showed up at the substation, and I'm all 22 years old, freshly graduated, just celebrated my birthday, and I meet this police officer. His name was Troy.

I was told from my employers that one of the things that would be required of me as a component of my training for the position would be to complete a ride-along with the Colorado Springs Police Department. So I showed up at the substation, and I'm all 22 years old, freshly graduated, just celebrated my birthday, and I meet this police officer. His name was Troy.

The first part of what we were going to do for the evening is that we would sit in the lineup room and I would be able to listen to a police lineup.

The first part of what we were going to do for the evening is that we would sit in the lineup room and I would be able to listen to a police lineup.

The first part of what we were going to do for the evening is that we would sit in the lineup room and I would be able to listen to a police lineup.

As lineup's getting ready to begin, this person walks in. He's very tall and very handsome and just looks kind of discombobulated. He's carrying a radar gun and a clipboard while still trying to balance this coffee mug. And everyone's kind of giggling. And the police sergeant said, well, I guess we can start lineup when Joel finds his seat, everyone.

As lineup's getting ready to begin, this person walks in. He's very tall and very handsome and just looks kind of discombobulated. He's carrying a radar gun and a clipboard while still trying to balance this coffee mug. And everyone's kind of giggling. And the police sergeant said, well, I guess we can start lineup when Joel finds his seat, everyone.

As lineup's getting ready to begin, this person walks in. He's very tall and very handsome and just looks kind of discombobulated. He's carrying a radar gun and a clipboard while still trying to balance this coffee mug. And everyone's kind of giggling. And the police sergeant said, well, I guess we can start lineup when Joel finds his seat, everyone.

And I'm staring at him and I admit, I was just awestruck. He was handsome and young. And when he sat down, I could see him turning back around and staring at me. And you know, I get flushed and I look away. But the times when I would look over and we caught eyes, there's no other way to put it. It was electrifying.

And I'm staring at him and I admit, I was just awestruck. He was handsome and young. And when he sat down, I could see him turning back around and staring at me. And you know, I get flushed and I look away. But the times when I would look over and we caught eyes, there's no other way to put it. It was electrifying.

And I'm staring at him and I admit, I was just awestruck. He was handsome and young. And when he sat down, I could see him turning back around and staring at me. And you know, I get flushed and I look away. But the times when I would look over and we caught eyes, there's no other way to put it. It was electrifying.

And then as lineup finished, Troy came back to me and he said, OK, are you ready to get going? And before we were leaving the lineup room, Joel came kind of hurriedly over to us. And he said, Troy, don't forget I'm your partner tonight. And Troy just kind of let out this sigh. And then he looked at me and he said, and this is Joel clearly trying to insert himself to get himself introduced to you.

And then as lineup finished, Troy came back to me and he said, OK, are you ready to get going? And before we were leaving the lineup room, Joel came kind of hurriedly over to us. And he said, Troy, don't forget I'm your partner tonight. And Troy just kind of let out this sigh. And then he looked at me and he said, and this is Joel clearly trying to insert himself to get himself introduced to you.

And then as lineup finished, Troy came back to me and he said, OK, are you ready to get going? And before we were leaving the lineup room, Joel came kind of hurriedly over to us. And he said, Troy, don't forget I'm your partner tonight. And Troy just kind of let out this sigh. And then he looked at me and he said, and this is Joel clearly trying to insert himself to get himself introduced to you.

Joel, this is Caroline.

Joel, this is Caroline.

Joel, this is Caroline.

And as I'm approaching my car, Joel kind of almost running out, comes out to me. It was like, hey, I just wanted to say goodnight to you. I know that you're new in town, so I wanted to give you my business card and let you know that if you ever needed to be showed around town or if you wanted a tour of the city, let me know. And I said, I don't need to be shown around this town.