On December 3, Metro Transit Police were dispatched to a report of some person sleeping on a layover bus at Mall of America. This routine dispatch suddenly turned into what may have been the most exciting incident in the career of a female transit officer whose initials are CW.
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The passenger, Ronnie Earl Patterson, (DOB 3/19/77) smelled like a drunk. Two officers were trying to lead him away from the bus when he became combative. The cops were trying to get Patterson cuffed but he was resisting, and all three fell to the ground. CW, a female officer, received a gash in her head but kept fighting to...
