Lindsay Lopez loved seeing her sister in uniform. Sometimes she’d help Brianna prep for her late-night patrol shift, braiding her wavy hair back into a bun, and marvel at the change that came over her little sister.

In the crisp blue pants and navy button down of an El Paso police officer, Brianna looked “powerful,” Lindsay Lopez recalls. “Like, if she needed to help somebody, she could. But if she needed to flip the switch and handle business — she could go from helping somebody to arresting somebody. She could do both.”

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