officer dave solis previous badge 3713 forever academy class 3. michael was part of that academy class 3. we came together january 2001 a bunch of strangers, scared, afraid. we didn't know what we were getting ourselves into. most of us were kids who were about two. mario and stan had to do anything with you. we were sizing each other up. we didn't flow what was -- know what was going on. i remember the first time i noticed mike. we had instruction on some type of firearm law or weapon, something so obscure and ridiculous. he got into an argument with the instructor about it. i remember thinking to myself, who is this guy, what is he doing? shut up, you're going to get yourself kicked out of here, but no. he kept going. i think that thought process carried throughout our academy for that next 15 seconds of arguing. i just remembered thinking to myself, who is this guy? we took a quick break. the instructor came back ten minutes later and apologized to the class. [ laughter ] >> of course mike was right. [ laughter ] >> i'm telling you, it was a se