after midnight, bermudez is doing traffic enforcement.doing 48 in a 30-mile per hour zone. >> he pulls into a parking lot. >> she thinks the driver might be impaired so she radios for backup. >> i noticed his eyes were really glassy. >> i knew the driver. i recognized his face. i just couldn't remember his name. >> then it hits her. >> wait a minute. this is armando torres. >> he's a known felon in the area and previously assaulted bermudez in 2005. >> i wasn't injured. i get into a lot of altercations when i'm trying to restrain people. >> just when it comes back to her, officer bermudez remembers something else, too. i looked back to the rear side window. and i noticed white writing, it had "phat t-shirts." and when i saw that, i remembered several hours earlier someone had reported the vehicle stolen. >> the driver overhears her radio call and the situation is about to go downhill fast. >> officer bermudez sees the driver going for something. she thinks a weapon, so she reaches her arm into the car and the driver panics. >> i knew that

>> officer bermudez is rushed to the hospital.as no broken bones, but she does need surgery on both knees. her recuperation is slow, but eventually she makes a full recovery. armando torres pleads guilty to felony aggravated assault of a public servant and is sentenced to 20 years behind bars. for officer bermudez, it's a traumatic day for sure, but amazingly one that has not changed her outlook on her chosen profession. >> i took this job for a reason, because i could help people. i also took this job to make sure that i could do whatever i could to try to stop people from harming others. >>> coming up -- >> the person was using his feet to try to stop the car. >> it's a real life fred flintstone, only this is no cartoon. >> put it in park! park! when caught on camera:dash-cam diaries continues. latte or au lait? cozy or cool? "meow" or "woof"? exactly the way you want it ... until boom, it's bedtime! your mattress is a battleground of thwarted desire. enter the all-new sleep number classic series. designed to let couples sleep t

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