. >> my name's dan langloss. i'm the chief of police in the city of dixon. >> narrator: by the time dan langloss becomes the dixon chief of police in 2008, crundwell has been the trusted guardian of the city's finances for 25 years. >> she was very highly regarded, very well-respected. if you had a question, go to rita. if you need something, go to rita. and, you know, everybody always looked at her that she could fix any problem or just take care of anything that needed to be done. >> narrator: if crundwell's dependability is exhibited in her work, her passion is on display in another arena -- showing quarter horses at exhibitions nationwide. marcia freeman breaks and trains horses near crundwell's home in illinois and remembers crundwell's early years in the industry in the mid-'80s. >> at that point, i think she was just like the regular horse person, showing -- showing horses as a hobby, which would involve moving in on a thursday, showing horses friday, saturday, sunday, and returning back home and going bac