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er known as the SWAT Team, while working in the Gang Crime Unit across five districts, may feel like big shoes to fill, but Har- old makes sure to encourage Brian to pave his own path in law enforcement and, most of all, have fun while doing it.
“Every day he calls me on his way to work and I tell him, ‘Bri- an, I love you. Watch the hands and have fun,’” Harold stresses. “’It’s going to be a great job.’”
The way that Brian grew up admiring the heroic work of his father has often reminded Audrey of the inspiration she found in her own father, Raymond Arndt, who was a CPD sergeant for many years. Though her dad was apprehensive of his youngest daughter becoming the police at first, Raymond clearly found much pride in Audrey’s career that lasted 24 years on the job, 20 of which were spent with the CPD Mounted Unit.
Still, when Brian was growing up, Audrey had different aspi- rations for him. She hoped that maybe he would follow a career path that fit some of his many other interests, like working with electronics. Harold, on the other hand, knew from the very be- ginning that his son would one day become the police. He prac- tically bred him for it.
“He wanted to follow in his family footsteps,” Audrey says of her son. “It was commonplace for him. That’s all he ever knew.” Taking trips to the shooting range with his dad and walking
in multiple St. Jude Police Memorial marches from a young age was the norm as Brian grew up. And watching his father receive multiple awards on the state and city level — including two counts of valor for heroism — only further inspired Brian to one day become a hero just like his dad.
Every day that Brian works patrol in the 025, he fulfills his mission to follow in father’s path. In the meantime, Harold re- mains on watch despite his retirement by listening to the police scanner when Brian works to keep tabs on the action and make sure that his son is safe.
“I watched Brian go through the academy. I listen to him on the radio. He talks to me on his way home from work,” Harold says, listing the ways he’s gotten to know his son on the job. “Bri- an’s going to be a sensible cop. He knows the law, he knows the general orders. He’s going to be a good policeman.”
The Bone family takes pride in walking the thin blue line. From the days of fast car chases and daily arrests made by Har- old, to Audrey’s years of crowd control on horseback, the police mentality has now been passed to Brian as the Bone legacy con- tinues in the CPD.
“We used to tell him all the stories, and now he’s the one tell- ing us all of the stories,” Audrey attests. “He’s learned from our experiences, and now he’s having his own.” d
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