not to show her face. >> they provide us with any updates, briefings of what might have occurred in the prior shift tore night before. >> officer gabriel padilla is a rookie in the same squad, also starting his shift at the same time. they've been working together for just eight months, and padilla considers officer bermudez his confidant and mentor. >> i saw brenda and we did the usual, checked out equipment. i joked around a little bit, made fun of each other. >> we were like family. >> it's a typical shift according to bermudez. she takes some calls, one a complaint from a man who said he had his car stolen. >> i'll never forget. the owner of the vehicle said you can't miss my car. it has on the side of the window, it says phat t-shirts, with a ph in for it. it was written in with shoe polish. after midnight, bermudez is doing traffic enforcement. she clocks a car doing 48 in a 30-mile per hour zone.