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Tina Fisher Cunningham

20-year CHP veteran A.C. Strachan shows the gear that officers carrry in their cars, incuding shovels, a spike strip to stop fleeing vehicles, long jumper cables that can reach around a disabled car from the CHP vehicle, traffic cones and dolls and teddy bears to comfort injured children or children who are frightened when a drunken parent is arrested.