It s always in the back of your mind, you have chosen a profession that places you in harm s way. At the time of the shooting, Navidad had worked at the Wilshire station for little more than two months after completing his training at Rampart Division. Los Angeles police Lt. Rampart is known as the most violent division in the city, Polen said. He did a good job here on is probation he just always had a smile on his face.
Some kids come in here, they are real intense.
He laughed all the time, joked and seemed like he was a happy person, enjoyed his job. Besides Navidad s wife, Sandra, and children, Brandon and Melissa, he is survived by his parents, Saul and Magdalena Navidad.