Yolanda Stewart:  

After high school, I went to Moorpark College for a couple of years and then got hired by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department In April of 1988. I graduated from their academy in November 1988 and went to work at Sybill Brand Institute for Women (a jail for women) in Los Angeles. While I was working there, I met my husband, Mike. He was also a Deputy Sheriff and that was his assignment at the time. After two years I was assigned to the Patrol Division at the Temple City Sheriff Station. This station covered the cites of South Pasadena, Monrovia, Duarte, South San Gabriel, El Monte, Rosemead, and Temple City. I spent four years there. In August 1994, we moved to Orem, Utah where I continued my law enforcement career. I worked many different assignments while I was there. My last assignment was being a Sergeant in the Detective Division. I retired on December 30, 2010 with 22 years in law enforcement. My doctors and my husband strongly advised me to retire due to being on a blood thinner medication. Being...Expand for more