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September 3, 2023
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Teen gets glimpse at future law enforcement career
When she was younger, Clarity Partridge saw a future of helping animals. But it didn't take long for her to turn her focus to helping people, specifically through helping them as a state trooper. "I started to want to work with animals and to help animals," the soon-to-be Sandpoint High School sophomore said. "I think as I started to, especially in the eighth grade, read the news and/or listen to podcasts, I heard about all of the school shootings, you know, all those things. I think my brain was finally like, I want to help, but I want to help people."