While many people get Christmas Day off, there are a few professions that remain open for business, including first responders. The Tracy Police Department lobby was closed on Christmas Day and Christmas Eve, but within those doors are officers and non-sworn staff, like dispatch, who are on-the-clock on Christmas.
For Tracy Police Corporal Andrew Glover and so many firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, and first responders, Christmas Day calls meant being on the front lines.
“We’re on a rotating schedule and if the schedule happens to be your workday and it’s a holiday, you’re expected to show up to work,” Corporal Glover said. “So, it’s all just roll the dice and if it’s your day, it’s your day.”…