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Former Surprise Police Chief Benny Pina gave four years of service to the city before his retirement last year.

But it turns out he may have had an even more lasting impact on the city because of his association with an old friend from Phoenix.

Pina was having lunch one day at Longhorn Steakhouse with Kenneth Laird, a former cop that he served with on the Phoenix force for years.

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