In an 18-month period, my agency in Dayton, Ohio, faced a series of unprecedented challenges: a significant water emergency due to a major pipe break, a large-scale white supremacist rally requiring the mobilization of 700 police officers, 16 tornadoes hitting the region with three directly impacting Dayton, a mass violence attack in the Oregon District where 27 people were shot—nine of whom were killed—and the tragic line-of-duty death of Detective Jorge DelRio.