• Important step to filling out the thin blue line    • So, who
wants to be a cop in Stockton?     • email print   • So, who
wants to be a cop in Stockton?     Lloyd Woods Jr. does.
"I've wanted to be a police officer since I was 7," the 24-year-
old said. "I grew up here. I know what goes on. I think it's my
time."     Michael Reese does. He's only 17 and attends Lincoln
High School. But he feels the tug of law enforcement, pulling
him into the profession.     "I've been thinking about it for a
few years now. I want to put myself into position for that to
happen," Reese said.     Rebecca Pearce and Gwen Johansen,
classmates at Lincoln High more than a decade ago, are
interested in learning more about police opportunities.     "I
could see myself being a police officer. Definitely," Pearce
said.     They joined about 125 other people for a police career
workshop Wednesday. The attendees were crammed into city hall
chambers, an overflow room outside the chambers and watching on
closed-circuit television fro