From left, Independence Police Chief Adam Dustman stands with officers Nate Ledezma, Dustin Stewart, Travis Gillihan and Grant DelaCruz after the officers were honored during Friday's Independence Chamber of Commerce annual First Responders Awards Breakfast. [Mike Genet/The Examiner]
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net Without first responders in a community, Kim Chambliss of presenting sponsor AT&T First Net, “we wouldn’t have a community.” Certainly, many…