Megan Getrum always had an eye for capturing beauty, so it’s fitting that her collection of nature photography is on display inside the Plano Police Department (PPD).

“She could see things in a photograph that I never could,” said her mother, Diane Getrum, looking at images of orchids on the wall.

It is her daughter’s attention to detail that Getrum hopes will help ease anxiety and promote a sense of peace for anyone who steps inside the department’s recently renovated police interview room.

It is in this small space that the pursuit of justice for victims of violence can begin or end.

“When a person comes to the police department, this is probably the first stop they’re going to have, which is very important,” said Sergeant Courtney Atkins of PPD’s Special Victims Unit. “It may determ

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