Losing a leg on duty might sour some people on a career in law enforcement.

But Pieter Lucas, a 23-year-old Howard County auxiliary officer struck by a sport utility vehicle while directing traffic at a crash scene in 2005, has returned to his post, 17 months after doctors amputated his left leg above the knee.

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