Anaheim Police Seeing Double: Twins Making Mark Behind the Badge In Orange County

ANAHEIM, CA — Twin brothers Joshua and Matthew Juntilla had big plans to make it to the NFL, both moving to California to play for Orange Coast College and Golden West. When the pro-football career didn't pan out, Joshua decided to go into law enforcement. Now, three years later, Matthew has joined him on the Anaheim Police Department.

Working with the identical twin brothers may be confusing for some, but the brothers are used to it.

“We’ve been on one call together,” Joshua told Behind the Badge in a recent report. “It was a trespassing call…The guy got a bit confused.”

There is confusion in the station at times, but the brothers just go with it, according to reporter Jessica Peralta.

The brothers share many of the same interests, hobbies and get along with the same kinds of people, they can easily complete casual conversations with other people for each other. When Matthew was new, he was often mistaken for his identical twin brother.

"It was a mess," Matthew said. "People say we walk the same."

According to officers at Anaheim Police Department, they have their ways of telling the brothers apart.

Joshua is right-handed. Matthew, on the other hand, uses his left. This affects how each holsters their side-arm. If you look close, Joshua measures about an inch taller.

According to the brothers, a friend to one is a friend to both.

Not the only twin cops in Anaheim's police department, Patrick and Matthew Bradley of Anaheim Police Department are also identical twins, but according to the pair, their personalities and habits keep them easily recognizable.

"People don't notice as often as you would think," Patrick Bradley said. "Even with us standing right next to each other."

Read the whole story at Behind The Badge OC.

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