54 years means if I'm 30, you know, when you were coming up, you could have met me at five years old and I'm a cop working for you, right? You said you have 1900 or 2000? The number was the 2000. How aggressively do you recruit cops? And in Polk County, how many kids grow up because of you saying, I want to be a cop one day? I want to be a sheriff one day. A lot. I can only imagine. I've got to tell you a funny story. So we are swearing in a group of deputies

and then we have their wife, their sister, their mother, their father pin on their badge, right?

So a mother comes up and she's pinning on the badge of her son, who is now a brand new deputy. And I look at him

when she's pinning the badge on and I said, you know, I worked for the sheriff's office before

you were born. And he said, Sheriff, you worked for the sheriff's office before my mama was

born. I thought that was a spelling moment in life.

So I had worked for the sheriff's office much longer than, and here he's old enough.

I started work at the sheriff's office when I was 18.

It's a God thing.

I believe this is my mission filled in life.

And I worked my way through the ranks. I didn't run

against the incumbent sheriff. He was a dear friend of mine. Still is. When he retired, I ran for

office. My dream from the time I, as far back as I can remember, is to be the sheriff of the county.

And I've been offered to run for governor, House of Representatives, Senate. You know, I've had political

groups come really, really recruit me. That's a blessing. I appreciate that, but I'm just a sheriff.

I'm just the sheriff.

I just keep the place safe.

So cops, kids wanted to grow up to be cops, right, in the area.

Question for you on the opposite side.

You sound like you're big on making examples of people that do dumb things.

So they stop doing it.

Have you ever had bad cops, and how do you treat bad cops?

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