I’m sorry that this blog is so incredibly long. Please bear with me on this, its pretty important to me.

On November 15th, 1985, I came to work at the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office after having served as a Law Enforcement Specialist in the United States Air Force for six years. Joining the Sheriff’s Office, after having grown up in Jonesboro, was a fluke. I had applied with Clayton County but they had a hiring freeze on so I kept looking.