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You' always know this is what you wanted to do did you wake up like as a kid and
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were you playing cops and robbers or like what it's it's funny because um you know I I went graduated high school went
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in the military went in the Marine Corps and came out and I actually applied to the New Jersey State Police because I
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lived in New Jersey at the time and you know Pennsylvania State Police and Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
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all at the same time so Pennsylvania Department of Corrections called first so I'm like need a job I'm going to go
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work for them I'll take it I'm in um so I worked for them for a minute like a two two years give or take was it just
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like natural coming out of the Marines like that you stay law enforcement it was yes my father was was a a local
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police officer in New Jersey and he he got hurt on the job and he retired in the mid-70s but it it was always an
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interest to me you know I and I think it's all about public service like I've I've been a public servant since I've
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been 18 years old so between the military you know Department of Corrections the state police and even
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what I do now and I think that's a big piece of it like in what I do now I just kind of fell into this