Ask a rural Sheriff's Deputy patrolling roughly 380 square miles alone anything...

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Posted: 3/2/2015 1:21:50 AM EDT

In the spirit of last nights "Po Dunk Cop" thread from FL I will do a similar thread from literally as far away as you can get and still be in the lower 48. I am on the job for the next 9 hours or so and will do my best to answer any legitimate questions.

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:24:49 AM EDT

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what's the population of your AO?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:25:11 AM EDT

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glazed, jelly, or cream filled?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:26:03 AM EDT

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Are you splitting the county with another deputy?

I know we have two for the most part, on Sunday splitting 640 square miles of the county I live in.

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:26:17 AM EDT

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Grant Co?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:26:22 AM EDT

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What's your most common call?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:26:29 AM EDT

[#6]

How's your dental plan?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:27:12 AM EDT

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What does your arsenal include? Are you looking for Bigfoot?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:27:41 AM EDT

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Honestly, I dont know. The vast majority of my districts are forested lands (DNR, National Forest, State, etc). There are three smaller towns which I will look up for you shortly. I was recently given a "non-disciplinary" reassinment from a very dense urban area. This is certainly different.

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:28:00 AM EDT

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How many stops do you do usually per shift? Whats the crime like in your area?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:28:05 AM EDT

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do u see any UFO`s.

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:28:10 AM EDT

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Do you wear a cowboy hat or is that just Texas sheriffs and deputies?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:28:23 AM EDT

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Plain cake (maybe three a year) and never in uniform.

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:28:29 AM EDT

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How busy are you on a normal night?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:29:30 AM EDT

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No, there are probably 80 or so other Deputies on shift tonight as well. My districts are just very large.

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:29:54 AM EDT

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Wrong side.

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:30:44 AM EDT

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Hickory shampoo. Do you rinse and repeat?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:30:44 AM EDT

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I like this.

After you answer the dental plan question, it's winter, so the summer shirtless maniacs must run differently. How do they act crazy in the winter?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:30:45 AM EDT

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Without a doubt "reckless shooting." Rarely reckless...or shooting for that matter.

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:31:04 AM EDT

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I fucking hope so.

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:31:34 AM EDT

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It actually isnt all that bad. We havent been given a substantial raise in 7 years but our benefits are pretty decent all things considered.

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:32:42 AM EDT

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What type of popo car do you drive?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:34:02 AM EDT

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Glock 34 with a X300, three extra magazines, OC spray, a X2 (that will probably never be used), two sets of cuffs, two Pelican flash lights benchmade auto knife, Benchmade push dagger, and a hardwood baton.

Funny story about bigfoot...Ill have to type that one out when I have a couple minutes (Spoiler alert: It wasnt bigfoot).

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:34:10 AM EDT

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When I first started in LE, I worked as a deputy in this county. Most of our shifts had 2 on, but I frequently worked alone for the whole county

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:34:43 AM EDT

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I just want to get some lunch in town.

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:35:52 AM EDT

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Depends on the night, anywhere from zero to ten or fifteen. Crime is pretty much like it is in other rural areas; drugs, theft to fuel drug habbits, DV, and DUI. It is winter and therefore cold, so it has been pretty quiet...other than last night. UFC nights...

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:35:58 AM EDT

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Honestly, I dont know. The vast majority of my districts are forested lands (DNR, National Forest, State, etc). There are three smaller towns which I will look up for you shortly. I was recently given a "non-disciplinary" reassinment from a very dense urban area. This is certainly different.

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what's the population of your AO?

Honestly, I dont know. The vast majority of my districts are forested lands (DNR, National Forest, State, etc). There are three smaller towns which I will look up for you shortly. I was recently given a "non-disciplinary" reassinment from a very dense urban area. This is certainly different.

Are you with the dogmen of Index?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:36:24 AM EDT

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Stay safe.

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:36:47 AM EDT

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Nope, but I do listen to a lot of Coast to Coast.

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:37:06 AM EDT

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No long gun/s in the arsenal?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:38:01 AM EDT

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What is your departments policy on officers witnessing people doing donuts in the snow?

Why did I not get pulled over for that last night? That officer just sat there in his car looking at me like I was an idiot.

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:38:24 AM EDT

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Without a doubt "reckless shooting." Rarely reckless...or shooting for that matter.

What does it usually wind up being?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:38:26 AM EDT

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I wish. We have a campaign cover but that isnt very practical for field work.

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:38:34 AM EDT

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Do you rub coffee on your butt?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:38:38 AM EDT

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JINX !!!

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:39:22 AM EDT

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I have gone entire nights without a radio call. It is definately in the slower part of the county.

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:39:34 AM EDT

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You ever hear "Goonie Goo-Goo" coming out of the woods?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:40:09 AM EDT

[#37]

380 sq miles is pretty small.

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:40:22 AM EDT

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I think of it more like bodywash, try and keep it below the shoulders. Considerably more paperwork when you hit up top.

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:41:44 AM EDT

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Posted: 3/2/2015 1:42:15 AM EDT

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What kind of Vehicle? Crown Vic? Tahoe? Newer Caprice?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:42:55 AM EDT

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LOL

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:43:22 AM EDT

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I feel for ya. I'm on alone tonight in 540 square miles.

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:44:04 AM EDT

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When someone reports property theft or a stolen wallet, say less than $200 and they believe the thief tried to use their credit card at a gas station, would you go to the gas station and try to retrieve survalence footage?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:46:15 AM EDT

[#44]

Do you enjoy the new rural assignment? What do you enjoy the most?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:47:51 AM EDT

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Posted: 3/2/2015 1:52:24 AM EDT

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380 sq miles is pretty small.

380sq miles is like one small ranch...

Can we turn this into, my county is more rural than your county?

Posted: 3/2/2015 1:52:26 AM EDT

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Some folks will bash you at some point.....but from what I know around here......being a county LEO, isn`t fun and games.

From what I have heard about, the county guys take on the worst of the bad guys while the city PD writes tickets.

I applied a few years back to become a LEO.

I guess it wasn`t meant for me to be one.

Tell me something OP.

If you had it to do all over again, would you have done something else?