What is it like being such a compassionate person and carrying a gun?
Well, I did have a difficult time when I first started gun training. I was nervous. I mean this was the first time I had ever held a gun in my hands—a gun! But I did get more comfortable with it as the training went on and I had a great instructor. I definitely feel safer going onto the streets by myself having a gun, not to protect myself against the animals, but the people. We don’t have partners unless you are going to make an arrest or are working the night shift, but let me tell you, some of the areas I visit are pretty bad, and having the gun training, and mace and things like that do add a sense of security. You feel more confident. What has been your most rewarding case? I can’t answer that. I think that all of my cases have touched me in a certain way. And it’s impossible to consider any of them rewarding. Of course I am thankful I get to help the animals out and prosecute the bad guys, but each case is a life. I know it may sound corny, but each life touches me. I have a spot
