You're probably right, but it is ironic that one of the long-time complaints against LA Co. Sheriff's Deputies used to be that they picked up bad habits in dealing with people by being required to work their first two years in the department in the County Jails before they could start street patrolling. Of course back then (circa 1960s through the 1980s), most of the people in prison really really might have been hardened criminals. Maybe that's changed? I don't know. All I know is that this was the common perception for a long time—that the LA Co Sheriff's Deputies were a bunch of hard cases because that's all they dealt with for two years....hard cases.....before they could start doing street patrol.texanjoker wrote:Great job.. IMO deputies learn to talk to people while working in the jails. It helps when they hit the streets. Part of being a LEO is being a salesman and he can sale the tickets w/o making a person feel bad.
This guy is a breath of fresh air. My neighbor across the street back when my wife and I were first married was a LA Co. Sheriff's Deputy with Sargent's rank. He worked as an undercover narcotics detective. He was a tall, scary looking guy, but he made pretty good company.