“I have a 12-year-old daughter and the holidays are tough because we are always working. There is a lot of poverty in Clarksdale. The hardest part of the job is dealing with shootings and innocent kids, but crime is dropping here. I always wanted to be a policeman and I have been in it since ’95. Growing up, you are in a bubble but being in law enforcement forces you out of that bubble and to see the bad that people do. I have worked everything and was just promoted to captain. I try not to think about what could happen but one of our officers, Derrick Couch, was shot in the head during an armed robbery in February. He was under my command and luckily he survived and is recuperating. That sticks in the back of your mind. We are a family within a family. The best part of the job is making a difference and I have gained a lot of respect here. If they trust you and know you will be fair, things go a lot smoother. Domestic violence is the tough one. You are called and you have to go in and make an arrest. When the police arrive, things change, and they don’t want you to take the other and it becomes you verses them. Mental health issues are a big problem. We don’t know what to do with those.”