when I took office it had been over
three years since the jail had been
searched so in my first week of office
one of the first things I did was we had
a shakedown there was a tremendous
amount of contraband that was found I
would say a little over at 5,000 pounds
that varied from weapons to narcotic
razors synthetic marijuana and the 212
broken door locks within the jail we
can't do nothing about yesterday but the
next time we search the jail it's got to
be better than this as sheriff of Etowah
County I'm a firm believer that the buck
stops to make good or bad after that
first shake down and open my eyes to
just how much work it was gonna take to
get this jail back into the shape it
needed to be we're gonna do things
different this season I'm going to
arrest people straight out of training
so we've had a long day of training all
of you seem to have done well now we'll
tell you this we have made a decision
that one of you is going to jail today
and that person is going to be the one
that we feels the most Radian right now
we feel like that's you Matt I had a few
things that he handled my wife first you
can take care of that before you go I
didn't expect it I didn't when he was
like somebody's going in today my
stomach dropped immediately hey I'm
gonna go in right now yeah
alright let's just do it
now that I'm getting ready to go in I
need to remember why I'm here why I'm
doing this because this is a whole new
world what is the what is the city
called just lots of gas and gas - okay
and you can be fogging up who's teaching
I don't even know because you're gonna
be nerd yeah so won't write this play
about the monster I'm gonna hear that
walking towards the arrest vehicle I
felt excitement fear nervousness
when I got handcuffs put on me I felt
like there's no turning back at that
point I've accepted the mission and I
have to perform and complete it when I
came into booking oh gosh it was
probably the most surreal moment of my
life
I'm just thinking wow this is it's a
very different experience for me I'm
used to taking people to jail and now
I'm in there with them
I have done better pat-downs on the side
of the road then I was given entering a
correctional facility she didn't start
the inside of my bra she didn't check in
between my legs properly nobody checked
my mouth that was scary to me because I
definitely could have snuck in a lot of
drugs
I was not asked to squat
but it actually reminded me of why I'm
doing it
to help out the community as a whole I
recognized him when I when I first walk
in it was Jacob I didn't talk to him but
I can tell he's not feeling well he
looked like he was sick I don't know how
long he's been here he kept drinking
water jet using the restroom I don't
know what's going on
and as a corrections officer on the
inside I have a hard time turning it off
if you want tap out take your right hand
and put it upon your chest intake is the
one place where and different
distressing I can't become inmate I
can't do that
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