After I called Lisa, she talked to the manager (Tony Williams) and also spoke to (assistant personnel director) Melba Harris and (personnel director) Gene Anderson, and they all approved it and felt like it was a good move. They authorized it, and I will officially start in code enforcement on Monday morning.

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There are significant things that have happened since I was last in patrol. With that, my age, my heart's desire with Crime Stoppers and crime prevention and the Police Athletic League and the other programs that I've been running, I was not as interested in going back to patrol.

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