-: I like the variety.
I like being a problem solver
and coming up to a puzzle and figuring out
how are we gonna fix this.
I like that every day changes a little bit.
Some days you don't wanna go out and run around,
and so you focus on maybe some
of your cases and paperwork.
Some days you just want to go out on the road
and pull over cars and see what's out there.
I like those times where you really actually help people.
Sometimes you don't have a shift where that happens.
But those times where you really get
to make a difference on somebody's life,
especially a young person,
and you go home and you just feel
that you actually did something that day.
Some of the challenges I've experienced,
you know there's a lotta tragedy in this job.
Informing people that their loved one has died,
that never gets easier.
That never changes.
When you are knocking on a parent's door
in the middle of the night
and they know something is very wrong
before they even open it.
That has an impact on you.
Seeing sad situations that if only one little thing
would've been different,
that tragedy wouldn't have happened.
I think death is a big part of that.
Sadness for people who didn't get help that they needed
and seeing that over and over again
and the grief of the families.
That's part of it.
I would also say that when you know something happened
and you can't prove it and you have to walk away
and wait for the next time for it to happen again,
that's frustrating.
That's sad to have to deal with that
and victims don't get justice always.