Sheriff Grady Judd

No, we always succession plan because we've got sergeants that are going to retire, lieutenants, captains, majors, chiefs that are going to retire, and we practice succession planning.

And there are people in the organization that one day, whenever I decide not to be sheriff, they'll want to be sheriff, and we are preparing them.

But let me make it abundantly clear.

After every election I've ever run, somebody comes up to me and says, oh, I heard that you're going to retire.

Well, no, I'm not.

I'm going to run the next term.

Work is my happy place.

You know, some people like to retire.

Some people like to go to the beach.

I love to work.

And as long as I'm game on, I have my health, we're moving the agency forward, I'm going to be the sheriff as long as they'll elect me.

And so far it's working out pretty good.

I got about 84% of the vote last time.

Sure.

It really frustrated me.

Now, you know, I speak truth to power, and I tell people like it is, and quite frankly, I think that's why I'm as popular as I am in the community because I say what I believe the majority of the people are thinking.

I want to make Congress abundantly aware that playing politics with young men and women who are trying to keep this country safe is wrong, wrong, wrong.

You deal with your political issues and how you all want to deal with the policy in the political and the legislative process.

But these young men and women that are trying to keep us safe, that are making sure that bombs and guns and knives and crazy people don't get on airplanes, to play with them and withhold their salaries is wrong at every level.

Shame on you.