Sheriff Grady Judd

I do a press release, and then I do a press conference.

Oh, seriously?

Oh, you can go online and see where I've held pictures of deputies that we've arrested because –

I'll make it abundantly clear.

We all go by the rules.

And if you don't, then I'm going to use that public record.

That public record is there so the community knows who is being arrested.

You know, fortunately, I've got twelve hundred deputies and it's a rare, rare, rare event.

But occasionally, well, here's one that they've brought up for us.

he falsified documents.

Yes, I'd do a press release and put his picture out there.

Is that one of your philosophies?

I believe in that.

I believe in using the public record of the state of Florida, and I truly believe that we hold law enforcement officers to a higher standard because law enforcement officers are supposed to be the positive example for the community, and they are.

When you go throughout my community,

and you see a deputy, then you can be sure that that deputy's honest, ethical, and moral because if he or she's not, they can't work for me.

It's not personal.

It's just business.

But I can tell you this.

When a law enforcement officer, a deputy in my county sits down to eat lunch at a restaurant, as many times as not, when he goes to pay the bill, when he gets up to leave, somebody's picked it up and paid it.