Sheriff Mark Lamb

But there are other countries that are democracies, and there are other countries that have constitutions, albeit their countries tell them what their constitutions tell the people what they can and cannot do.

Our constitution tells the government what they can and cannot do.

And so really what defines America is the rule of law, our ability to maintain order, our ability to live by a set of principles and rules.

That's what makes America different from these other countries.

And that the fact that you can have, for the most part, I think there are people who distrust police, but trust me, in this country, you can trust the police far more than you can in other countries.

But the Founding Fathers said something in the preamble.

The very first charge of the Constitution is not found in the articles.

It's not found in the Declaration of Independence.

Excuse me, in the Bill of Rights.

It is actually found in the preamble of the Constitution.

When the Founding Fathers said, we the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice.

They knew how important that that would be to a functioning republic.

And so when I got into law enforcement, I understand and I understood how important the job I was doing was.

And I loved it.

I felt blessed to be able to do that job on a daily basis and be able to go out and protect my community and do something that I think was imperative and vital to America and our survivability.

Where was this?

Was this in Arizona or Utah?

So it was at the Salt River, Pima, Maricopa Indian Community, which is right next to Mesa, Tempe, and Scottsdale, Arizona.

Okay.

And spent six years, a little over six years there, and most of that was as a gang and drug detective.