Ted Stern

And I didn't grow up in the best household.

I'm not going to say it was terrible, but my mom had run-ins with cops.

And any time she would act up or –

You know, I was scared whatever like cops would come and they were like a source of comfort for me.

I'm like, oh, thank God the cops are here.

Right.

So I was on track to be a lawyer, you know, in college.

And I saw an incident where there was a big fight near the campus and all these cops showed up and handled business.

Like you sit there, you do that, blah, blah, blah.

And they put out this couch fire that was there.

And I was like, man, these guys are freaking cool.

And I was like, I want to do that.

Yeah.

So long story short, got started in law enforcement in Ventura County.

And that's where I grew up was in Ventura County.

And I had a bunch of great assignments.

And in 2019, I was on the job.

I just got a new spot as a as part of the training cadre at the academy.

And I snapped my ankle warming up for, this might have been a big game changer incident you're talking about.

So I snapped my ankle, jump roping of all things.