“The most rewarding part of my career is simply helping people. When I have helped someone at the end of the day, regardless of how small, it makes my day. That exact reason is a driving factor as to why I chose a career in law enforcement.”

Police work is not easy work, but there are definite bright sides, as Captain Keene Red Elk notes, labeling community interaction as the most rewarding aspect of his job. “So much of law enforcement in general is responding in times of crisis which, unfortunately, makes the interactions negative and sometimes heartbreaking by nature. While we too have to respond to crisis, we are a very proactive department that works to interact with our community when there is not crisis, which, in turn by its positive factors, offsets the negativity that falls on the shoulders of the law enforcement community.”