{"id":1032,"date":"2022-05-25T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T15:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/?p=1032"},"modified":"2023-04-19T15:27:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T15:27:12","slug":"im-a-cop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/police\/2022\/05\/25\/im-a-cop\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m a Cop!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the mid-80s when I was a teenager in the Charlotte Police Explorer program, I always knew this day would happen, I just didn&#8217;t imagine it would be in 2022! This has, literally, been a life-long dream of mine to become a police officer and today it happened when I was sworn in by the Oak Island Police Department.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/281342220_10227933366507905_4166555668449607564_n-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/281342220_10227933366507905_4166555668449607564_n-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/281342220_10227933366507905_4166555668449607564_n-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/281342220_10227933366507905_4166555668449607564_n-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/281342220_10227933366507905_4166555668449607564_n-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/281342220_10227933366507905_4166555668449607564_n.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Being Sworn In by HR Director Debbie Lasek, with Missy Holding The Bible<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"1008\" src=\"https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/284285151_317804910542079_1216751311216578451_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/284285151_317804910542079_1216751311216578451_n.jpg 756w, https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/284285151_317804910542079_1216751311216578451_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chief of Police Charlie Morris Welcoming Me<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/284070064_317804273875476_8475922924285171028_n-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/284070064_317804273875476_8475922924285171028_n-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/284070064_317804273875476_8475922924285171028_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/284070064_317804273875476_8475922924285171028_n-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/284070064_317804273875476_8475922924285171028_n.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chief Charlie Morris, Todd, and Assistant Chief Frankie Cooke<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/283156169_317804873875416_4956973224700828799_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/283156169_317804873875416_4956973224700828799_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/283156169_317804873875416_4956973224700828799_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/283156169_317804873875416_4956973224700828799_n-768x576.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0525221504b_HDR-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0525221504b_HDR-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tom Hathaway, Steve Wilson, Todd, Pete Grendze, and Hugh Johnson from Oak Island Water Rescue<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0525221504a_HDR-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0525221504a_HDR-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0525221504a_HDR-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0525221504a_HDR-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0525221504a_HDR-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0525221504a_HDR-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BSCO Deputy Andrew Nichter (BLET Classmate) and Todd<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Class-A-4-Names-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Class-A-4-Names-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Class-A-4-Names-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toddosborne.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Class-A-4-Names-768x576.jpg 768w, 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