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I'm Colonel Steve Messenger , garrison

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commander of Fort mccoy , Wisconsin .

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We have hundreds of different jobs here

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in our small little city and one of

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them is our awesome police force that

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keeps us safe every day . So come join

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us behind the try out as we do a ride

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along with officer Adam Wright .

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Right . Thanks for letting me ride

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along . No problem , sir . Thanks for

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joining . I'm excited . So , how long

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have you been doing this for ? I've

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been a police officer for about five

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years now and I started on the civilian

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side and now I'm at Fort mccoy ,

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Wisconsin working the army side . What

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brought you to Fort mccoy ? Oh , well ,

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I was uh actually deployed and I was

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looking for a new job for when I got

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back home . Um I was a civilian police

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officer in Illinois and I've always

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wanted to move up to Wisconsin and Fort

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mccoy was hiring and they accepted my

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application right away while I was

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still overseas . What's the difference

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between being a small town police

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officer and a Fort mccoy police officer ?

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A big thing , a big difference in that

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is kind of the concurrent jurisdiction

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being a small town police officer ,

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you're just focused really on state

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laws . Whereas being a police officer

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in Fort mccoy , not only do you enforce

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the Wisconsin State laws , but you also

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enforce UCMJ when you're dealing with

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military members , what are some

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opportunities you have in the police

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department other than a police officer ?

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So some other opportunities we have in

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the police department is of course

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moving up in your career as either a

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traffic investigator . MP , which is

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military police investigator . We have

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a training coordinator ,

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there's Sergeant Rules , Lieutenant

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Rules . So what's the best thing of

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being a police officer on Fort mccoy ?

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I say the best thing about being a

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police officer on Fort mccoy is the

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camaraderie that we have . Um ,

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everybody that works as a police

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officer at Fort mccoy is either prior

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service or current service . So there's

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kind of a brotherhood there . What are

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your major responsibilities as a police

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officer ? Gate security , our

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security checks and patrolling . So

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tell me a little bit about gate

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security . So , gate security , we have

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gate 20 and we have main gate , main

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gate is where we get a majority of our

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civilian traffic and some military

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traffic . We're the first faces that

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everybody sees when they come to work

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at 5 30 in the morning all the way up

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till 10 o'clock in the morning . So we

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want to make sure that we're respectful

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and professional and I think people

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really enjoy that we say good morning

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to them . Have a nice day . Yeah ,

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that's exactly right . You're the face

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of Fort mccoy . When people come in ,

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you set the tone for people in the

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morning by your behavior and

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countenance and I really appreciate all

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you all doing that . What about

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security checks ? What's the major

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things you're doing in there ? So ,

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security checks , we already have pre

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placement , security checks all over

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our base and throughout the day ,

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throughout our shift , we just make

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sure that we show up at those security

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checks , make sure doors are shut ,

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gates are locked , everything is secure .

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Make sure nobody leaves any doors open

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or any gates unlocked . How about for

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patrolling ? Patrolling ? We like to

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patrol the base , make sure everybody

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is following base regulations . And we

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also like to go on highway 16 , highway

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21 the two major highways that go

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through our jurisdiction that we share

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with county and state police to make

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sure everybody is following the rules

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of the road , not speeding , being

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polite professional to other drivers .

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Hey , this is a great ride along .

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Thanks . I appreciate what you do here .

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We just flew a flag for retirement for

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someone with 30 plus years of dedicated

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service . And if you want to be part of

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Fort mccoy in any capacity , check out

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the website below . We'll see you next

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time behind the