Officer "digs" his job, despite eye-opening experiences

Patrick O'Connor, deputy sheriff, began his career in law enforcement approximately five years ago, and has been working with the Lake County Sheriff Department for three years. He paid his way through the academy and is glad for his decision to do so.

"I dig being a cop," he said. "I have never woken up and didn't want to go to work. You have to spend one third of your life at work; you might as well do something you dig."

O'Connor was born and raised in Montana, but since working as a "cop," he said he's changed in the way he relates to people and how he sees them. 

"It's an eye opener," he said. "There is evil and there is crime every where you live. Lake County is a lot more dangerous than people give it credit for." He said there is a vast section of the population who turn to drugs, alcohol, crime and violence to solve their problems, and said such people lack hope.

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