Pinellas County Deputy Honored For 30 Years Of Service
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00:00We know the hard work and sacrifice they go through serving our community and keeping us safe.
00:06Let's honor another First Responder on 99.5 QYK.
00:12All right, it is First Responder Friday. We have Jackie with us this morning.
00:15Good morning, Jackie. How are you doing?
00:16I'm good. How are you guys?
00:18We are doing great. We get to honor your husband, Rick, today. He's excited about this.
00:22Tell us how Rick serves our community as a First Responder.
00:25Well, he's been with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office for 30 years.
00:29Oh, wow.
00:30Yeah, and I've been a nurse for 30 years, and we're both retiring.
00:35Oh, yay! Look at that. Two First Responders in the family.
00:39Yes.
00:40Well, congratulations on an amazing career and your retirement.
00:44Now, let me ask you a question. If Rick could look back at his 30 years, how do you think he'd summarize it, and what do you think his highlights would be?
00:51Well, he's been an FTO. He was in training, and he was a community police officer in Oldsmar for eight years, and that's when he started the charity.
01:02He started the Holiday Sharing Fund to give kids at Christmastime bikes and helmets and locks.
01:10Oh, yeah, but since then, it has grown to kids' pedal power, so everybody can check out the Facebook page, and they give bikes and locks and helmets year-round now.
01:21Oh, that's awesome.
01:22That is so awesome.
01:24That's great.
01:24Yes, I'm very proud of him for starting that charity.
01:27All right, so what's next? I mean, retirement. You guys got some fun things planned?
01:31Yes, yes. We like to travel and dive and, of course, spend time with the grandkids as much as we can.
01:39I love that.
01:40Any plans to travel anywhere, like overseas or anything?
01:44Not as of yet. We do have our camper that we plan on hooking up and traveling across the state.
01:51Nice. That's the way to go. I love that.
01:53We want to do this for both of you.
01:55We want to give you $200 in gift cards from our friends at Crown Buick GMC and DeMesman & Dover Law Firm.
02:01Small way for us to say thank you for both of your guys' service, and we appreciate you so much.
02:06Thank you so much.
02:07You got it.
02:08Listen, if you want to nominate someone for First Responder Friday or Military Monday, we'd love to hear your story.
02:13Just go to 995QIK.com.