Clearwater Police Officer Honored By His Wife For First Responder Friday
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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.
00:11It is First Responder Friday. We got Melissa on the phone with us. What's up, Melissa? How are you?
00:16Hi, good morning. How are you?
00:17We're great. So I'm excited. We get to honor your husband, Henry, today.
00:21Tell us about Henry as a First Responder and where he serves our community.
00:24So he's a police officer in Clearwater.
00:26So he's always had a desire to be law enforcement, as long as I've known him.
00:30So six years ago, he decided to take a plunge, and he started working.
00:35So in that short amount of time, he's accomplished quite a bit.
00:37So he started out on patrol, answering calls for service, and then he moved to an anti-crime unit working in Clearwater Beach.
00:43And then from there, he joined the traffic team, focusing on DUIs and getting drunk drivers off the road.
00:48So on top of his normal duty, he serves as honor guard, and he's on call for a traffic homicide unit
00:55and has gone to school to become a DRE.
00:58So that's a drug recognition expert.
01:00So he stays pretty busy.
01:02Wow, he's a driven guy, it sounds like.
01:04Yeah, definitely.
01:05Do you guys ever get to see each other?
01:07I know, right?
01:09We were queen.
01:10So when you guys do get to see each other, what are some things you guys like to do?
01:14We like to spend time with our family.
01:15We do Disney a lot, so that's fun for us.
01:18All right.
01:19Oh, do you have kids?
01:20Yeah.
01:20How many kids do you have?
01:22Two.
01:22Aw.
01:23Very nice.
01:23Love it.
01:24Hey, so Melissa, you said that he had a calling go into this.
01:28What do you think that calling was?
01:29What do you see in him that just kind of this satisfies that need?
01:33Definitely just wanting to serve his community and make a difference.
01:36So he's always, always wanted to do that.
01:37And I will say within his first few months with the agency, he was recognized with the Medal of Distinguished Service.
01:43Seeing that and watching him recognize, that's what it's all about.
01:47That's what he does it for.
01:48Wow.
01:49Well, it sounds like a very, very driven and a great person to be serving our community.
01:55And we're so thankful for that.
01:56And we're thankful that you reached out.
01:58Melissa, we know it takes a lot, too, as a spouse of somebody who serves our community.
02:03So we appreciate your sacrifices as well.
02:06And we want to do this.
02:06We want to give you $200 in gift cards from our friends at Crown Buick GMC and Demesman & Dover Law Firm.
02:12Small way for us to say thank you.
02:14Hopefully you and the family can do something fun with these.
02:16Much appreciated.
02:17Absolutely.
02:18What a story.
02:19We want to hear yours as well, either for First Responder Friday or Military Monday.
02:24You can nominate someone right now.
02:25It just takes a couple minutes.
02:26Just go to 995QYK.com.