St. Pete Police Officer Honored By High School Sweetheart 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 have Sarah on the phone today who is honoring her husband.
00:16Good morning, Sarah. How are you?
00:18Good. How are you?
00:19I'm doing very well. We're glad you're on the show.
00:21All right, so let's talk about your husband, Ryan. Tell us how he serves our community as a First Responder.
00:26Yeah, so we both are high school sweethearts, and we grew up in New Jersey, and he comes from a long line of police officers.
00:35His grandfather was a police chief in our hometown for many years.
00:38He has multiple cousins and uncles in law enforcement, so that really kick-started him wanting to become a police officer.
00:46So he looked around, and we found San Diego, California, and we were there for four years where he was a police officer.
00:52And in those four years, he was an acting detective and a field training officer.
00:57Wow.
00:57And then we moved to Florida to be closer to family, and now he's with St. Pete.
01:02Oh, wow.
01:03So, I mean, I love the fact that there's a history of this in his family.
01:06So since you guys were high school sweethearts, you knew he was going into this line of work.
01:11Yeah, we took a few turns maybe wanting to be a math major or doing something like that,
01:16but ultimately his heart was with serving his community as a police officer.
01:20So what do you guys love to do here in St. Pete?
01:24What have you found to do that you love together?
01:26Oh, my goodness.
01:27We just, well, first of all, we're coming from weather that was great in San Diego,
01:31and now here it's even better.
01:34We love going to the beach.
01:35We like going kayaking or paddleboarding.
01:37We like taking our dogs for a walk and doing anything we can outdoors.
01:40That's great.
01:41What do you think, I mean, you've known him since high school.
01:43What do you think, or what's something you've seen in him since he was, you know,
01:4816 years old or whatever that makes him great at his job?
01:53Yeah, he has such a great heart.
01:55He does everything he can to help someone when he can.
02:00I'm just so proud of him for everything that he does every day, not just in his job,
02:06but in, you know, our life as well.
02:08He is just such a great man, and I'm really proud of him.
02:11I've seen him grow.
02:12We've grown up together.
02:13We've grew together, and I love seeing how much he's flourished in all of our years together,
02:18especially these past few.
02:20This is great.
02:20Well, listen, Sarah, first of all, welcome.
02:23I know you guys have been here since about July, but welcome.
02:27And you're a great woman for following him around with his career.
02:30I mean, started in Jersey, then California, now Florida.
02:33So, wow, hats off to you, too.
02:36And we want to do this.
02:37We want to give you guys $200 in Visa gift cards, one from our friends at Crown Buick
02:41GMC, and the other one from Demesman & Dover Law Firm.
02:44This is a small way for us to say thank you to you and to Ryan and all your sacrifices you
02:49make.
02:49Thank you so much.
02:50I really appreciate it.
02:51It is our pleasure.
02:53If you want to nominate someone for First Responder Friday or Military Monday, you can do it right
02:56now.
02:57It just takes a couple minutes.
02:57Just go to 995QIK.com.