A: Martin Luther King, Jr. I would like
to ask him with all the negativity that
surrounded his life, how did he deal
with it?
Q: If someone asked you for your best
piece of advice, what would you say?
A: I have two pieces of advice. Maya
Angelou once said, “I’ve learned that
people will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did, but
people will never forget how you
made them feel.” And Ella Wheeler
Wilcox said, “Laugh and the world
laughs with you. Weep and you weep
alone.”
Q: What would you most like to be
remembered for?
A: Just for being a really nice guy!
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Richard A. Crosley II
Patrol Sergeant, Parker County
Sheriff’s Office
Q: What do you do?
A: Supervise five patrol deputies and
one corporal. The deputies take calls
and make arrests. I make sure the
paper work they do is complete and
correct. Amongst other things, I keep
in contact with them on a personal
level and make sure that they come
to work happy and confident. I am
also an 11-year member of the Parker
County/ Weatherford combined
SWAT team.
Q: What is your favorite book?
A: Any Star Wars book, also the series
of Game of Thrones wasn’t too bad.
Q: What is your favorite movie?
A: Major League, Full Metal Jacket,
Empire Strikes Back. Those are all
good.
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Q: What kind of music are you into?
A: I listen to a variety of music, but I
think I prefer Classic Rock the most.
Most of the music today assaults all
six senses.
Q: What’s the most daring thing
you’ve ever done?
A: The first thing that comes to mind
is when I was about 10 I pulled a bike
on top of the roof of my house, which
was connected to a garage that had
a Ford Pinto next to it. I tried to jump
off the house, onto the garage, land
on the car, and then finally land on
the ground. It was a lot cooler in my
head, as I crashed headfirst into the
car, rolling off the vehicle and having
the bike land on my head. Fail.
Q: What accomplishment are you
most proud of?
A: Serving my country in the United
States Navy, followed closely by seeing my kids graduate high school.
Q: When you were a child, what did
you want to be when you grew up?
A: I thought I might be a shark wres-
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tler, but I found out I got seasick easily; scratching that idea, I wanted to
play baseball.
Q: How did you get into your field?
A: I started in the security field and
found that I liked catching burglars
and calling in DWIs and such.
Q: Would you recommend your career for other people? Why?
A: I would say that if you like challenging yourself mentally, physically,
and emotionally, then this job is for
you. All through a single day you
get out of this job every emotion. It’s
never the same, and when you think
you have it figured out, someone
does something that leaves you shaking your head, and wondering how
humanity got this far, or shaking your
head, and wondering how much
more humanity is going to accomplish.
Q: What do you do to relax?
A: I ride my motorcycle. That might
be the easiest form of relaxation to
find, unless someone in a car almost
hits me ... almost ... and then I continue my relaxing ride back to my house.
Q: If you could visit any place in the
world, where would you go?
A: Israel, Ireland and England.
Q: What person from history would
you most like to have lunch with?
A: I think George W. Bush, Ron Burgundy, Elvis, Teddy Roosevelt and
Jackie Robinson. I would have to
give directions to Bush though — I’m
afraid he would get lost.
Q: If someone asked you for your best
piece of advice, what would you say?
A: If you think it’s wrong, it probably
is. And, learn grammar, that’s always
neat.
Q. What’s your favorite hobby?
A: Well, riding motorcycles, or boxing. Boxing is great.
Q. What is the one thing that makes
you