hello my name is Rodney Washington I'm a sergeant with the Milwaukee Police Department I've been with the walking Police Department now for 22 years I was 33 at the time so I was considered to be one of the older guys I spent four years in the military and came back home I was on leave from active Army and I came home I was speaking to a couple of more Occulus officers who were answering a call for service they told me about the police department before that I really knew nothing about the police department I had no family members on the police department he kind of piqued my interest and I said that's something I think I'd like to do after I graduate but police academy I'm with the district number five I say the district by for a couple of years and then I wrote for since the crimes which is a specialty unit I stayed there for almost three years until I was promoted to the rank of sergeant I went to district number two then subsequently the district number six I say to six for eight months and then I was transferred to the to the jail the municipal lockup and once I left the municipal lockup I went to district four and then in 2009 I was went back act of army and I went to Iraq for a year I was fortunate enough that I was able to get my associates degree my bachelor's in my Master's while working on the job now I'm not saying that's for everybody but for me education that I think is key because you never stop learning in this job [Music]