I worked patrol for a municipality in NC with a population of 58,000 residents for 7 years until a sudden, rough battle with cancer forced me to medically retire at age 51 in June, 2020..... I saw a lot, did a lot, some of it I'd like to "unsee", the job was active. I was at the rank of MPO and was an active FTO at the time.....I'm doing well today.