An Atlanta police sergeant who was shot in the line of duty says he has never thought about retiring from law enforcement.
Channel 2′s Michael Seiden shares how he’s using his story of survival and a lifelong friendship to help inspire young children to follow in his footsteps.
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It’s been nearly three decades, but Atlanta Police Sgt. Mikhail Brookshire says he can still remember the first time he came face to face with a police officer.
“I walked into a gym in a middle school in Nashville, Tennesee and I saw a police officer and I couldn’t stop staring at him. I don’t even know why I was staring at him,” Brookshire explained.
That police officer is now metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake, but at the time, he was an up-and-coming member of the city’s narcotics unit.
He also volunteered with the police athletic league, a nonprofit organization that uses sports to create a positive interaction between cops and children.