Ride-along offers insight into the job of a Manatee County deputy

Riding in the passenger seat of Deputy Sarah Brown’s police car, I listened as she referenced the movie “Forrest Gump.”

“Traffic stops are like a box of chocolates,” she said. “You never know what you’re going to get.”

After spending five hours with Brown during her 12-hour shift April 30, this reporter would contend that beyond the unexpected, the box is also bottomless…

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