Me - on TV!

Yesterday my good buddy and partner at WMC-TV 5 in Memphis, Justin Hanson (that's his bald spot right there - shh!), interviewed me as a representative of my newspaper for a story he did on our Top Ten Most Wanted weekly feature which is published in conjunction with our sheriff's office.

Here's the story: www.wmctv.com/global/story.asp?s=8279858

And in doing the interview, I know why I'm in print journalism rather than in broadcast: I suck on camera! lol. Justin edited out my retardness for the most part, but you can still see me slouching and, if you pay attention, can still hear and see me swiveling in my chair. Ha. (This was at my desk, by the way.) I seriously bombed that interview. He'd ask a question and I'd stutter, then turn to Gwen for coaching. lol. I'm just not a good on-the-spot person and because I work with him just about every day, I know Justin interviews like I do: we don't come prepared with questions, we wing it.

The Most Wanted program, which was started in late October 2007, has a 43 percent success rate thus far. That means that four out of every ten offenders featured is captured in some way - whether they are apprehended by the police or turn themselves in. It's been a great benefit for our county.

Also featured in the video are Sgt. Billy Daugherty (and his LIPS! Ha!) and Deputy Chief Donna Turner of the Tipton County Sheriff's Office. I work with these two quite a bit and they are wonderful. I've come to them with everything from keeping an eye on the house when we're away to filing complaint after complaint about my apparent stalker to programming my police scanner and they are always, always there to help. I've found that with most - if not all - of the members of our local law enforcement agencies: they are always willing to help out, no matter how great or small the problem. Gotta love the po-lice (the sheriff teases me for saying it the yankee way lol).