NBA legend seeks to become Georgia sheriff
GWINETT COUNTY, Ga. Sept 17 2017— After several days of responding to Hurricane Irma emergency calls, some Georgia officers received a large surprise.
Shaquille O’Neal was filming a PSA on distracted driving with the Lawrenceville Police Department Wednesday when he stopped a group of officers to take a photo, the department wrote on Facebook.
The PD wrote that it was “a nice quick break for a photo.”
O’Neal is a sworn Clayton County sheriff’s deputy, an honorary U.S. Deputy Marshal and a reserve officer with agencies in California, Arizona and Florida. In August, he announced that he was running for sheriff in Henry County, Georgia.
O’Neal told the Washington Post that he has always wanted to run near Orlando, when he has a home, but recently changed his mind because of a TV deal he signed in Atlanta.
“I don’t think I could be sheriff in Florida and work in Atlanta,” he said. “So I bought a house in Atlanta, and I’m going to be in Atlanta full time, so it’s like, let me try here first, and maybe when it’s all said and done, I could go back and be the sheriff in Florida.”
