Rob Stone works for the El Paso County Police Sheriff’s office and has been serving his time there for thirty years. Every day for Stone is one more day protecting the community.

“My favorite time of being shot at was when we had to handle a man trying to shoot his mother and father. When we showed up to the crime, he had run out into the woods and lie down by a shed. When he would not give us his gun, I decided to go around the shed and surprise him. My partner talked him into smoking a cigarette so that he would put down his weapon. I shot him with a taser and tried to grab him, but in that time, the taser became unhooked and that gave the guy enough time to grab his gun and shoot at me. He shot me three times from five feet away,” Stone said. “Once by my neck, once by my shoulder and one by my right ear. Seven officers then shot him.”

Stone grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and now lives in Black Forest, Colorado. Stone grew up with a family of police officers and was influenced heavily with the adventurous stories his father and uncle’s provided him with.

“Crime has not gotten any better or any worse. The crime is equal to the population, which has grown over the years. You’ll never stop crime. There’s a mentality now that everyone deserves what will make them happy; so they steal and take things from other people to make themselves happy,” Stone said.

Stone sees crimes on a daily basis, the most common crimes are harrassments and assaults. Such as threats, destruction of property and people harassing other people when anger arrises.

Stone is able to retire at any time he feels fit, but he plans to stay on the force for at most another 3-4 years.

Stone’s father was in the police force and killed while in the line of duty. His two sons and one daughter are following in his footsteps; his young nieces and nephews are already planning out their career of police work.

“I would never trade my job for anything else in the world,” Stone said. “I like the excitement of what I do. When i am successful, I know that it has a positive impact on someone.”