Tampa Police Department Cpl. Lamar White
Works at: Patrol District 3, 3808 N. 22nd St.
Joined: 1990
Personal: 50, married, father of two sons and two daughters
Hometown: Leesburg, Fla.
Patch: What do you like most about your job?
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White: The variety. Pretty much every call, we go to something different. … And there’s the opportunity to help people who really need it and aren’t getting it anywhere else.
Patch: How did you become interested in policing?
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White: I always was interested in it, from way back watching Matt Dillon [the marshall in “Gunsmoke”] on TV. The good guy always won. That’s the way it should be.
Patch: What’s your most memorable call?
White: A murder case. Nothing you’d be able to discuss in polite company.
Patch: Do you have a hero or mentor?
White: If I have an important decision, I run it by my dad. I used to think I was smarter than him. The older I get, the smarter he gets.
Patch: What’s your favorite color?
White: Camouflage. I like to hunt, fish, camp -- anything outside.
Patch: What’s the last movie you saw?
White: I re-watched "Shooter" last night. I liked it.