Jeff Whitfield has always felt a sense of civic duty.
He first toyed with the idea of becoming a police officer as a child.
“I liked the idea of the excitement, catching criminals and defending people, but as I became of age to actually do it, it was more wanting to help people and the idea of doing the right thing all the time,” he said.
Now a University of Georgia police lieutenant, Whitfield has spent his entire adult life helping people in diverse ways.