Sedgwick county inmate search:This episode explores how Sheriff Eric Kirsch is rewriting the playbook for rural law enforcement in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. A former Marine counterintelligence officer and NCIS agent who once investigated serial killers and served in Iraq and Afghanistan, Kirsch admits he was a "functioning alcoholic" before getting sober and finding a new purpose in policing. We discuss his radical approach to retention in a small department, which includes "aggressive retention" strategies like prioritizing mental health, treating his deputies as a team rather than a "dysfunctional family," and securing top-tier equipment like body armor and encrypted radios through grants. Listeners will hear about his controversial but practical uniform policy—allowing beards, tattoos, and jeans because they are "cheaper and hold up better"—and his philosophy that a sheriff’s job is simply "to be brave and tell the truth"