 After 12 years as the Crowing County Sheriff, Todd Dahl plans to retire at the end of his term in 2018. Dahl will retire with Chief Deputy Denny Lacher after serving together for many years. Dahl attended Brainerd High School, graduated from Bemidji State, and spent his entire career in Crowing County, starting in 1986 working with the water patrol. I kind of rose through the ranks and did just about everything it seemed like in my years here, and that's something I'm real proud of too. It's something that I've looked back now and I think I wouldn't have done anything different. Hoping to fill that position in the 2018 election is current Captain Scott Goddard of the Crowing County Sheriff's Office. Goddard has been with the Sheriff's Office for the past 18 years and involved with law enforcement for the last 22. His campaign is built on four key points of service, leadership, experience, and compassion. Law enforcement's been really my life passion. I became interested in this while I was in middle school, just moving into middle school, 7th, 8th, 9th grade, and some people really say that it's a calling and I feel that for me it has been. I love my job. I love going to work every day and I always say I get to go to work. It's not that I have to go to work. Goddard says he is proud of the current status of the department and says he hopes to continue down that path if elected Sheriff. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.