 There is officially a new sheriff in Crowing County. Sheriff Scott Goddard was sworn into office during a pinning ceremony this evening in his hometown of Pequot Lakes. A reporter Rachel Johnson has more. Hi Scott Goddard, do solemnly swear. Do solemnly swear. The auditorium at Pequot Lakes High School was filled to name as Scott Goddard was sworn in as an ex-Crowing County Sheriff. Ladies and gentlemen I am proud to present Sheriff Scott Goddard. Goddard was elected sheriff last November defeating two challengers. This is kind of the I guess the high point you know we reached the you know the top of the mountain so it's really become a lot more real. A veteran of the Crowing County Sheriff's Office Goddard previously served as captain before running for the sheriff position. He succeeded Todd Dahl who retired from the position after serving as sheriff for the last 12 years. I'm very proud of the team that we put together and I say we it's it's not me you know it's a Crowing County Sheriff's Office from our newest employee to our most senior person working with him every day you know it's my family. His wife and two children have been by his side from the beginning and through with the duration of his sheriff campaign. It's exciting you know it's been been a journey and exhausting at times and fun to to meet people. They were in the audience to support their dad as he received his pen. It was like all our hard work and finally paid off because I know this is something that he's wanted for like a really long time like he said his whole life basically and so it was just good to see him get that. Sheriff Goddard plans to continue taking the Sheriff's Office in a positive direction. We have awesome awesome employees right now and we want to continue that and we want to build on that so that's really one of our focus goals. It's not a the most popular career field to get into. It's still one of the funnest at least in my mind and so we're you know that's really our first focus is to build on our strengths of having great people having a great agency having a great community and we just want to move that forward. But the Sheriff's Office is changing Sheriff Goddard and his employees are looking forward to what the next four years have in store. Reporting from Pequot Lakes, Rachel Johnson, Lakeland News. Promotions of members of the Crowan County Sheriff's Office were also announced at the ceremony including Dave Fischer who was sworn in as Chief Deputy. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.