Townsquare Media would like to take a moment to say Thank You to all the Heroes Behind the Badge.  We want to say Thank You to all the police officers, sheriff’s deputies, corrections officers, detectives, parole officers, probation officers, SWAT team members, traffic cops, police supervisors, law enforcement managers, fire fighters, EMS personnel and police chiefs.This week we would like to honor Officer Cheyenne Beaver.

Cheyenne has been in law enforcement for 4 1/2 years. Cheyenne sometimes goes by the nickname Beaver. Best memory as a child would be her staying with her grandparents getting up at 4 in the morning going to the cafe in Seadrift then going shrimping with my grandpa then eating lunch with my great grandma Rachel then waiting for my grandma to get home and listening to her sing.  This was something I did quite frequently when I was younger. She enjoys country music. Her favorite place to eat is Cajun Cowboys in Victoria. She has  4 dogs. One of them is 2 yr old rescued Catahoula mix named Sugar who weighs about 120 lbs, 1.5 yr old rescued Pekingese named Barney, 2 year old Pug Boston terrier mix named Rockaux, and a 7 year old Pekingese named Benjamin. Since she was a small child she wanted to be a police officer or a fire fighter. She wanted to help people and make a difference. As an adult Cheyenne actually went to work in the local refineries as an industrial radiologist and loved her job. She did that for a few years. But when a job at Calhoun County Sheriffs Office opened up to be a corrections officer she took it. She knew it would mean a pay cut but she wasn't in it for the money. Cheyenne wanted to make a difference. She took the job and worked there for about 3 and a half years when her mom fell very ill and passed away from terminal cancer. She was a school teacher for over twenty years and the one thing she made us kids promise was that we would get an education. So Cheyenne resigned from her job, pulled out the money she had in retirement, and what she got from her life insurance policy, and she enrolled in Victoria college Police Academy. With the help of her super supportive spouse and family she made it through.

The one thing that Cheyenne wants people to know when they look a police officer is, were all normal people from all walks of life. Don't only see the badge, or the uniform, see what's behind it, or in it.

If you know of someone who deserves to be honored please fill out the brief questionnaire below. Each week our station will be honoring a law enforcement person on air.

 

 

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