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The law enforcement veteran tried retirement and a less stressful job, but it didn’t take.

A Florida sheriff thought it would be a good idea to prevent crime by sending deputies to harass people with prior convictions without probable cause.

Times staff writersDec. 24, 2020 Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco was once asked under oath how he had landed two high-level posts in state government. “It was the connections that I had made,” he said bluntly. “I mean, you didnt have to like go and interview along with a hundred other people to get the job or anything?” an attorney pressed. “No, ma’am,” he said. Later that month, he told a reporter: “I’m very blessed to have friends that are in high office...