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Individual he had to arrest than getting a kick out of somebody they had to put behind bars. >> it sounds so hollow to say, but i really am sorry for your loss. and please extend our condolences to all of our friends and the family, as well. >> if i could just say one more thing, anderson. i would strive to be the kind of man joe was. if there was more people out there like joe, we'd need a lot less cops. >> tom, again, thank you so much for talking with us. i really appreciate it. i'm sorry it's under these circumstances. >> thank you. >> stay strong. we'll be right

Joe just had a passion for teaching these young kids. not only being a mentor to these explorers, but he taught them tactics and all kinds of police work. but the things he taught them most was the lessons of life and these poor men are hit harder than almost anyone today. >> i mean, he has four kids. the loss is just -- it's impossible to think about for his family. >> if the people who were responsible for this knew the kind of family man he was and knew the care he had for the public, this wasn't -- this was a great guy. this was a guy who would have wanted more help from an

>> was known as joe to his friends, g.i. joe to his fellow officers. he worked with a lot of officers over the years. he made just as many friends in the community. one of those long-time friends joins us now. thomas, i'm so sorry for your loss. and i areesh yat yppreciaapprec us in your moment of grief. you've known the lieutenant since you were both in high school, is that right? >> that's correct. >> what kind of guy was he? >> oh, boy. he was just an incredible human being. the one thing that i remember is just being the optimist that he was during every situation. >> in high school, did h...

Told him my plans of doing it and, you know, boy, i'm tell you what, 30 year that is he put in was almost, you know, went from a kid in high school to a cop almost immediately. >> i mean, to serve on the force for more than 30 years is just an incredible, incredible sacrifice. said that he's more determined than ever to get on and to join the police force in the wake of what happened to joe. >> and that's a credit to joe, the kind of guy that he was. i followed joe on facebook. we talked a lot.

I covered that '88 campaign. and what happened in iowa was is he would go to a campaign event, and he would never stop talk. and he had them for the first 15 minutes of the event. i remember down by the river in davenport, iowa, beautiful night. everybody loved joe. and he just went on too long. frankly, but on the other side of that, for the book that i wrote, i interviewed him about foreign policy. and he was utterly comprehensive in its knowledge, reduced it to street language in a very wise way, and i ended up most of the chapter about foreign policy was just quoting joe biden. so he is ri...