Local officer has done it all

Alamogordo Daily News - Local officer has done it all: "Officer Lewis Reeves has done a little bit of everything.

He's worked for the New Mexico Mounted Patrol scouring the 'cocaine pipeline,' a section of I-40 near Moriarty, as well as been on duty during prison riots and escapes. He's served in the National Guard, been a rancher, farmer, worked for an oil company, the phone company, taught gun safety to police recruits, driven a truck just to name a few.

Reeves said the only thing he hasn't done is fly a plane.

'I take that back,' he said. 'I've never tried to fly a plane. And you don't want to be with me when I do.'

He said being a police officer is in one's blood. His father was an MP during World War I, and his wife has numerous relatives who are law enforcement officers.

Currently, the 66- year-old works as a Community Service Officer for the Otero County Sheriff's Department. He was a reserve deputy for more than a decade before that.

He spends his days serving subpoenas, conducting code enforcement and going out on animal calls. He said serving civil papers eats up a good portion of the day, but animal calls come first."