Will Akin is the only nonpartisan sheriff in the state of Missouri, and he spends the first few minutes of this conversation explaining why that matters for how he shows up at his neighbor's door, at a chamber of commerce event, or on a call where somebody is screaming at him about a barking dog. He is also a former Blackhawk pilot who was homeless at eight years old. The Clay County sheriff sat down with Sam Sapp to talk about approachability, community safety, officer mental health, and the long walk from a California dumpster to a Missouri courthouse.