The Operation Wild officers have to deal with some pretty crazy stuff while on duty. Officer Steinmetz is a 22-veteran officer, and he's seen just about every kind of wild action. Catch a clip below, and find out the top 10 things that have happened to Officer Steinmetz during his career.
The son of a dive shop owner, this 22-year veteran was born and raised in the very area he now patrols in the Florida Keys. Protecting Florida and its resources is literally in his blood. He drives his boat through the dangerous Keys shallows and coves like most people drive cars through their own neighborhood. This funnyman has never shied away from a good joke or a dangerous arrest. He is a self-proclaimed "Big Case Magnet", as he has an uncanny ability to attract the Big problems of both Man and Beast.
Here's the kind of thing Officer Steinmetz deals with on a daily basis. Today, it's lobster poaching:
TOP 10 CRAZIEST MOMENTS IN AN OFFICER'S CAREER
1. Being shot at over a case of beer during the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew
2. Being accepted to the former Florida Marine Patrol (which has since combined with the Florida Game and Fish Commission to become the FWC)
3. Being asked to be on Operation Wild
4. Boarding a shrimp boat over the stern at night and scaring the crew so much that they started to jump overboard
5. Saving a man?s life just moments before he died
6. Being sent to bust a large narcotics case off Key West on my first day out on my own -- the 2 tons of narcotics almost sank my patrol vessel by overloading it.
7. Being sued for allegedly running over a man in my patrol vessel. It never happened and, after dealing with the situation for three years, we proved it.
8. Being deployed to help during each of the hurricanes that hit Florida over the past 20 years
9. Being on President Bush Sr.'s protective detail. One night, after a day of protecting him while he was fishing, I was even invited to have dinner with him.
10. Being named the Coastal Conservation Officer of the Year
Watch some of the most wild moments with us.
Erik Steinmetz, aka The Magnet—Florida Keys:
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