The Good Life – May-June 2018

the Army, except I'm not carrying a rucksack and a
rifle.”
At the end of the day, one recurring assumption still
surprises Hicks.
“After people sit down and talk to me, they never
believe that I'm a cop. It just makes me laugh," he
said. "I'm about as normal of a person as there is. I
don't have magic powers.”
RUNNING FOR SHERIFF
As he aims to grow in his career, Hicks has joined
the race for Clay County Sheriff – an election slated
for November 2018.
"The thing I want to bring most (to the position)
is my life experience – both as a leader and as an
investigator,” Hicks said. “I have a varied experience,
having worked patrol, narcotics and investigations.
I’ve worked with every federal and state agency in
the area.”
From the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI),
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF),
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),
Secret Service, North Dakota Bureau of Criminal
Investigation (BCI), Fargo, Moorhead, West Fargo
Police Departments and more, you could say Hicks
knows a few people.
"We're two separate states, two jurisdictions,”
Hicks said. “But we work seamlessly together. It's
awesome. It doesn't happen in a lot of places in the
country.”
Living “out in the sticks” with his wife, Peggy, of
27 years, is where Hicks finds solace outside of
work, enjoying the livestock, peace and quiet. Be it
hunting, fishing for “anything that bites” or relishing
in Minnesota’s snowy winters, Hicks cherishes the
great outdoors.
But what exactly defines “the good life”?
"Being able to wake up in a country that's free,"
Hicks said. "Just the everyday freedoms that we
enjoy as Americans. Not everyone has it. The good
life is being an American." •
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