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Show Corporal Linda Powell "There are four corporals in the Uintah Uin-tah County Sheriff's Department ; Linda Lin-da Powell is one of the two corporals over the patrol division. She handles calls along with the remainder of the division and in addition helps read reports, approve leaves, etc. She will have been with this department for five years this December. "When I took the job it was just a job, but it grows on you. I know if I left it I would miss it," said Corporal Powell. "It has its good points and bad just like any other job. "You never seem to have time to yourself, and it is hard to do things as a family sometimes (she is the mother of 2 boys). My husband worries about job hazzards and not being home a lot. The wives of the department are the same way, though. "When I first started I was really bashful, the training I have received on the job has made me more outgoing outgo-ing and assertive. On the job, you are with men all of the time, not that that is bad, but sometimes you want to put on a dress and be with the girls." Like Officer Bond, Corporal Powell said that she has to talk her way through situations because she definitely isn't as strong as a man. For some situations a woman has a calming calm-ing effect. Corporal Powell is also an excellent marksman. She has three trophies: Uintah County Search and Rescue Invitational In-vitational 1982, second place; Uintah County Search and Rescue Invitational Invita-tional 1983, second; Provo State Convention Con-vention 1982, second. Her husband, Norman is also a marksman and took first place last year in the Uintah County Search and Rescue Invitational Invita-tional EMT division. Norman Powell said, "I do worry about her, it is a dangerous job and is getting more dangerous in this area. But I am proud of her, she was the first woman officer in this area." He was a police officer at one time and understands the pressures of her job, and was involved in ambulance work as an EMT. If handy he still helps out on calls. |