“He swore that oath to protect and serve, Pours his heart and soul into both those words.”
—from The Weight of the Badge by Bubba Strait, Dean Dillon and George Strait
One day back in 2009, a 63-year-old man suffering from dementia wandered away from his Aloha, Oregon, home. Though he was off-duty at the time, Washington County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Jason Yazzolino spotted the man, some eight miles from home and assisted with his safe return to his family.
That’s an example of protecting and serving the “thin blue line,” the conceptual safeguard that, in the words of Wikipedia, “keeps society from descending into violent chaos.” But it’s just how Sergeant Yazzolino rolls. And he applies that same conscientious, careful—and caring—level of attention and detail to the custom gear he creates in his off-duty jam, First Responders Leather Works.
Jason first developed a knack for leather work back
