In the newest episode of My First Foot Beat, Sergeant Technician Natasha Rowles talks with Officer Amita Claytor about her path to the Secret Service, which included a four-year break in training. In addition to this unique circumstance, the two also talk about Claytor’s decision to return to Secret Service training after a career as an Akron, Ohio, police officer; her background; what life as a Uniformed Division Officer in DC is like; and her future in the Secret Service.

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