Captain of the Judicial Operations Division, at the Pasco Sheriff’s Office, responsible for the conduct of Judiciary Protection, Courtroom Security, and Judicial Facility Security operations. The division enforces the rule of law to protect the peace and maintain order while defending the safety, lives and constitutional rights of the local citizenry.

Captain Rock is a retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel with over 30 years of combined active duty and U.S. National Security contractor service experience and has served in various leadership positions throughout his career. He began his military career in 1987 when he enlisted in the U.S. Army Military Police Corps. He later obtained a commission as an active duty Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical warfare officer. Following several years as an NBC reconnaissance officer, he returned to the Military Police Corps as a midgrade officer to conduct community law enforcement, and patrol supervisory duties for a community of over 33 thousand personnel in Texas. He served in Italy as the Camp Darby Provost Marshal, responsible for criminal investigations, VIP security, traffic enforcement, K9 drug and bomb detection operations, physical security and installation access control, sensitive site security, Host Nations Law Enforcement Liaison, and crime prevention. He later commanded the SETAF Military Police Company and performed tactical and community law enforcement support for multiple military installations and sensitive NATO sites across central Italy, as well as performing tactical law enforcement function for the European Airborne response force. Following his overseas assignment, he was assessed and selected into the special operations community where he spent the remainder of his career and retiring from the United States Special Operations Command in 2012. Upon completing his 24 years in the military service, he converted to civilian life as a cleared U.S. National Security contractor supporting the special operations community by providing intelligence and special program support, until joining the Pasco Sheriff’s Office in late 2018 as a certified Law Enforcement Officer responsible for Force Deveopment, Community Relations, Special Incident Response Team, and Hostage Negotiation Team operations.