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A retired law enforcement officer in Florida, who is once surprised by bombs, now bake treats and grinding coffee for customers.
Chris Smith, 56 years old, and his wife opened the Ground Ops Roastery + Bakehouse in Talahosi, Florida, in November 2023.
Before that, Smith was a deputy in the office of Leon Sheriff, who worked as a Swat team member and then with a bomb detachment.
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He retired a few months before the opening solemn – but what seemed a sharp change in his career was more familiar than it seemed.
“Everything goes back to the service of people and stay there for society,” said Smith Fox News Digital. (Watch the video at the top of this article.)
Chris Smith worked with the Swat team and a bomb unit at Leon Sheriff’s office in Talahosi, Florida. Now he is a business owner, baking and grinding coffee for his customers. (Shannon Smith)
“The Ops Ground was just another way to provide services to society.”
The service was at the forefront of Smith’s work for most of her adulthood.
He spent four years in US Navy Before visiting the Florida State University by the bill on Guy. He became a deputy in 2010 and also worked as a volunteer firefighter.
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But his wife Shannon Smith said that one of her husband’s greatest achievements on the day she met him in 2021.
“He actually came some meaning my foster sonWhich got into the school problems, “said Shannon Digital Fox News.
Smith, the right, made Pepo talk to the foster son of that wife at that time that she was still appreciating today, she said. (Shannon Smith)
At the time, Shannon Smith was a mother -in -law. A friend recommended Chris Smith to visit them.
Before talking to a young son, Smith appeared and submitted her A paper plate with food covered in foil.
“Then I ate this thing (foil), and it was strange,” Shannon said. “I have never had anything like that before.”
A few days Smith sent her the text he did banana pudding For a bomb unit – and asked if he could bring her.
“I knew at that moment,” said Shannon Smith. The couple married a year later.
As for the treat that Smith brought her on the day they met, it turned out Being a menu item on the land of Ops.
To the left, the bakery products, Chris Smith gave his then wife on the day when they met. This baking as a result became a welcome cake, right, on the menu on the Earth OPS in Florida. (Shannon Smith)
Smith did not call it at the time, but the greeting cake became “one of our most popular subjects because it was how we said hello,” said Shannon Smith.
Love for family, country
Earth Ops – It is both bakery and a cafe that shares a love for the country.
Many of its popular fried fried patriotic names, such as Bravo Zul, are combined with chocolate and Irisk; The commander of the choice of forest with notes of fruit; Depth charging the espresso mixture; Absent in action for his moonshine; And the military horse southern pecan mixture.
“We spend time very well – and customers love it.”
“A lot of Latter names also follow the military,” Smith said.
“So, we have a Roger that we have a bunker Bast and others. We have very good – and customers love it.”
Inside the Ground OPS is also a framed photo of Smith Shannon Kent cousin, the Kryptologist of the Military Fleet who died in Syria’s terrorist attacks in 2019.
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Her husband Joe Kent was recently appointed director of the National Center for Terrorism.
All food is baked daily from scratch, rolls and pops to cookies and pies. Smith has no culinary origin, so it counts family recipes And a lot of trial and mistakes.
Smith found a new career in coffee and baking. (Shannon Smith)
“I love food and love to take food,” Smith said. “I love Travel for foodAnd I like to try to recreate what I ate. And I eat the way I’m also a 7-year-old boy, as my wife says. “
Shannon Smith said her husband “rescued a lot” and slowly started buying the equipment he would store because he “had an idea in his heart” about one day, opening his own place.
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– she said, his work requires a great sacrifice and comes with problems.
“Business is difficult,” she said. “I mean, law enforcement agencies are complex, but business management is a different kind.”
This includes waking up before sunrise every day.
Chris Smith and Shannon Smith fell in love when he was still a deputy. “Law enforcement agencies are complex, but doing business is a different kind.” (Shannon Smith)
“I would say that getting up early in the morning to bake is much harder than you need to take care of bombs,” Smith said.
“But I miss the guys.”
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It turns out that Smith did not come out completely from her life in law enforcement.
“He returned to the reserves – because he can’t help himself,” his wife said.
