robert smith. >> thank you for having me. >> tell us a little bit about your background before we go into what you do with the "okay program." >> my name is rob robert smith and i was born in baltimore, maryland. i left baltimore in the early years and went to mississippi, grew up in mississippi until high school, and fast forward through a few states, i settled down in california. >> okay. >> and here i am. >> you've been a police officer for how long? >> almost six years. >> six years? >> yes, sir. >> what motivated you to become a police officer. >> i was talking to a good friend of mine's mother and the opportunity came across the internet, and she said you'll make a good police officer, so i decided to apply, and the rest is history. >> when they said you'd make a good police officer, what did they see in your character that lend to that? >> i just love helping people. i love community. i'm -- i would like to say i'm kind-hearted and i like to serve, to policing is a big -- serving is a big part of policing -- >> right. but isn't it extremely stressful? >> it's stressful in a sense, but you just day-to-day, get through it. they have diff