Erik Estrada
Famous for his role on Chips as a California Highway Patrol officer, Erik Estrada would later become a real deputy sheriff in Bedford County. He eventually became a reserve policeman in St. Anthony, Idaho – many kilometers from Hollywood. It turns out the officer’s childhood dream was never to pretend to be a police officer like the movie made him do. For long, he had always wanted to protect and to serve. The consistent paycheck and the pension he’s entitled to makes policing a more stable career than pretending to be one on TV.