110. What a Sheriff Actually Does (And What’s Really Going On in Our Communities) with Brent Gibson

Being Different with Liz Durham · Apr 23, 2026 · 37m

I’ve never paid much attention to a sheriff’s race before…until now.

So I sat down with Brent Gibson, who’s running for sheriff here in Knox County, and asked him everything I actually wanted to know, not the polished campaign answers, the real ones.

What does a sheriff even do day to day?

What’s actually happening with homelessness?

Are we safe?

And how much of what we see online about policing is even accurate?

We get into all of it.

Brent brings over 25 years in law enforcement, from SWAT to training to leadership, and what stood out to me most wasn’t just experience, it was how much of…