Bishop Stanley Searcy says a prayer blessing the Natchez Adams County Sheriff’s Office standing across from Sheriff Travis Patten Thursday in Natchez. The sheriff said everyone in the hallway was present by choice. Patten has been holding a blessing for the sheriff’s office since he got the position. He said, “I feel like you have to have the covering to do what we do every day, to see the murder and rapes... You know the average person couldn’t take that, and we need something to lean on and my rock is my Lord.”

Bishop Stanley Searcy says a prayer blessing the Natchez Adams County Sheriff’s Office standing across from Sheriff Travis Patten Thursday in Natchez. The sheriff said everyone in the hallway was present by choice. Patten has been holding a blessing for the sheriff’s office since he got the position. He said, “I feel like you have to have the covering to do what we do every day, to see the murder and rapes... You know the average person couldn’t take that, and we need something to lean on and my rock is my Lord.”

Bishop Stanley Searcy says a prayer blessing the Natchez Adams County Sheriff’s Office standing across from Sheriff Travis Patten Thursday in Natchez. The sheriff said everyone in the hallway was present by choice. Patten has been holding a blessing for the sheriff’s office since he got the position. He said, “I feel like you have to have the covering to do what we do every day, to see the murder and rapes... You know the average person couldn’t take that, and we need something to lean on and my rock is my Lord.”