SAN ANTONIO – We always knew he was tough, taking down bad guy after bad guy in movie after movie. But now, actor Steven Seagal will be fighting real-life bad guys as a Sheriff's Deputy in Hudspeth County.
Hudspeth County Sheriff Arvin West made it official at a swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday.
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Seagal won't start his duties right away, but he is expected to start sometime later this year.
Hudspeth County is just east of El Paso County. It is considered a hot-bed for drug smuggling.
Seagal took a tour of the border for a few hours this week and met with his soon-to-be co-workers after he was sworn in.
If all this sounds familiar, it's because Seagal used to be a Sheriff's deputy in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
There, he was the start of an A&E reality show called, 'Steven Seagal: Lawman.'
No word yet on if a similar reality show is in the works for Seagal's time in Hudspeth County.