Sheriff Hodgson began his law enforcement career in Ocean City, Maryland in the 1970s as a Police Officer on uniformed patrol along with busy boardwalk and thriving community. He worked his way up the ladder, being promoted to Sergeant, Lieutenant and Detective, and held leadership roles in various divisions of the department, including special operations, undercover narcotics and hostage negotiation.
In his continuing efforts to keep Bristol County as safe as possible, Sheriff Hodgson has been working on immigration policy reforms for more than two decades on the local, state and national levels. His efforts have ramped up over the years as more and more people in Bristol County fall victim to drug overdoses and crimes committed by criminal illegal immigrants. He has been invited to the White House for roundtable discussions and strategy sessions on the impacts of illegal immigration on American neighborhoods. In addition, he has worked with Congressional leaders and Justice Department officials on the issue, and has testified before Congress about it on several occasions. The goal is to keep these dangerous drugs and deadly gang members from the Mexican drug cartels (which the DEA identifies as the biggest narcotics threat to the United States) out of Bristol County, Massachusetts and the United States.