Cuyahoga Sheriff Gerald McFaul Sr. made son a special deputy to help him out

Sheriff Gerald McFaul Sr. made his son a special deputy in 1998 so the younger McFaul could get part-time security work while wearing a Cuyahoga County sheriff's uniform.

Gerald McFaul Jr. completed a police academy and state certification test at Cuyahoga Community College in December 1997 but did not immediately land a police job.

"He was looking for a job," McFaul Sr. said Friday.

So the sheriff made him a special deputy in February 1998 and McFaul Jr. was hired by Tenable Protective Services to work private security jobs approved by the Sheriff's Office.