Local basketball legend now a sheriff's deputy

(11/04/07 - KTRK/HOUSTON) (KTRK) -- You'd think being a basketball Hall of Famer would be the ultimate dream come true. But former Rocket Elvin Hayes fulfilled his childhood dream Sunday.

Hayes graduated from the Law Enforcement Academy Sunday to become a Liberty County sheriff's deputy. He says he's wanted to be a police officer since he was a kid.

The 61-year-old calls his training the toughest thing he's ever done.
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