By Valerie Edwards For Dailymail.com
Published: 19:00 GMT, 17 March 2019 | Updated: 19:01 GMT, 17 March 2019
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There's a new deputy sheriff in Florida and he goes by the name of 'Deputy Shaq'.
The Broward County Sheriff's Office said former basketball star Shaquille O'Neal will now be working as a sheriff's deputy in the auxiliary department.
'Basketball legend @SHAQ goes by many nicknames, and now added to that list is Deputy Shaq,' the sheriff's office announced in a tweet and on Facebook.
'The big man now works as an auxiliary deputy with the #BSO,' the tweeted read.
The Broward County Sheriff's Office in Florida has announced that former basketball star Shaquille O'Neal will now be working as a sheriff's deputy in the auxiliary department
The four-time NBA champ is seen shaking hands with Sheriff Gregory Tony, who sat down with O'Neal to talk about the 'different ways law enforcement works to keep communities safe'
In several photos