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I'm not going to go out and buy combat boots and throw my vest and hat away and say, 'This is the new me.'

Sublette County, Wyo., Sheriff Department Deputy Gene Bryson, objecting to a new office policy forbidding cowboy hats or cowboy boots and requiring deputies to wear black trousers, a tan shirt, black boots and a black ball cap.

Sublette County, Wyo., Sheriff Department Deputy Gene Bryson, objecting to a new office policy forbidding cowboy hats or cowboy boots and requiring deputies to wear black trousers, a tan shirt, black boots and a black ball cap.

Daniel Luzer is GOVERNING's news editor.