By Amira Van Leeuwen

Michael Tobias always wanted to be Ponch from the 1970s cop series “CHiPs.”

“I don’t know if it’s because he had all the hair and he had all the ladies, but it was just something that as a kid, I was always drawn to,” Tobias said.

Many could consider Tobias as someone who works a double life as a senior corrections officer with the Travis County Sheriff’s Office and a member of the Kyle City Council.

“It goes all the way back to...