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'The Incredible Hulk' actor Lou Ferrigno to become deputy in New Mexico

Lou Ferrigno has previously served as a member of the volunteer sheriff posse in Maricopa County, Arizona.
Credit: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, file photo, Lou Ferrigno arrives at the Hollywood Film Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Ferrigno, the actor in the CBS television series “The Incredible Hulk,” is slated to become a sheriff's deputy in New Mexico. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Lou Ferrigno, the actor in the CBS television series “The Incredible Hulk,” is slated to become a sheriff's deputy in New Mexico.  

Socorro County Sheriff William Armijo is scheduled to deputize Ferrigno next week at a special ceremony. 

Officials say Ferrigno will bring decades of law enforcement experience to the department and be instrumental in recruiting for the department and the county. 

The 68-year-old Ferrigno has served as a reserve sheriff’s deputy in Los Angeles County and a member of the volunteer sheriff posse in Maricopa County, Arizona. 

Ferrigno played the Hulk in the 1970s television series.

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