Outstanding, Five-O!!
Best of luck!
One of my good friends had a similar path to his employment:
Started with a local police department
Worked for the sherriff's office for a while
Worked on Madelyn Albright's Diplomatic Security Staff
Last I heard was still working for the State Department in some capacity.
Okay...so maybe that's not so similar.
But anyway..... Congratulations!!
R2F