UNICOI COUNTY, TN (WJHL)- The Unicoi County Sheriff’s Department is adding the words ‘In God We Trust’ to the back of their patrol vehicles.

We first brought you the story Tuesday night when the Sheriff’s Department posted a photo on their Facebook page.

Unicoi County Sheriff Mike Hensley said the car with the lettering is just one of four new vehicles that will soon be on the road.

Sheriff Hensley said after seeing other departments across the country add the lettering, he wanted to show his support as well.

He told us it was a phrase he strongly believes in.

“If someone come in and told me, Sheriff you are going to take God’s name off of your car after I paid for it with my money, and what I stand for, if they start to take it off my car, I have a right in the world to put them in jail for vandalism to my vehicle, and I would do it,” Hensley said.

Sheriff Hensley said he doesn’t know exactly how much it will cost to put the phrase ‘In God We Trust’ on the back of the cars, but says the money is coming out of his own pocket.

He said he eventually would like to see it on every one of the sheriff’s department vehicles.Copyright WJHL 2016. All rights reserved.