GPPD Podcast - Grand Prairie Police (TX)

Send us Fan Mail Come join us!  Sign up for our test on September 14, 2024.   https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4574798/police-officer Calvin grew up around policing.  His dad was a long time cop and retired supervisor at GPPD who retired a few years back.  In fact he even talks about his dad having a sweet mullet while he was in narcotics. As an adult, Calvin first worked...

Send us Fan Mail Come join us!  Sign up for our test on September 14, 2024.   https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4574798/police-officer Thomas grew up in the DFW area.  As a teen, he met his future wife at a church event and the rest is history.  They have now been married for 16 years.  Tommy played football and went to SAGU (Southwestern Assemblies of God University) in W...

Send us Fan Mail Come join us!  Sign up for our test on September 14, 2024.   https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4574798/police-officer Jeremy had an interesting path to get to GPPD. As much as we hate to admit it, he was a firefighter and medic before. However, he came to his senses left to come to Team Blue!  Jeremy was born and raised in California. He went to UC Santa B...

Send us Fan Mail Come join us!  Sign up for our test on September 14, 2024.   https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4574798/police-officer Chad grew up NOT in the city, but on a 100,000 acre ranch.  Needless to say, he learned quite a lot about animals, fencing, and country living.   Chad later joined the Marine Corps (USMC).  After getting out, he went to college and got his...

Send us Fan Mail Come join us!  Sign up for our test on September 14, 2024.   https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4574798/police-officer Chris grew up as a military brat, living all over the globe.  He got involved in law enforcement in 2011 where he worked for a sheriff's office (detention) for about 3 years.  Chris then joined DPS as a Texas State Trooper for a few ye...

Send us Fan Mail Jeremy Wright is the ASAC (Assistant Special Agent in Charge) at the Dallas FBI Office.  As ASAC, Jeremy oversees FBI Dallas’ Criminal Branch 2 which manages Crimes Against Children, Human Trafficking, HUMINT, TOC-E, TOC-W, Violent Crime, Violent Gangs, and the Confidential File Room. Jeremy was born and raised in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky. He attained a master...

Send us Fan Mail Fidel (the 3rd) was born in Puerto Rico and came to the US when he was four.  His dad joined the Army and he lived the typical army brat live moving all across the country.  Fidel went to four different high schools in a two-year period.  After high school he enlisted in the USMC where he served in the infantry.  He did four years and deployed twice to the Middle East.      After...

Send us Fan Mail Keegan came to GPPD after graduating college. He has been with GPPD since 2017.  In that time he has been a patrol officer, Crime Scene Investigations Field Tech, and a Field Training Officer.   Keegan grew up in Bedford and went to college at Texas State in San Marcos, TX.  He got his degree in Criminal Justice.  He originally wanted to be a Game Warden due to his love of hiking...

Send us Fan Mail Travis grew up in the Valencia area of California, playing sports as a kid.   He developed a desire to get into law enforcement while in high school,  after doing a ride-a-long with his neighbor who was an officer for LAPD.   After college, Travis got a job with Culver City PD.  In his time there, he did patrol, special enforcement team, and then SWAT.  He even rode around sometim...

Send us Fan Mail Dylan took an interesting path into Law Enforcement.  He first got hired as a dispatcher by a local agency.  He later went to policing but didn't successfully complete training, therefore going back into dispatch.  He didn't give up on his goal and got hired on by another agency.  He completed training there and did well for a few years.   After attending outside trainin...

Send us Fan Mail KD grew up in Lufkin, Texas.  He played sports his whole life and went to play football at McMurry University in Abilene, TX.  Growing up he also starred in a commercial due to his pearly white smile! After college he worked for a bit in the financial arena.  He then went on to become an officer at Dallas PD where he worked patrol, PAL league, and bicycle patrol.  He came to GPPD...

Send us Fan Mail This weekend! Come Test!! https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4411161/police-officer?keywords=police&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs Ashton took the long road to be where he is now. He got hired years ago (2019) and halfway through the academy, left to pursue federal job opportunities. Ash came back to his senses and re-applied with GPPD. After getting hir...

Send us Fan Mail Come Join Us! https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4411161/police-officer?keywords=police&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs Eric Acha was born in the Phillipines.  He moved to America in 1980 with his family and settled down in California.  In 1994, he had the wild idea to become a police officer and pursued that dream.  He had an interesting journey in being...

Send us Fan Mail Come Join Us! https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4411161/police-officer?keywords=police&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs Aaron has been with GPPD since 2012.  He worked in detention till 2015, where he then joined the PD as a new recruit.  After the academy, he worked nights and then days for a few years.  In 2022, he came to investigations as an Auto Thef...

Send us Fan Mail Come Join Us! https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4411161/police-officer?keywords=police&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs Ma'u (Ma-ough) was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.  Her family hails from the Tonga Islands.  She went to Central Methodist University (Columbia, MO) where she got her Masters degree (MA) in Education.   She moved to Texas in 2010 in purs...

Send us Fan Mail Tony came to GPPD after a long career in the Army.  He wore many hats in the military over a long and distinguished career. After the military, he went through our Basic academy and the rest is history.  Tony has been with GPPD for over 8 years now.   Tony worked for a brief stint in the jail while awaiting his academy start.  He then went through training and went to Nights A.  H...

Send us Fan Mail Come Join Us! https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4411161/police-officer?keywords=police&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs This week our hosts sit down with Orlando.  Orlando has been with GPPD for about 9 years now.  He came to GP after working about 10 years in Florida as a cop.   Orlando was in patrol and then an FTO.  He transferred to the traffic divisi...

Send us Fan Mail Come Join Us! https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4411161/police-officer?keywords=police&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs This week the hosts sit down with Officer Brandon.  Brandon grew up in a small town and then went to college at Tarleton State University.  Brandon came to GPPD after working for another agency for 12 years before coming to GP.  He did p...

Send us Fan Mail John has been with GPPD for over 12 years now.  Before that, he worked for another local agency.  He has been a K9 officer for about 7 years now and patrols the streets with his sidekick/partner Kane.    He attended Sam Houston State University where he got his degree in Criminal Justice.  John came to GPPD after working a DWI/Accident at his former agency and interacting w/ numer...

Send us Fan Mail Destinee is a supervisor at Animal Services...don't let her hear you calling it "Animal Control" or the "the Pound."  And no, she is not a dog catcher.  Destinee has been there a while and worked at another city prior to coming to GP.    She is a fan of Coatimundi's.  What are those?  We don't know either but it sounds cool! She is a proud wife a...

Send us Fan Mail Lauren grew up in a law enforcement household.  Her dad, grandfather, uncle, and her husband are all in law enforcement....so she was pre-destined! Lauren is a emergency communications (dispatch) supervisor for us.  She has been with us for 10 years now.  Before coming to Grand Prairie, she worked dispatch for another local agency for 3 years.     She is married and a proud mom. ...

Send us Fan Mail Connor came to us as a lateral from Colorado.  He has been with GPPD for about 2 years now.  He got his interest in law enforcement from his aunt who used to get him ride-outs with narcotics and undercover operations.  Conner speaks of his lateral move to another state and his "why" for law enforcement.   Connor got his degree in Criminal Justice from CMU (Colorado Mesa...

Send us Fan Mail Fred spent many years at New Orleans PD  where he got into law enforcement in 1997.  He spent many years there where he rose to the rank of LT over the homicide division.  He worked mostly in the Lower 9th Ward in NO.   After Hurricane Katrina, his family decided to move to Texas for a fresh start.   Fred has been with GPPD now for over 16 years.   He is over Planning and Research...

Send us Fan Mail This week the hosts sit down with Dyllon.  He grew up in New Hampshire and found his way to Texas after college.  After graduating college, he was hired on as a basic recruit officer with GPPD in 2016.   Dyllon worked the streets for a while then went to become a Detective in Domestic Crimes.   After doing that for a couple of years, he felt the calling back to hit the streets to...

Send us Fan Mail Officer Tanner is known around here as "Sweet Tea" or Sweet T".   Sweet Tea  had an interesting journey to become a cop for us.  He worked in our jail for a few years.  He then got hired at another local PD where he worked for 5+ years and ended up being a Motor Jock (traffic unit on a motorcycle) for a bit.   Tanner then lateralled back over to GPPD as an officer. ...