GPPD Podcast - Grand Prairie Police (TX)

Send us Fan Mail This week our hosts sit down with Garrett aka GG.  Garrett came to GPPD about 10 years ago from another agency.  He has worked patrol, Field Training Officer (FTO), Academy Coordinator, and is now the new Range Master.  Garrett has been on SWAT for about 8 years where he is a sniper.   He is married with a kiddo who likes to ninja in and wake him up in the middle of the night.   H...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff has been with GPPD for over 13  years. He came to us from another local agency.  He worked patrol and then became a K9 handler back in 2014.  He is married with kids and has an interesting story of how he and his wife started talking.  Sometimes you just gotta go for it! You wonder why he has three K9 police dogs?  Interesting story for sure as well, be sure to check that out...

Send us Fan Mail NEXT WEEK!!! Come test with us on January 13, 2024 in Texas and California! https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4251045/police-officer Dakota came to us from a sheriff's office in Oklahoma.  He has been a cop for many years now.  Dakota has served in patrol and is now the Academy Coordinator at Training & Personnel.  He also served many years in the...

Send us Fan Mail Come test with us on January 13, 2024 in Texas and California! https://www.governmentjobs.com/career... Jeff retired as a police officer with Grand Prairie after 25 years.  In that time he worked patrol, Narcotics, Narcotics K9 handler, HIDTA task force, directed patrol, and was a detective in family violence.  He retired and went to Virginia Beach to do veterinarian work.   After...

Send us Fan Mail Come test with us on January 13, 2024 in Texas and California! https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4251045/police-officer Jim grew up in New York and moved to Texas when he was 20 as his family moved to DFW with the airlines. Jim retired from GPPD and then came back to work as a civilian investigator doing hiring backgrounds.  He has 30 years in law enforcem...

Send us Fan Mail Come test with us on January 13, 2024 in Texas and California! https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4251045/police-officer Our guest/host Nate is in the hot seat this week!  Nate has been in law enforcement since 2012.    He has been with GPPD for 8  years now.  In that time he was worked patrol, been a Field Training Officer (FTO), been in SWAT, and still se...

Send us Fan Mail Come test with us on January 13, 2024 in Texas and California! https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4251045/police-officer Dakota  grew up in OK and played college football. He comes from a long line of military service so serving is part of him.  He came to GPPD with no LE experience after college.  He has been with GPPD for six years now.  He spent a few ye...

Send us Fan Mail Come test with us on January 13, 2024 in Texas and California! https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4251045/police-officer Joe grew up in Grand Prairie, born and raised!  He had a buddy who worked at the detention/jail back at our old station at 801 Conover so he applied. He joined and the rest is history!  He has been with GPPD for over 13 years in detention...

Send us Fan Mail Come test with us on January 13, 2024 in Texas and California! https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4251045/police-officer Ben grew up in DFW.  He joined the Army after high school.  After getting out of the Army, he immediately started the police academy for another local agency in DFW.  He did 2.5 years in LE, briefly got out of LE, then hopped back into LE...

Send us Fan Mail This week our hosts sit down with Duk.  He was born in Vietnam and came to American when he was a kid.  He spent his teenage years in the Bay area where he went to college and later joined the Marine Corps (USMC).   After the military, he found his way into law enforcement where he worked for a large department in the Bay area for many years.  He and his fiancée moved to Texas for...

Send us Fan Mail Dareas grew up in Oak Cliff and was quite surprised to end up in law enforcement.  He was a dispatch supervisor for 10 years before coming to GP as a supervisor.  He has been with us for 5 years now.  He is a proud dad and enjoys spending his spare time with his kiddos.  He shares some good stories and brings a great perspective to all. Let’s dig into it! #firstresponders #mentalh...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Whitney!  She shares some great stories of growing up and about how she came to find her passion - helping Children.  She works in Victims Services as a part of our Investigative Services Bureau.   She has been with GPPD for 2 years now.   Before coming to GPPD, she got her undergrad at Sam Houston State.  She then got her masters degree at Dallas Baptist University.  She was...

Send us Fan Mail This week we sit down with Cody. He has been with GPPD for about 4 years now. He went to Sam Houston State University and found our recruiters there.  He came to us from college and has never turned back. He just recently became an FTO so on to new adventures!  Let’s dig into it! #firstresponders #mentalhealth #policestories #firefighters #firstresponderpodcast #wellness #police #...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Ailen!  She is the long lost sister of one of our detectives (who has not been interviewed….yet). Ailen has worked in detention for 13 years now with 11 being at GPPD. She is a Team Lead and has tons of stories to share of inmates and the day of a detention officer….which is never typical.  Let’s dig into it! #firstresponders #mentalhealth #policestories #firefighters #firstr...

Send us Fan Mail That’s right, this is another Matt from the Bay area, not to be confused with our prior interview of Matt from the Bay. This Matt worked for a few years in a big agency in CA.  He came to Texas for a new life and to do good ole fashioned police work!  He is doing well and enjoying the fresh start at GP!  Let’s dig into it! #firstresponders #mentalhealth #policestories #firefighter...

Send us Fan Mail This week our hosts sit down with Grant. Grant grew up locally and then joined the USMC. He quickly rose through the ranks to become a senior NCO. After getting out of the military, he joined GPPD. He has been with GP for a good while now. He was a Field Training Officer before moving to the Deployment Unit. His unit targets specific crimes and criminals and is a key component of...

Send us Fan Mail This week we sit down with Officer Jaz.  Jaz come to us from LAPD where he worked for 6+ years.  He has been with GPPD for over 2 years now.  His father was a firefighter and that is what he wanted to be growing up.  Thankfully he came to his senses and became a cop instead!  We are lucky to have him as he has nearly earned his Texan card....almost. Let's dig into it! #firstr...

Send us Fan Mail We are testing for Police Jobs - Sat, September 16, 2023!  Come join us! https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4130134/police-officer?sort=PostingDate%7CDescending&keywords=police&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs  This week our hosts sit down with Luis.  He is from Mexico and came to the US as a kid when he was around 3 years old.  Luis graduated from hig...

Send us Fan Mail We are testing for Police Jobs - Sat, September 16, 2023!  Come join us! https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4130134/police-officer?sort=PostingDate%7CDescending&keywords=police&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs  This week our hosts sit down with Bryan.  He is from Arkansas and got to Texas as soon he could.  He grew up wanting to make video games or bec...

Send us Fan Mail We are testing for Police Jobs - Sat, September 16, 2023!  Come join us! https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4130134/police-officer?sort=PostingDate%7CDescending&keywords=police&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs  This week our hosts sit down with Greg.  He has been an employee of Grand Prairie since 2017.  Greg was a Public Safety Officer prior to becomi...

Send us Fan Mail Testing for Police Jobs - Sat, September 16, 2023!  Come join us! https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4130134/police-officer?sort=PostingDate%7CDescending&keywords=police&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs  This week our hosts sit down with Officer Tiler. Tiler comes to us from Indiana. He followed his wife to Texas and is pretty much a Texan now. He was...

Send us Fan Mail Testing for Police Jobs - Sat, September 16, 2023!  Come join us! https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4130134/police-officer?sort=PostingDate%7CDescending&keywords=police&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs Jaxon has been with GPPD for about 1.5 years now.  He is doing good work for us and having a blast.  He came out of the Army where he was an MP for man...

Send us Fan Mail Testing for Police Jobs - Sat, September 16, 2023!  Come join us! https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4130134/police-officer?sort=PostingDate%7CDescending&keywords=police&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs ------------- Officer Louis "LJ" has been with GPPD for 9 years now.  He was in Academy Class #3.  Since being here, he was worked Patrol, Bi...

Send us Fan Mail This week we sit down with Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Eduardo A. Chávez of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).  He leads the Dallas Field Division which includes  the North Texas region to include Dallas, Fort Worth, Lubbock, Amarillo, and Tyler, as well as the entire state of Oklahoma, with offices in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and McAlester. Here is his bio:  https://www.de...

Send us Fan Mail Detective Michael was born and raised here in DFW.  He went to Midwestern State where he majored Criminal Justice.  After school he came to GPPD where he worked in the detention center for a while.  He then got hired on as a police officer.  He has  been with GPPD for 18 years now.   While at GPPD, he has served in Patrol, Deployment, and is now a Detective in Auto Theft.  He has...