GPPD Podcast - Grand Prairie Police (TX)

Send us Fan Mail Josh was born and raised in southern Minnesota.  He found GPPD through a recruiting trip back in 2006-2007 timeline.   He applied and the rest is history.  He has been a police officer for 16 years now with us. In that time he has worked Patrol, Directed Patrol, Narcotics, Narcotics K9, Major Crimes, and is now back on the streets.    He enjoys working out and hanging out with his...

Send us Fan Mail This week we sit down with Kent Williams.  He retired with 32 years experience as the Chief of Police at a Chicago suburb.  He has been in peer support for over 20 years and is the owner of Breach Point Consulting.  He is known for teaching cops how to shift their perspective to reduce stress and frustrations.  He is an advocate of officer health and wellness and being complete at...

Send us Fan Mail This week our guests sit down with Officer Ilan.  Ilan had a very interesting path to get to GPPD!  English is in fact his third language.   His parents were born in Russia and then immigrated to Israel.   Ilan was born in Israel and lived there till he was nine.  The family then immigrated to the US and settled down in New York.  Ilan and his sister grew up in the Brooklyn area. ...

Send us Fan Mail This week our hosts sit down with Detective David. He came to GP with no prior LE experience and has been a cop now for 9 years.  He worked patrol where he was a FTO for many years.  He now serves as a property crimes detective in investigations, while still being a member of our SWAT team for many years now.   David talks about his family and the path that he took to get into law...

Send us Fan Mail Watch on  YouTube - https://youtu.be/wdmNr3ovbPE This week our hosts sit down with Greg and Randall.  They are our police officers who are assigned full time to our Crisis Support Unit.  Their daily duties are quite varied here at GP.  They do many follow-ups, welfare checks, and respond to in-progress calls.  They typically partner with Courtney or Emily (our licensed clinicians)...

Send us Fan Mail Watch on  YouTube - https://youtu.be/2FO8fYhUTEQ This week our hosts sit down with Courtney and Emily.  Both are licensed clinicians who are a part of our Mental Health Unit at GPPD.   Their daily duties are quite varied here at GP.  They do many follow-ups, welfare checks, and even respond to in-progress calls with officers. Both also assist with critical incidents and special op...

Send us Fan Mail Watch on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/zibl57HQGPw This week our hosts sit down with Airic.  Airic has been with GPPD now for 7 years.   He grew up in Grand Prairie then enlisted in the US Marine Corps.  After serving for 5 years, he came back and went to school.  After getting his bachelors degree, he joined GPPD.  With us he has been an intern, a public safety officer, and then bec...

Send us Fan Mail Check this podcast out now on YouTube! https://youtu.be/GX3xMqisGCw   This week our hosts sit down for Part 2 of our interview with GPPD Officer Enrique.    Enrique spent  6.5 years at LAPD before coming to GPPD.  Enrique shares his tense encounter when he was ambushed, shot, and then his recovery in getting back to work.   We also learn of another critical incident he was later i...

Send us Fan Mail Check this podcast out now on YouTube! https://youtu.be/_NCIUNqutTQ   This week our hosts sit down for Part 1 of our interview with GPPD Officer Enrique.    Enrique spent  6.5 years at LAPD before coming to GPPD.  Enrique shares his tense encounter when he was ambushed, shot, and then his recovery in getting back to work.  Video of the incident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGU...

Send us Fan Mail This week our hosts sit down with Detective Jeff.    Jeff started with GPPD about 9 years ago and came in with no experience in law enforcement.  He has been in patrol, Honor Guard, SWAT, Property Crimes, and now is in Major Crimes.  His current unit (MCU) is responsible for investigating crimes against people.    Jeff was born in Glendale, CA, but raised in Santa Clarita, CA.   H...

Send us Fan Mail This week our hosts sit down with Officer Carlos.  Yes, this is the 3rd Carlos we have interviewed.  THIS Carlos has been with GPPD for over 20 years now.    Carlos started with GPPD in 2002.  Since then he has been an FTO, SWAT team member, Lake Unit Officer, and now is in Personnel and Training as a Recruiter.  He has been a long-term Spanish translator as well.    Carlitos was...

Send us Fan Mail This week our hosts sit down with former Major League Baseball (MLB) player Mark McLemore.  Mark spent 18 years in the big leagues.  Currently, he is part of the Texas Rangers broadcasting team covering the pre and post-game coverage.  He shares his story of growing up and coming into the major leagues.  Mark is a family man who is grounded by his wife and adult children who are a...

Send us Fan Mail - Apply for our April 29th Police Officer testing in GP! - https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/3935436/police-officer?keywords=police&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs This week our hosts sit down with Officer Carlos.  He has been with GPPD for 14 years now.   As he will tell you, he is always here at work! Since being with GPPD, he has been a Field Training...

Send us Fan Mail - Apply for our April 29th Police Officer testing in GP! - https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/3935436/police-officer?keywords=police&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs In the spirit of back-to-back-to-back California laterals, meet Jeremy!  He has been a cop for 12 years now and comes to us via LAPD. Jeremy worked in LAPD for 10 years.  During that time he w...

Send us Fan Mail - Apply for our April 29th Police Officer testing in GP! - https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/3935436/police-officer?keywords=police&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs This week our hosts sit down with Officer Demo.   He is from Upland, CA, where he got his degree in Criminal Justice.  He was a police officer in the LA area for about 5 years where he had a b...

Send us Fan Mail - Apply for our April 29th Police Officer testing in GP! - https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/3935436/police-officer?keywords=police&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs This week our hosts sit down with Officer Carlos.   He has been a police officer for about 7 years now.  He was a cop in California just outside of Oakland for over 5 years.  He worked patrol...

Send us Fan Mail - Apply for our April 29th Police Officer testing in GP! - https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/3935436/police-officer?keywords=police&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs This week our hosts sit down with Officer JJ, one of our most tenured officers at the PD.    JJ grew up in Miami, Florida.  After high school, he went to college in Dodge City, Kansas, where h...

Send us Fan Mail - Apply for our April 29th Police Officer testing in GP! - https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/3935436/police-officer?keywords=police&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs This week our hosts sit down with Detective Matt.   He was born and raised in the Houston area.  He went to college at Sam Houston State (SHSU) where he got his bachelors in Criminal Justice. ...

Send us Fan Mail - Apply for our April 29th Police Officer testing in GP! - https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/3935436/police-officer?keywords=police&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs PARENTS this episode is for you!  This week our hosts sit down with Detective Brandon.  Brandon was born and raised in New Mexico.   He went to undergrad at Texas Christian University (TCU) an...

Send us Fan Mail - Come apply for our April 29th Police officer testing in GP! - https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/3935436/police-officer?keywords=police&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs This week our hosts sit down with Officer Josh.  Is a California native who came to GP a bit over 2 years ago.   Josh was a lateral from a sheriff's office in CA.    Josh has done a...

Send us Fan Mail   - Come apply April 29th for our Police officer testing in GP! - https://www.grandprairiepolice.org/Join-GPPD/Police-Officer-Application-and-Testing This week our hosts sit down with Officer Alex.  He is a Georgia native born and raised.  From a  young age he knew he wanted to be a police officer.   He made his way to Texas and has been with GPPD for over 18 years now.  Alex firs...

Send us Fan Mail This week our hosts sit down with Officer Matt.  He comes from a line of police officers where his dad served for over 30 years.  In fact, he grew up wanting to be a police officer himself.  After going to college at UC Santa Barbara, he joined SFPD where he served for around four years.   Matt wanted greener pastures so he looked at Texas and of course found the best, GP!  In fac...

Send us Fan Mail This week our hosts sit down with Sergeant Brandon.  He was a narcotics officer in Arizona before coming to GPPD.  He has been with GPPD for over 10 years now and was an OG member of GPPD Academy Class 1.  Brandon has spent time in patrol, was an Field Training Officer (FTO), and then became a narcotics detective here at GP.  He promoted and went back to patrol for a couple of yea...

Send us Fan Mail This week our hosts sit down with Officer Vince.  He was born and raised in Compton, CA.  He has been in the military and worked at LAPD for 10 years.  He came to GPPD to experience Texas and southern hospitality!  Vince is currently on nightshift protecting and serving.  He brings with him lots of unique and varied experiences growing up.  He also has some great stories to tell a...

Send us Fan Mail This week our hosts sit down with Officer Rick.  He is a military veteran who served in Iraq and has been with us for 21 years.   He has been in patrol, SWAT, CIB - Crimes Against Children, and now serves as our Grand Jury liaison.   He has double-digit years of experience as a patrol officer and detective.    He has been around the block a time or two, always has a smile on his f...