Reasons We Serve: Police Careers & Officer Experience

Years of Service: 2004-2012 Bryan began his career with the Marines in 2004. During his 8 years with the Marines, Bryan became a Crew Chief, Assistant Section Leader, and Platoon Sergeant all while learning valuable skills to include direct offensive and defensive engagement tactics with enemy forces, operating and managing live fire weapons ranges, and supervising the security of $50 million doll...

Years of service: 1984-2017 Don began his career in 1984, with the King County Sheriff’s Office. During his career, Don worked on patrol and was a member of the SWAT Team. In the world of law enforcement, there are individuals who serve as trainers to other law enforcement personnel and departments for the sole purpose of making them better and more professional. With Don’s background in martial a...

Years of service: 1991-2018 Jeff began his career in 1991, in Salt Lake City where he began working large-scale drug tracking organizations that included heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, and LSD distribution. During this time in Salt Lake City, methamphetamine laboratories were a major problem, and in order to combat the problem Jeff, along with the other DEA Special Agents in the offi...

Years of Service: 1979-2016 In 1979, Cloyd was hired by the Seattle Police Department. Cloyd spent several years on patrol and was a member of the Seattle Police Department’s SWAT Team. Cloyd was promoted to detective in the sex crimes unit before transferring to homicide where he worked from 1994 until 2016. After retirement, Cloyd became the Chief Criminal Investigator for the Washington State A...

Years of Service: 1982-2011 In 1982, Monte began working as a prosecutor at the Ada County Prosecutor’s Office in Boise, Idaho. While there, Monte prosecuted many cases including burglaries, robberies, child abuse, narcotics, and homicide. After 5 years of working as a county prosecutor, Monte was hired as an Assistant United States Attorney where he was the lead Organized Crime Drug Enforcement T...

Years of Service-1985-2015 Chris began his law enforcement career in 1985 with the Caldwell Police Department. Chris started on patrol with the Caldwell Police Department when there were 22 officers compared to today where there are currently 70 officers. As Chris rose through the ranks of the department, he often shifted between patrol and detective and then into supervisory roles. While at Caldw...

Years of Service: 1990-2015 Wendi began her career at the age of 19 as a dispatcher with the Caldwell Police Department from 1990 until 2002. During this same time period, from 1992 until 1994, Wendi became a reserve officer and was pursuing her goal to become a full-time officer until she was hurt in a training accident. She later went back to work for the Canyon County Sheriff’s Office where she...

Years of Service: 1989-2013 Brady began his career with the DEA in 1989 in the Salt Lake City Office. In the beginning, Brady worked a variety of different investigations involving high level drug trafficking organizations including methamphetamine manufacturers. In 1996 until 2011, Brady began working as a Special Agent with the DEA internationally. Brady was assigned to the Country Office in Chi...

Years of Service: 1996-Present Tracy began his law enforcement career in 1996 with the Meridian Police Department. Tracy started on patrol with the Meridian Police Department when there were 20 officers and the population of the City of Meridian was about 20,600. As Tracy rose through the ranks of the Meridian Police Department he worked as a Drug Recognition Expert on patrol and was then promoted...

Years of Service: 1971-1997 Jim began his career in 1971, in New York City where he began working cases targeting organized crime and the Mafia. One of the cases he worked had ties to the French Connection and heroin trafficking. Jim was later transferred to San Ysidro, CA where he investigated cases involving drugs being smuggled across the southern border. Jim worked in several enforcement group...

Years of Service: 1984-2015 Part 2-Jaimie discusses being a detective in the Property Crimes Unit and then finally working in the Major Crimes Unit. Jaimie began his career in 1984 when he began working as a Boise Police Department Reserve Officer. Jaimie then went through the beginning process of working for the Idaho State Police before deciding that the agency was not a good fit for him. In 198...

Years of Service: 1984-2015 Jaimie began his career in 1984 when he began working as a Boise Police Department Reserve Officer. Jaimie then went through the beginning process of working for the Idaho State Police before deciding that the agency was not a good fit for him. In 1989, Jaimie was hired on by the Ada County Sheriff’s Office where he worked until retiring in 2015. During his time with th...

Years of Service: 1984-2015 Suzy began her law enforcement career in 1984 when she began working for the Los Angeles Police Department. From 1984 to 1994, Suzy worked in the Gang Unit as well as the Narcotics Unit but most of her time was on patrol. Suzy was working in Los Angeles in 1992, during the Los Angeles Riots which happened as a result of the Rodney King verdict. In 1994, Suzy transferred...

Years of Service: 1987-2016 Robert began his law enforcement career in 1987 when he began working for the Florida Department of Corrections as a probation officer supervising felons released from prison. In 1992, he was recruited and began working for the Federal Probation Department in Florida where he again served as a probation officer but now supervised higher-level felons as well as companies...

Years of Service: 1971-1983 Raul began his law enforcement career in 1967 when he began working as an intern for the Miami Beach Police Department. Eventually, Raul began working as an officer for the Miami Beach Police Department. In 1971, he began working for the Miami-Dade Police Department. While working for the Miami-Dade Police Department Raul began as a patrol officer but was quickly transf...

Years of Service: 1992-1998 Catherine, or Cat as she likes to be called, began her law enforcement career with the Army as a military police officer in 1990. She started her career on patrol and eventually rose to platoon leader until she retired from the reserves in 2000. In 1992, Cat began working as a police officer for the Raleigh Police Department in North Carolina. During her time with the R...

Years of Service: 1987-2012 Larry became a Special Agent with the IRS in 1987. Larry served as both a Special Agent and Supervisor for the IRS until he retired in 2012. During his time with the IRS, he served in various parts of the United States including Washington State, Idaho, and Washington DC. Larry also served as the IRS Country Attaché in Sydney Australia.

Years of Service: 1976-2006 Greg became a Special Agent with the IRS in 1976. In the beginning, he worked on what would be considered typical tax evasion-type cases but quickly knew this was not what he wanted to do with his career. Shortly after President Ronald Reagan was elected, a new emphasis was focused on large-scale drug trafficking organizations. Greg immediately began investigating these...

Years of Service: 1993-Present Dave began his law enforcement career with the Butte County Sheriff’s Office in 1993. In 1995, he began working as a deputy at the Camas County Sheriff’s Office. In 2001, he was elected as the Sheriff of the Camas County Sheriff’s Office where he is still working. Camas County covers nearly 1,068 square miles and has a population of nearly 1200 people. The Camas Coun...

Years of Service: 1996-Present Officer Holland began his law enforcement career as a juvenile probation officer in 1996. He then began working as a state probation officer where he developed expertise working street gangs. In 2003, he was hired as a police officer with the Boise Police Department. During his career Officer Holland has served on the Bar Team, the SWAT Team, as a Detective in the Ga...

Years of Service: 1995-Present Derek started his law enforcement career with the Buhl Police Department in 1995 before transferring to the Gooding County Sheriff’s Office where he is currently a Detective with the narcotics unit. Derek began his career in Gooding County as a detention deputy and eventually went to patrol where he worked general patrol duties for a year and a half and then transfer...

Years of Service: 1976-2017 Dale began his law enforcement career with the Boise Police Department in 1976. He started his career on patrol but eventually worked in specialized units including SWAT, the Special Victims Unit, the Vice Unit, the Repeat Offenders Unit, and the Narcotics Unit. Dale also served as a canine handler. Shortly after retiring from the Boise Police Department, Dale became th...

Years of Service: 1990-Present Sheriff Gough began his law enforcement career with the Gooding County Sheriff’s Office in July of 1990. He started his career operating a riverboat for the Sheriff’s Office and eventually transitioned to a patrol car covering 760 square miles and a population of about 10,000 people. In 1996, at the age of 28, Shaun became the youngest person ever elected to the offi...

Years of Service: 1964-1988 Interview with retired FBI Special Agent Myron Hitch Years of Service: 1964-1988 Myron began his career in law enforcement in 1964 with the FBI. Myron started in the Denver Division where he worked in general investigations before moving to the Chicago Division. In Chicago, Myron worked on investigations that included fugitive apprehension, civil rights cases, white sla...

Years of Service: 1980-2012 Sam, as her friends call her, began her career in law enforcement in 1980 and served until she retired in 2012. Sam began her career with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office in California before transferring to the California Highway Patrol. Eventually, she moved to Idaho where she began working as an officer with the Buhl Police Department. She would later work for the Je...