Nose Tackle Tommy

08/11/24 • 59 min

GPPD Podcast - Grand Prairie Police (TX)

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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 Waxahachie where he played football.
As a kid growing up, he didn't have aspirations to be a police officer. After college he was working for a moving company and decided he needed to find a career with a pending family. He sought out policing and got hired by a local police agency. He attended the regional police academy where he met and trained with current GPPD officers. He completed training and worked at that agency for about 11.5 years.
A few years ago, he lateralled to GPPD for a change of pace and more opportunity. After being here a few years, he took the Sergeant test and was one of only three people to pass the sergeant test. So despite being relatively new with GPPD still, the department took 3 supervisors so he promoted!
SERGEANT Tommy is on nights now where he has been for a year now as a supervisor. He is going good work and is a testament to hard work and taking opportunities! We are lucky to have him for sure.

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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 Barbra for college. He got into videography and photography where he then worked in the film industry in CA. He had his own company and went to Houston for a project. He liked it so much, he stayed in Texas!

He was looking for a change of careers and got a job as a medic in the Houston area. After doing the FD/Medic thing for a few years, he wanted more. His passion was policing so he applied for GPPD and the rest is history.

Jeremy is into health and fitness, in fact so much that he recently competed in an Iron Man competition (which is nearly like 3 Triathlons...no thx!).

He is currently on nightshift where he serves and protects!

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Calvin at the lake

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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 alongside GPPD officers when he was a loss prevention officer at the south Target in GP. He knew all along policing was his calling and that he was going to be a GPPD officer. With perseverance, he was hired and joined GPPD in 2011.
Since being at GPPD he has held many roles such as a Field Training Officer (FTO), SWAT team member for 10 years, Deployment Unit Officer, Patrol Supervisor, and his now the Supervisor for the Lake Unit.
He is a proud husband and father.