GPPD Podcast - Grand Prairie Police (TX)
The Grand Prairie (TEXAS) Police Department podcast will highlight the awesome men and women who make up our department. Grand Prairie is in DFW and has over 200k residents. We are THE premier police department in the country with over 300 cops. Come join us! Laterals we want you! $78k-$106k officer pay.
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Episodes
105 episodes
Joe's going to New Mexico for pomegranates
This week we check in with Joe. He was one of our original podcast episodes a few years back. Joe is currently a K9 SRO officer. On top of giving an update on his house pig adventures, he talks about his new career and...
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Season 2
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Episode 105
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1:14:45
Hollywood Sergeant Patton (retired)
(Retired) Sergeant Alan Patton grew up in Grand Prairie. He went to SGPHS where he played numerous sports. After school, he joined the United States Marine Corps (USMC) where he served in Vietnam. After his two stints in the m...
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Season 2
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Episode 104
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1:41:19
Great Scott! It's Chris from motors
Chris grew up with a servant's heart in Missouri. His family moved to Texas in 1979 due to his dad being in the military. He sent himself through the police academy and got hired as a police officer in Azle where he worked for about...
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Season 2
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Episode 103
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44:45
Bo knows!
Come join our ranks! Testing March 1, 2025!https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4802153/police-officer?page=3&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobsThis week we sit down with Clint aka Bo. After ge...
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Season 3
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Episode 102
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56:54
Cord on the Harley
Come join our ranks! Testing March 1, 2025!https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4802153/police-officer?page=3&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobsCord decided to be a police officer after taking some c...
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Season 3
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Episode 101
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54:31
Evan with the great hair
Evan began his law enforcement career working dispatch. He then worked at DPD for a number of years as an officer. He left to go work in the oil industry where he made way too much money for his own good. As that dried up, he felt the cal...
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Season 2
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Episode 100
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50:25
Miss Alyssa
Alyssa grew up in the DFW metroplex. She knew at an early age that she had a pull towards law enforcement. She was heavily involved in pageants and cheerleading growing up. She went to Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) where s...
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Season 1
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Episode 99
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59:40
Chase is on the case
Owen aka Chase, is from Owasso, OK. After going on a ride-a-long, he knew policing was a calling for him. He got his degree from OSU, where he also met his wife. He then went to work for Tulsa PD for a few years. He tran...
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Season 2
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Episode 99
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49:28
Greg from Parker Co
Greg grew up in the county on the farm and came from a long line of educators. He came to GPPD in 2007 as a brand new fresh recruit. He has worked patrol and has done many things in Traffic. He also spent time as a Detective i...
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Season 1
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Episode 98
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1:13:19
What a blessing!
Clint grew up on a farm living the country life surrounded in a house with three sisters. He went to college where he studied Biblical Studies. After college, he got hired by GPPD. Clint worked patrol for about 10 years and th...
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Season 1
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Episode 97
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49:12
Ben the biker
This week we sit down with officer Ben. He was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, FL. He was homeschooled and joined the Army at 17 years old. He met his spouse in the Army. When he got out (wife was still in the military), h...
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Season 1
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Episode 96
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44:06
Deidra the UC
Deidra has been with GPPD since 2001. In her time she has worked patrol, Property Crimes as a detective, and as a School Resource Officer (SRO). She has been a part of the SWAT Negotiations team as well as an advisor for the Police ...
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Season 1
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Episode 95
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46:59
Mark from Cirque de Soleil
Mark secretly grew up wanting to be a circus performer, yet he grew up playing sports and wrestling in high school. After school, he settled for the Army and various jobs before becoming a police officer. Mark aka Keith has b...
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Season 1
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Episode 94
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51:09
Bobby the cop, dispatcher, and SWAT?
This week the guests sit down with Officer Bobby. He came to us as a lateral many years ago from Roanoke PD. He comes from a line of policing so he grew up around it, fully knowing the life and career he was getting into. He has be...
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Season 2
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Episode 93
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50:09
Jen and Nyla from Victims Services
This week our hosts sit down with Jennifer. She works in Victims Services where she partners with Nyla the Goldendoodle. Oh yea she also works daily with Whitney! She grew up in Texas and speaks fluent Spanish. Her mom i...
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Season 2
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Episode 92
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1:17:06
The man, The Stan.
Come join us! Sign up for our test on September 14, 2024. https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4574798/police-officerStan started as a dispatcher back in the day as well as being a volunteer firefig...
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Season 2
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Episode 90
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57:49
Calvin at the lake
Come join us! Sign up for our test on September 14, 2024. https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4574798/police-officerCalvin grew up around policing. His dad was a long time cop and retired sup...
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Season 2
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Episode 89
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57:18
Nose Tackle Tommy
Come join us! Sign up for our test on September 14, 2024. https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4574798/police-officerThomas grew up in the DFW area. As a teen, he met his future wife at a chur...
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Season 2
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Episode 88
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59:24
Jeremy the reformed (firefighter)
Come join us! Sign up for our test on September 14, 2024. https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4574798/police-officerJeremy had an interesting path to get to GPPD. As much as we hate to admit it, he...
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Season 2
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Episode 87
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44:16
Horseshoe'in Chad
Come join us! Sign up for our test on September 14, 2024. https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4574798/police-officerChad grew up NOT in the city, but on a 100,000 acre ranch. Needless to say,...
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Season 2
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Episode 86
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58:03
Super Trooper Chris
Come join us! Sign up for our test on September 14, 2024. https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/grandprairietx/jobs/4574798/police-officerChris grew up as a military brat, living all over the globe. He got ...
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Season 2
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Episode 85
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1:08:02
FBI ASAC Jeremy Wright
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, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 84
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1:14:32
Puerto Rican Fidel (notCastro)
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 peri...
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Season 2
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Episode 83
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1:07:47
