I retired from a law enforcement career after working as a police officer for 28 years.I started as an officer for the La Mesa, CA Police Department in 1986, and moved to the Gresham, OR Police Department in 1992. I retired in 2014. While at Gresham PD, I was a sniper on SWAT team for 5 years, and was the team's lead hostage negotiator for the past 14 years. In my career with Gresham PD, I was a School Resource Officer, a Public Information Officer, a member of the Vehicular Crimes Team, and a traffic motorcycle officer (yes, I got paid to ride someone else's Harley for 6 years). I am a rec more...
