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Ma'u (Ma-ough) was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her family hails from the Tonga Islands. She went to Central Methodist University (Columbia, MO) where she got her Masters degree (MA) in Education.
She moved to Texas in 2010 in pursuit of job opportunities in law enforcement. She got hired on at GPPD in 2011 where she worked in detention. In 2015, she became a Team Lead in the detention center. Ma'u then transferred to Criminal Investigations where she works for Major Crimes. She is civilian investigator where she is responsible for runaways and missing persons. In her spare time, she is involved in Santa Cop and peer support.
She has some interesting stories and gives an insight into her culture and upbringing.
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Tony came to GPPD after a long career in the Army. He wore many hats in the military over a long and distinguished career.
After the military, he went through our Basic academy and the rest is history. Tony has been with GPPD for over 8 years now.
Tony worked for a brief stint in the jail while awaiting his academy start. He then went through training and went to Nights A. He is now on Days B and is having a blast. He is a Field Training Officer (FTO), is on the Honor Guard, and plays the Bag Pipes.
He has QUITE the interesting daily routine in sleep, getting up early, and diet. Whatever he is doing, it is working for him as he is in great shape.
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This week our hosts sit down with Orlando. Orlando has been with GPPD for about 9 years now. He came to GP after working about 10 years in Florida as a cop.
Orlando was in patrol and then an FTO. He transferred to the traffic division back in 2018. He has worked as a vehicle crimes investigator and now works as an accident investigator and commercial motor vehicle inspector.
He shares some interesting hurricane stories and of his time here in GP. Check it out!
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This week the hosts sit down with Officer Brandon. Brandon grew up in a small town and then went to college at Tarleton State University. Brandon came to GPPD after working for another agency for 12 years before coming to GP. He did patrol, traffic, and CID at his prior agency.
Since lateralling over to GP, Brandon has now been with GPPD for over 10 years now.
Currently, Brandon is in the traffic unit and is a "motor jock"...he drives around on a police motorcycle in the traffic division. At GP, he has worked patrol and was a Field Training Officer (FTO) for awhile. In fact, he was one of the trainers for KD when he came to GPPD. They tell an interesting story of both pulling/saving someone who was dangling down from an overpass.
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John has been with GPPD for over 12 years now. Before that, he worked for another local agency. He has been a K9 officer for about 7 years now and patrols the streets with his sidekick/partner Kane.
He attended Sam Houston State University where he got his degree in Criminal Justice. John came to GPPD after working a DWI/Accident at his former agency and interacting w/ numerous GPPD cops. When he came to GPPD, he was a member of our first lateral only academy class (Lateral Class #1).
They tell an interesting story of when Nate was doing a ride-out....and Nate got called to the LT's office, got in trouble, and didn't even work for GPPD at the time.
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