While in the academy, I was hired
as an officer for the Midland Police
Department. While I was working in
Midland, I came to Weatherford to
visit a friend of mine, and during that
visit realized that the Weatherford
Police Department was hiring. This
place was an oasis compared to the
Midland area, so I put my application
in and was hired.
PCT: What do you do to decompress?
JG: There are many things I do to
combat the stress. The best and most
important activity I do is play, talk,
and spend time with my two wonder-
ful kids, as well as my great wife. I
also workout with my unit during
the weekdays and workout with my
oldest son during the weekend. I
love spending time with my parents
and my brothers that live in the area
now. I also love to spend time on
my in-law’s ranch and working with
them there.
PCT: What is something people don’t
know about you?
JG: There is really not much that
people do not know about me,
except for that I am deathly afraid of
spiders.
PCT: What would you most like to be
remembered for?
JG: If there was anything I could be
remembered for it would have to
be in being a great father. Having
a great father (and mother), I know
how important it is for a kid to have a
father involved in his life. There is no
way I could have accomplished what
I have without having that great influ-
ence of my own father had in my life.
PCT: What’s your favorite way to pay
it forward?
JG: Talking with a group of kids
about being a police officer, coach-
ing kids in football, basketball and
baseball, reading to kids or have
them read to me, and teaching chil-
dren how to work together to accom-
plish a task.
PCT: If you could choose to have
lunch with anyone, living or dead
from history, who would it be? Why?
JG: I would have lunch with
Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin was
not only one of our founding fathers,
but he was also an author, politician,
freemason, scientist, diplomat and an
inventor. Plus, he knew several other
people that I would have like to eat
lunch with too.
PCT: If you had to pursue another
career, other than the one you have
now, what would you do?
JG: I would want to be a high school
coach. Other than my parents, the
coaches I had were very important in
how I turned out to be a productive
member of society. Plus, I love all
sports and I love to teach.
PCT: What’s the best piece of advice
you would give to someone starting
out in your field?
JG: Have a life outside your chosen
career, and find a way to decom-
press. Law enforcement is a very
stressful career, and you need a
way to escape the demands that this
job has. Don’t be afraid to talk, to
communicate honestly with your
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