Lessons from Officer Involved Shooting with Lester Gherardini

This weeks Episode is brought to you by Texas Law Dawgs Podcast. This week we talk to Lester Gherardini. We discuss  and how we turned to physical fitness to help him after an Officer involved shooting.

Lester "Les" Gherardini grew up in Las Vegas, NV. In 2009 he moved to  Colorado to being work with the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office as a Detention Deputy. He became a Defensive Tactics Instructor in 2012 and attended a 2 week FBI Defensive Tactics Instructor School. January of 2013 he was sponsored to attend the academy to get POST Certified and become a Patrol Deputy. Les completed the academy and FTO in  2013. In February 2015 Les was involved in an Officer Involved Shooting, where another Deputy and himself shot and killed a Domestic Violence  suspect who led them on a pursuit and ran with a gun towards the interstate.

In February 2015 Les was set to test for the Department SWAT team but began to opt out due to his Officer Involved shooting. He decided that he would still test and got selected to become an Operator on their All Hazards Response Team (AHRT)(the SWAT team). In May 2015 Les tested for the department Threat Assessment Group (TAG), which is a gang/street crimes unit. He got selected for the position and loved every minute of it. Les served as Task Force Officer for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Deputized with the United States Marshal Service (USMS). January of 2021 Les tested for a Corporal position and was selected. Where he currently serves.

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