Gary Edgington
Ret LEO Author
I am a retired So. Cal. 30-year law enforcement veteran and the son of a law enforcement officer who was murdered in the line of duty in 1979, while I was in the third week of academy training. After the funeral, I resumed training, graduated with my class, and began my career. Little did I realize that the PTSD that I suffered from that tragic event, would have lasting effects on my career and personal life.
During my long career, I worked a variety of assignments, including major narcotics, organized crime/intelligence, government corruption, internal affairs, firearms and tactics instructor, and counter-terrorism. From 1999 to 2008, I worked in the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. Then after 9/11, I was promoted to Task Force Commander and stood up a multi-agency counter-terrorism task force in L.A. for the California Dept. of Justice. Upon retirement, I served as an embedded counter-terrorism/organized crime advisor with Army’s 10th Mountain Division in Iraq. After that, I worked on the Guantanamo detainee cases in Washington D.C., was a terrorism analyst/advisor with a major So. Cal. agency, and then took a staff assignment at U.S. Special Operations Command in Tampa, Fl.
My new thriller novel, Outside the Wire, was inspired by my law enforcement/counter-terrorism experiences both in the U.S. and overseas. In addition, I have been a guest on over 16 podcast shows, including Andy Stumpf’s Cleared Hot, Steve Murphy’s (DEA ret.) Game of Crimes, Former Action Guys, Dennis Benigno’s Street Cop Training, War Stories, The Protectors, Things Police See, and many others. Some of the areas I have discussed include the on-duty murder of my father and how I dealt with my PTSD, the state of law enforcement/criminal justice in the U.S., politically motivated prosecutions, cases I have worked including the O.J. case, and the Billionaire Boys Club, internal affairs, the evolution of policing in the US , my time as a “Beverly Hills Cop,” and working in counter-terrorism in the pre and post 9/11 world.
Thanks very much.
All the Best,
Gary Edgington
SAS/TFC CA DOJ (ret.)
213 798-8692
www.garyedgingtonauthor.com
