Murder of his Police Officer Father

Murder of his Police Officer Father While he was in the Academy. He tells the story of the murder of Patrolman Harold Edgington, his Father. How it impacted his family and his police career. After retiring from police work, he took his experience to war torn Countries. All of which inspired his book. Gary Edgington is a retired law enforcement officer. He has worked for the Manhattan Beach Police Department, the Beverly Hills Police Department, and the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. He was appointed a Special Agent with the California Department of Justice. He worked major narcotics cases, organized crime, unsolved homicide, and more. While in his third week of the LA Sheriff’s Academy his Father, Police Patrolman Harold L. Edgington was stabbed to death by a deranged man while issuing a parking citation. Even though he was mortally wounded by the stab wound, his Father, Patrolman Edgington was able to shoot the subject in the hip as the man fled. A bystander who witnessed the incident used Patrolman Edgington's motorcycle radio to call for assistance. Other responding officers shot and killed the suspect as he threatened them with the knife used to kill his Father. After retiring from the DOJ he deployed to Iraq as an embedded counter terrorism / organized crime subject matter expert working counter-IED with the US Army. All of his experiences led to his writing the book " Outside the Wire ". Follow us on MeWe , Twitter , Instagram , Facebook . Background song Hurricane is used with permission from the band Dark Horse Flyer . If you enjoy the show, please tell a friend or two, or three about it. If you are able to leave an honest rating and, or, review it would be appreciated. Never miss out on an episode of the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast subscribe to our free email newsletter, never more than 2 issues a week sent out. Click here and scroll down about halfway. Be sure to check out our website . Interested in being a guest, sponsorship or advertising opportunities send an email to the host and producer of the show jay@letradio.com . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.