Police officer of 16 years, SVU detective, and SWAT team member shares his story of coming back to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Come Back Podcast
Ashly Stone
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Jason Ruch, police officer of 16 years, SVU detective, SWAT team member, shares his story of coming back to The Church of Jesus Christ, after divorce, being excommunicated and battling alcohol.
He shares his experience of how losing his dad made his heart yearn for peace.
Jason is now married in them temple, has an incredible family and love for the gospel.
Come Back Team: Director, Founder & Host: Ashly Stone Producer and Senior Editor: Lauren Rose Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson Editor: Michelle Berger Art Director: Jeremy Garcia
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| 0:00.0 | This is Ashley Stone and you're listening to the Comeback Podcast. Jason I am so excited to hear your story I kind of know a little bit of you know just bits and pieces of what you've shared with me but tell me a little bit just about you what you do |
| 0:27.2 | just a little bit of background there. Okay, I am from Utah mostly I used to live in Kansas for a bit that's where my dad was from |
| 0:37.2 | But after a while there we moved back to you tell where my mom was from and been here since. So I now and I guess I've been a police |
| 0:47.2 | doctor for almost 16 years. I'm with the Riverton Police Department. |
| 0:52.6 | Now I do our special victims unit investigations |
| 0:56.2 | and internet crimes against Children's Task Force, |
| 1:00.5 | but it's been a good career. |
| 1:02.2 | I've done SWAT, crash reconstruction, you name it. |
| 1:05.0 | Got an awesome family. I recently just barely got married like a couple months ago. |
| 1:11.0 | Thank you, yeah, remarried a guess, but awesome this time. |
| 1:16.0 | And yeah, so together we have six kiddos. Awesome. |
| 1:22.8 | ranging from almost four years old to almost 17 years old. |
| 1:27.6 | So, yeah, quick me in a nutshell. |
| 1:31.5 | Awesome. Well, so when you were, I want to hear a nutshell. Awesome. |
| 1:32.5 | Well, so when you were, I want to hear a little bit |
| 1:35.3 | about like you're growing up, did you, |
| 1:38.0 | were you raised in the church? |
| 1:39.5 | What was kind of your experience growing up? |
| 1:41.5 | When was your first kind of exposure to the church, you know, all of that. |
| 1:46.5 | Right. Yeah, I actually, I was raised in the church. My dad was a convert when he lived in Kansas, but my mom, they have a whole long history of church membership. |
| 1:59.0 | So yeah, I grew up in the church, we went to church, you know, sort of the Sunday U-Topping, I guess, and, you know, the young men, Boy boy scouts all that stuff had a lot of good experiences with that and so yeah I was in the church and here I am now back in the church. |
| 2:25.2 | Awesome. |
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