Unique Connection to 4 Police Officers Killed

Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories

Bleav + Law Enforcement Talk - John J Wiley

True Crime, News, Politics, News Commentary, Documentary, Society & Culture, Education, Law Enforcement, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Unique Connection to 4 Police Officers Killed, His relationship with Them All. In law enforcement, few roles carry the weight and responsibility of a police background investigator. For former Prince George’s County Police Department officer Gary Parish, that responsibility became deeply personal after conducting the background investigations on four officers who would later be killed in the line of duty. His extraordinary connection to these fallen heroes provides a rare and powerful perspective on policing, sacrifice, and the devastating toll of violence in Maryland law enforcement.

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0:00.0	He's a former police officer that had four officers killed in a line of duty, and he's here
0:07.3	to share his interesting and often unspoken about connection with...
0:12.4	Welcome to the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show.
0:15.7	In the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show, we are joined by special guests talking about their
0:20.6	experiences, their realities of investigating crimes.
0:24.2	Plus, those have experienced horrendous trauma, police, first responders, military, and victims of crime share their stories.
0:31.0	Hi, I'm John Jay Wiley. In addition to being a broadcaster, I'm also a retired police sergeant.
0:36.7	Be sure to check out our
0:37.6	website, L-E-T-Radio.com, and also like us on Facebook, search for the Law Enforcement Talk Radio
0:44.7	Show. If you're on the Clubhouse Drop-in audio chat app, be sure to look for me and follow
0:52.1	me. My name's John, the letter J. Wiley, W. I-L-E-Y-Y-Y. You can also
0:57.7	search for at L-E-T-Radio show. That's John J. Wiley, W-I-L-E-Y-Y at L-T-Radio
1:08.1	show on the Clubhouse drop-in audio chat app.
1:11.9	Calling us from Florida, we have Gary Parrish on the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show.
1:14.9	Gary is a former Prince George's County, Maryland police officer.
1:19.4	He spent about 10 years there.
1:21.4	He specialized in doing background investigations, the lefty agency.
1:24.7	He works in many different things now, but one of the things he really works
1:28.4	and he'll talk to you about much later on is HD Barcode LLC and HD Life Preserver for
1:34.9	first responders. Their website is HDbarcode.com. Gary, thanks for your service and thanks for
1:41.6	talking about it on the Law Enforcement Talk Redis Show. Well, thank you very much for having me on and the opportunity to hopefully we can help
1:47.6	officers in the long run, saving their life.
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