Department:\u00a0Texas Department of Public Safety<\/p>\n
Name: Jacob Piel<\/p>\n
Rank: Trooper 1<\/p>\n
How long with the department: Three years<\/p>\n
Roles: High-visibility patrol, criminal interdiction, warrant services, agency assists, etc.<\/p>\n
Education (high school, college\/degrees): Graduated from Frenship High School. Four years of college football and a bachelor\u2019s degree in criminal justice at Angelo State University. Master\u2019s degree in Homeland Security at Angelo State University. ACSM certification through DPS.<\/p>\n
Honors\/highlights: I played four years of college football, was Academic All-Conference and graduated with honors (Magna Cum Laude). I graduated from DPS Class C-2022 as a class officer (chaplain). During my academy, I finished with the Male PT Leader Award. DPS Field Training Officer (FTO). I\u2019ve trained at least six troopers, some for longer than others. I graduated from DPS\u2019s Arrest Control Tactics (ACT) and DPS Fitness Institute. During the fitness institute, I accomplished the DPS \u201cGladiator\u201d challenge\/award.<\/p>\n
Why did you choose this profession?\u00a0I\u2019m passionate about public service and community safety. I also enjoy that the job has components of danger and grit that make it unique, forcing me to stay sharp.<\/p>\n
How do you deal with stressful situations? I lean on my faith in God and use outlets like family and exercise.<\/p>\n
Hobbies & interests:\u00a0Hyrox, weightlifting, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, travel and the outdoors.<\/p>\n
Community involvement beyond work: I consistently attend Trinity Church and Church on the Rock campuses. I also consistently visit schools in the area and have given career-day presentations, pep-rally speeches, etc.<\/p>\n
Quote: If I hit the lottery today, I\u2019d still come work for the Highway Patrol tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Department:\u00a0Texas Department of Public Safety Name: Jacob Piel Rank: Trooper 1 How long with the department: Three years…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-290046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}