Officer Jermaine Galloway, a native of Texas, is known nationally as the Tall Cop, and has worked in substance abuse prevention and education for over 20 years. After playing Division I basketball and receiving his BA in Sociology from the University of San Francisco in 1997, he worked as a law enforcement officer for 18 years. He spends much of his time today speaking to youth at school assemblies, professionals at drug prevention training and parents at town hall meetings. To date, he has trained more than 105,000 people nationwide and internationally. He has also conducted more than 1000 community scans at a variety of locations.
In 2007, Jermaine started the company known as “Tall Cop Says Stop”. The Tall Cop has conducted training in every US state and Canada, and currently devotes thousands of hours each year to training professionals and communities on drug and alcohol prevention, education, and enforcement. His program, “High in Plain Sight”, is a nationally recognized program, that provides training, education, and enforcement strategies for community substance abuse issues. Additionally, Jermaine Galloway has published articles, been referenced in books, and has been highlighted in many media interviews.
Officer Jermaine Galloway has received such prestigious honors as:
- 2009: National Law Enforcement Partner of the Year award from Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
- 2010: National Mickey Sadoff Underage Drinking Award from Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
- 2014: National Liquor Law Enforcement Association’s (NLLEA) innovative project award (given to Boise Police Department for Galloway-led 10-10 Zone initiative)
- 2015: National and international award for American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) for work and training on fake IDs and underage drinking
- 2017: National Enrique Camarena Drug Awareness Award from the National Elks Drug Awareness program
- 2018: Law Enforcement Partner Award from the New York State STOP-DWI Foundation for his statewide efforts to prevent and educate law enforcement on drug-impaired drivers
