Sgt. Musicco currently serves as the Tactical Team Leader of the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team (GVERT).  We’re happy that he recently joined us in studio to chat about how he and his team are doing after a very busy and traumatic past few months.  Six tactical team members were wounded by gunfire on 28 June 2022 in Saanich.  The GVERT serves Victoria, Esquimalt, Saanich, Oak Bay and Central Saanich.
JJ has spent 13 of his 18 years of policing in uniform on the front lines, and his service on the tactical unit of GVERT has been 12 years.  He believes that police officers who choose to join GVERT are making an extraordinary commitment to their community.  GVERT deals with many high stress and potentially very traumatic events anytime of the day and every day of the year.  
JJ talks about some of his feelings surrounding the resolution of the high-end critical incident on 28 June 2022.  Every day the GVERT is an important line of defense in keeping the citizens of Greater Victoria sheltered from violence, and unfortunately even with great training and preparation some members of GVERT suffered life altering injuries on that day.  GVERT and many other police officers who responded that day need to be recognized as heroes – they kept us safe!

Sound editing done by Todd Mason.

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