06: Jeff McGreevy, Public Safety Advocate for First Responder Wellness

Jeff McGreevy is a Public Safety Advocate for First Responder Wellness.

Jeff joined the United States Marine Corps when he was just 17 and began his law enforcement career at 21. He retired in 2020 as a Sergeant from the Oxnard Police Department with 29-years of service.

He worked several challenging assignments including patrol, field training officer, community policing, Special Enforcement Unit, SWAT team member for 10 years, and he also worked as a K-9 handler with a cross-trained patrol/explosive detection K-9. He spent a short time on an FBI Gang Task Force and was a Detective working Gang & Robbery cases.

As a Sergeant, he supervised the Neighborhood Policing Team and Coordinated his departments Crisis Intervention Team and Peer Support Programs. Jeff has been involved in officer wellness since 2004 when he was recruited to be a founding member of his department’s trauma support team which later evolved into peer support.

Jeff has extensive training and experience in debriefing personnel after traumatic events, Critical Incident Stress Management, coordinating peer support response after critical incidents, and was an instructor for Tactical Decision Making Under Stress training.

Jeff leads the Ventura County Peer Support Coalition which brings together all Police, Fire, and EMS agencies together quarterly.

Because of his expertise in peer support, he was invited to be a member of the CA P.O.S.T. Organizational Wellness Committee.

He also some unique experience having worked for a nonprofit that provided confidential trauma-informed counseling for first responders and their families prior to joining the team at First Responder Wellness.

Jeff is a recipient of the following awards: - Medal of Valor for confronting a man armed with a rifle who was trying to murder his family Supervisor of the Year 2018 - Community Member of the Year 2018 - Oxnard Police Chief’s Award of Excellence 2020, Joint award with my Wife Andrea for community engagement