About this episode
Idaho Tough on CrimeMy name is Robert Gillis. I am 54 years old, and have been married to my wife and best friend for sixteen outstanding years. Together, we are raising three incredible children, two who currently attend Boise State University, and one who just began her journey as a freshman in high school. Our family is deeply rooted in this community, and we truly love calling Eagle our home. We bought a home in the Treasure Valley in 2018, and moved to Eagle in early 2020. Service has always been at the heart of who I am. I currently serve as the President of Idaho Tough On Crime, where we have volunteered/worked alongside state legislators and law enforcement professionals on law-and-order legislation. I have authored and supported legislation in our state, and have routinely testified in front of various Idaho House and Senate Committees. I am also a Board Member with CrimeStoppers of Idaho, and a peer support team member for Courageous Survival, which is an organization that connects first responders, military veterans, and their families with vital mental health resources.Before stepping into these roles, I was dedicated to my twenty-five year career in law enforcement. I worked the majority of my career in our criminal street gang unit, working weapons cases, narcotics cases, violent assault cases, and organized crime. I also worked on some public corruption cases, completed Homicide Investigators School, Gang Investigators School, and Behavioral Analysis Training with the FBI at UCLA. Subsequently, I was assigned to two separate federal task forces with the FBI and DEA, and I was also assigned to a state organized crime task force. During those assignments I was certified to author wiretap warrants, and monitored wiretaps of suspects in our cases.I was also assigned a collateral duty on our agency's Emergency Operations Bureau Incident Management Team One for almost eleven years. As part of that assignment, I routinely completed Federal Emergency Management Agency certification and training. As a result of that collateral assignment, I deployed to many large scale brush fires, flooding events, and events of civil unrest. I received many commendations throughout my career for exemplary performance from our department executives, other agency chiefs, mayors, and city council members. More specifically, I was awarded two very coveted Distinguished Service Awards and Medals, along with a Commendable Restraint Award for an incident I was involved in with an armed suicidal subject, where I was able to avoid shooting him by using sound tactical communications skills.I eventually retired at the rank of Sergeant, after serving my last eight plus years in that capacity. Prior to my career in law enforcement, I spent more than five years in emergency medical services. While my law enforcement and medical professional careers have come to a close, my commitment to public se
