Ep. #17 Chrissy Gibas - Tales from the Tailboard Podcast

Chrissy Gibas is a retired law enforcement officer, former dispatcher, and first responder peer support advocate. In this episode, Chrissy shares her experience surviving an inmate assault, navigating threats during an FBI investigation, losing trust within her own department, and living with long-term PTSD.We talk about moral injury, silence within the system, compounded trauma, grief, and how she found purpose again through K9 peer support work with her dog Jack. This is an honest conversation about what happens when first responders are forced to carry trauma alone—and what real support actually looks like.Sponsor:End of Shift Apparel — built by first responders, for first responders.Use code TAILBOARD10 for 10% off your order and support the show.Watch all full episodes on YouTube — just search Tales from the Tailboard Podcast, or click the link in my bio for a Linktree with access to all my socials and the merch shop by End Of Shift Apparel.Keep watching for more content, and be sure to hit all the buttons — like, comment to let me know you’ve seen the video, and share or repost to help spread the word.