🇺🇸✨ 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐕𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐄! ✨🇺🇸

Team LCSO had an absolute blast celebrating our nation’s heroes at the annual Cape Coral Veterans Day Parade!

Sheriff Carmine Marceno joined in the festivities alongside LCSO’s Honor Guard, Traffic Motors, Nan’s Ranch, the Community Response Unit, and several other LCSO assets, all coming together to show our appreciation for the brave men and women who have served our country.

A huge thank-you to our amazing residents, our partners at CCPD, fellow first responder agencies, and the City of Cape Coral for making this year's parade such a memorable celebration!

Most importantly, to all our veterans: 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 for your courage, sacrifice, dedication, and service to our great nation. We are forever grateful for you! ❤️🤍💙

𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥! 🇺🇸 ... See MoreSee Less

⭐ 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐓𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐘 ⭐
𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚂𝚐𝚝. 𝙹𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚢 𝙶𝚒𝚋𝚋𝚜

After graduating from Estero High in 2007, Jeremy Gibbs was working as a store manager for Tommy Hilfiger when he decided to pursue something that had interested him since childhood.

“I always wanted to be a cop, like almost every boy does,” he explained. “I have an uncle who was with LCSO in the 1970s before moving to the Fort Myers Police Department, but not really a strong family history in law enforcement. At 22 years old, I decided it was time.”

Sponsoring himself through the public service academy in 2012, Gibbs was hired by LCSO in January of 2013 to begin in Corrections. While his training was at the Core facility, Gibbs’ first job was working nights at the downtown jail.

“I loved it,” he said. “I was on the fence for the first two weeks at the Core – it was a totally new experience, and I wasn’t sure about liking it. But after two weeks I was moved downtown and that was everything I’d hoped it would be. Corrections made sense.”

After about three months, Gibbs began working Nighttime Transport. The position involves moving inmates to the hospital or infirmary, moving inmates between facilities, and general transportation of inmates.

“Back then, it was just one person in Transport, and you were busy all 12 hours of each shift,” he said. “I really enjoyed that role.”

Some six months later Gibbs moved to Intake & Releases and stayed at that post for the next five years. He notes it was a great learning experience as he got familiar with booking sheets, state statutes, and processing as many as 90 people each night.

During that five-year span Gibbs also became Field Training Officer, helping younger deputies learn procedures at the jail. “Training people who want to learn is very rewarding,” he said. “It was taking all the good I had learned from my mentors and helping to mold and sculpt the deputies who will become the future of this agency.”

In January of 2019, Gibbs moved to day shift. It was personally beneficial with a young child at home as he and his wife, Lindsay, an LCSO Deputy in Court

Operations, navigated the balance between law enforcement careers and parenting.

By 2021 Gibbs became a First Appearance Officer, guiding inmates through court movements.

“It was a rare opportunity to point inmates in the right direction and give advice when they asked,” he said. “For many of them, it was their first time going through the system. You can tell these are not career criminals so to be able to help them was rewarding.”

In April of 2021, Gibbs was promoted to Master Corporal and was back working nights at the Core. His most memorable experience came in the summer of that year when an air conditioning unit on the roof of the facility caught fire.

“Smoke was billowing in, of course the elevators were not working, and we had to evacuate first floor inmates,” Gibbs recalled. “I accompanied the first three firefighters to the roof where high winds had ripped the door right off. There was a huge fire on the roof and the 25-foot hose we had did not reach the AC unit. Another team brought a longer hose to battle that massive fire.”

Cause of the fire was later determined to be a roofing accident in which hot tar being used to resurface the roof was sucked into an electrical unit of the AC.

In February of 2022, Gibbs was promoted to Sergeant. His role was essentially Housing Sergeant. – something he had spent 99 percent of his time doing as a Master Corporal.

Sgt. Gibbs moved to days at the Core in July. The move is beneficial since Jeremy and Lindsay now have two children ages 8 and one and a half. He’s currently a roving day shift Sergeant, filling in wherever needed at the Core.

Away from work, Sgt. Gibbs loves family time, especially camping adventures. A favorite destination is Bowling Green, Florida, a newer campsite that Gibbs calls “nice and quiet in the middle of a pasture near Wauchula.” Other family activities include church every Sunday and trips to area parks ... See MoreSee Less