Officer Jermaine Galloway, a Texan, known nationally as the "Tall Cop", has worked in substance abuse prevention and education for over 20 years. After playing Division I basketball and receiving his BA in Sociology from the University of San Francisco, he worked as a law enforcement officer for 18 years. His various assignments included: alcohol compliance and enforcement, CSI, DUI task force, officer mentoring, and a field training officer. In 2007, Jermaine started the company known as Tall Cop Says Stop™. The Tall Cop has conducted trainings in every US state and Canada and currently devotes thousands of hours each year to training professionals and communities on drug and alcohol prevention, education, and enforcement. The Tall Cop is unique in that he spends hundreds of hours with "boots on the ground," highlighting drug culture in various communities. To date, the Tall Cop has trained more than 800,000 professional and community members.