Ofc. Wally Grieve

SR Ofc. Wally Grieve

To understand how unique a life the focus of our next Blue Honor Series, Officer Wally Grieve, has lived, you might start when he was 15-years-old, that’s when he joined the Army. The British Army. Born in Scotland, he is a veteran of the three-month Falklands War in 1982. Officer Grieve was a member of the British Commandos, the United Kingdom’s early version of our Special Forces. 

After the Falklands conflict he settled in Fort Lauderdale and in 1984 joined the U.S. Army Reserves. During basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he earned the title of Hawkeye for his marksmanship with a rifle, achieving a perfect score in qualifying. Officer Grieve won First Place in the 1986 Iron Soldier competition, and was named the Top Soldier in the Florida-Georgia region. A year later, in 1987, he was recognized as the Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year in the State of Florida. He was set to go fight in the Gulf War before it ended in late February 1991. He left the Reserves in 1994.

In 1990 Officer Grieve went to work for the Margate Police Department, rising to the rank of Master Police Officer before retiring in 2017 after a rewarding 27 year career.

Officer Grieve was at home on February 14, 2018 when he saw what we all saw, and felt what we all felt, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He decided to come out of retirement due to his “commitment to the community and making sure the kids and teachers have a safe environment.”

We hired him in 2019 to be the School Resource Officer at Tradewinds Elementary. He is doing just what he set out to do after coming out of retirement, showing his commitment to the safety and well-being of his community. A pledge that started an ocean away on another continent and continues at a school here in Coconut Creek, where he is beloved by students, parents, and teachers alike.

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