Marine veteran is now second double-amputee police officer in the country January 21 Marine veteran Zach Briseno, right, graduated from the Fort Worth Police Academy on Dec. 11, 2020. (Photo courtesy Fort Worth Police Department) A Marine veteran is now the second double-amputee police officer in the United States after graduating from the Fort Worth Police Academy on Dec. 11, 2020. Zach Briseno always had intended to become a police officer. But first, he wanted to serve in the Marine Corps. The now 35-year-old Fort Worth native had enlisted right after graduating high school in 2005, and deployed twice to Iraq. On his second tour in November 2007, Cpl. Briseno was riding in a Humvee in Fallujah when an IED detonated directly beneath his seat, blowing off his legs.
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You can do anything you want to do : Double amputee becomes Fort Worth police officer
In 2007, Zach Briseno lost his legs when an IED detonated under his Humvee in Fallujah, Iraq. Last week he graduated to become a Fort Worth police officer.
Credit: Fort Worth PD Author: Elizabeth Wiley Updated: 7:23 AM MST December 13, 2020
Zach Briseno had always planned to serve his community as a police officer after his time in the military was done.
On Dec. 11, the double amputee was part of the Class 148 of graduating officers in Fort Worth.
Briseno, 35, who was born and raised in Fort Worth, enlisted in the Marine Corps right after high school.
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Marine vet whose legs were blown off in Iraq now is only 2nd double amputee police officer in US
By Robert Gearty
FORT WORTH, Texas - A Marine veteran from Texas who had his legs blown off by a roadside bomb in Iraq has become only the second double amputee police officer in the United States.
The inspiring story belongs to Zach Briseno, 35, of Fort Worth, who refused to let the loss of his legs prevent him from achieving his dream of becoming a cop when he grew up.
The Fort Worth Police Department on Friday held a ceremony to swear in 24 new police officers, including Briseno.