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Gabe Evans served as a police officer for a decade.

Posted by Mike Johnson,

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True. Records and news reports confirm that Gabe Evans served for more than 10 years as a police officer in the Arvada Police Department.

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… He's the incumbent. He has served this district, this state and this country with distinction. Not only was he a Black Hawk, a Black Hawk helicopter pilot in the army and the Colorado Army National Guard, fighting wildfires, defending our country, he also served as a police officer for a decade. He was a state legislator and he is rated one of the most effective members of the United States Congress. We have big challenges ahead. It's a contrast election between common sense and crazy. And this guy represents common sense. Gabe, how can they help? …
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What we found

Supports. Official congressional records and media reports confirm that Gabe Evans served over a decade with the Arvada Police Department before running for elected office.[1][2][3][4]

Sources

12 sources: 1 primary, 8 not rated, 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2

  1. 1Public Safety | Representative Gabe Evans - House.govgabeevans.house.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
  2. 28th Congressional District: Republican Gabe Evanscpr.org · not rated · cited for: supports
  3. 3Here's who's running for Colorado's 8th Congressional ...9news.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  4. 4ENDORSEMENT: Reelect Gabe Evans in CD-8denvergazette.com · not rated · cited for: supports
8 more sources read, not cited in a finding +
  1. 5An Attack Over ICE in the Massachusetts Democratic ...factcheck.org · fact-checker
  2. 6Kelly McGinn – PolitiFactpolitifact.com · fact-checker
  3. 7Political ad attacking CD8 candidate Manny Rutinel gets a ...cbsnews.com · tier 2
  4. 8Case 1:21-cv-02265-APM Document 1 Filed 08/26/ ...cdn.factcheck.org · not rated
  5. 9Colorado election: Q&A with incumbent Gabe Evanscoloradoan.com · not rated
  6. 10Congressman Gabe Evansfacebook.com · not rated
  7. 11Republicans pitch tough-on-crime message as November ...gazette.com · not rated
  8. 12Republicans Return to Tough-on-Crime Message Ahead of ...thewellnews.com · not rated

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