Assistance Chief Brogdon joined the GPD in 2005. Her service includes being Commander of Patrol Division, Commander of the Shift Tactical/Mobile Field Force Unit, and Commander of the Crisis Negotiations Team. A 17-year veteran and a graduate of Pfeiffer University with a Master’s in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice from the University of Illinois. She is a North Carolina certified instructor and a specialized instructor in physical training.
Brogdon speaks fluent Spanish and has served in many positions, including a patrol officer, community coordinator, grant manager, and coordinator for the Gaston County Grant Initiative and as a detective specializing in financial and electronics crimes. Since making sergeant nine years ago, she has been a patrol sergeant, community coordinator sergeant, criminal investigations division sergeant, U-Visa program, Leads On-Line Program, and Victim/Witness Program and assistant commander of the GPD Crisis Negotiations Team. Brogdon oversees the department’s Traffic Unit, Canine Program, SCU unit, and Community Coordinator’s Unit. She’s a recent graduate of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Command College and a Board Member of Gaston Vision 2040.
Gastonia Police Department
PO Box 1748 Gastonia, NC, 28052-1748
704.854.6888
Nancy.Brogdon@GastoniaNC.gov
Assistant Chief Gantt is responsible for GPD’s Field Services, which includes Patrol, the Street Crime Unit, Traffic Unit, Civilian Traffic Unit, and the Community Services Unit. He has served as Assistant Commander over Special Situations which includes SWAT, Bomb Squad, Hostage Negotiators, and Tactical Team/Field Force officers. He also served over the Emergency Operations Center and Functions.
Assistance Chief Gantt joined the GPD in 2006. Gantt has served in many positions, including a patrol officer, Street Crime Unit, been a Patrol Sergeant, Community Coordinator Sergeant, Criminal Investigations Division Sergeant, and Patrol Captain.
He is a graduate of Gardner-Webb University, with a Master’s degree in Public Administration. He is a graduate of CMPD Command College class 002, a graduate of West Point Leadership Program at Methodist University, class 15, and completed his FBI-LEEDA trilogy in Law Enforcement Executive Development.
He serves on various boards throughout Gaston County, including the United Way of Gaston County.
