Personal Information
Organization / Workplace
Indianapolis, Indiana
Occupation
Chief of Homeland Security
About
Gary Coons is the First Chief of the newly formed Department of Public Safety Division of Homeland Security for the City of Indianapolis. He is also one of the lead coordinators for the 2012 Super Bowl being held in Indianapolis.
Gary Coons had always wanted to be a firefighter and really never gave much thought to politics or activism, but now at age 38 he has excelled in all three areas. He also has Parkinson’s disease (PD).
After being diagnosed with PD following almost three years of non- and mis-diagnoses, Gary knew his days of fighting fires were behind him. What he didn’t know was that he was destined to become responsible for the first law in the country allowing emer