S2 - Episode 5

Tom Chisdock served as a special agent for the US Fish and Wildlife Service for 24 years. During his career, he built a reputation among his colleagues for being humble, reliable, ethical, and a top notch investigator. For many, he set the high bar of professionalism that they spent their own careers attempting to meet. During his career, Chisdock conducted countless investigations into the domestic and international commercial trafficking of U.S. native wildlife, including complex long-term undercover investigations. His cases resulted in more than 50 arrests, most of which yielded felony prosecutions. Defendants were sentenced to nearly 200 years in prison or probation and ordered to pay nearly $856,000 in fines, forfeitures and restitution. His career accomplishments earned him the 2020 Guy Bradley Award, presented annually by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation "to recognize extraordinary individuals who have made an outstanding lifetime contribution to wildlife law enforcement, wildlife forensics or investigative techniques." Guy Bradley was the first conservation officer killed in the line of duty in the United States in 1905.