GC Patrol Shield Featured on Shots Fired Podcast

GC Shield has been featured on the Shots Fired Podcast, the law enforcement series hosted by Police Sergeant Kyle Shoberg and former Sacramento PD SWAT operator Mark Redlich, and distributed across YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Police1.

The episode features guest Ron Tetreau, a 41-year veteran spanning Law enforcement, Army Reserve service with the 187th Infantry Brigade, deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, seven years with Joint Special Operations, and a DoD contractor role with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. GC Shield sponsored the episode, with Tetreau brought in specifically to decode ballistic shield testing standards for the hosts and their audience of law enforcement professionals.

Hands on evaluation

Drawing on his hands-on evaluation of the GC Patrol Shield, Tetreau walked through what ASTM E3347-25 verification demands that NIJ rating alone does not. Including extreme temperature conditioning, water immersion, edge shots, and multi-shot testing. He brought a tested panel to the studio, pointing out individual strike marks, explaining how the graphene composite material encapsulates rounds with minimal backface deformation, and how edge protection addresses a known failure point in steel rifle-rated shields. On the weight advantage, Tetreau noted the operational reality directly: getting a heavy shield to the door wears down the operator before the deployment even begins.

“I would get down behind it…”

His closing assessment of the GC Patrol Shield was unambiguous: “I’ve literally told them I would get down behind it and let somebody shoot it. That is how much I trust it.”

The episode is available now on YouTube  Spotify  Apple

The GC Patrol Shield is NIJ Level III+ rated and the first rifle and shotgun shield verified to ASTM E3347-25