Experience

911 At Ease International (911AEI)

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder and Executive Director

  • Apr 2014 - Present

  At Ease is a program that offers support to first responders during times of need. First responders serve on the front lines to protect our communitues, and often sustain wounds that are real and yet not visible. Founded by experienced first-responders in Fire, Law Enforcement and the Chaplaincy, we provide needed supprt for the men and women who protect and serve the publc. Support is avaliable through programs such as Peer-to-Peer support as well as psychological and spiritual counseling. Training regarding the effects, care, and prevention of stress related injuries is also offered through our services. Show less



A Higher Call to Duty

• Author

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  A Higher Call to Duty details Sgt. Mike McGrew's journey to redemption through Jesus Christ and how that relationship transformed him and propelled him into a very different fight between good and evil. A Higher Call to Duty details Sgt. Mike McGrew's journey to redemption through Jesus Christ and how that relationship transformed him and propelled him into a very different fight between good and evil.



Moriah Bible Fellowship Church

• Santa Barbara, California Area

• Head Pastor

  • Jan 2017 - Present

  Mike McGrew, who heads up Moriah Freedom Ministry and leads the Santa Barbara office of Moriah, had a long career as a detective and major crimes investigator for the Santa Barbara Police Department. Although he had not been a religious man, his life changed dramatically when his son, Michael “T.T.”, who had been battling bone cancer for 8 years, died from an overdose in 2010. Mike’s cousin, a fellow police officer, talked with him about God, and Mike began to listen. “I went from having no faith, to that’s all that I wanted,” he says. “It brought peace to me. I couldn’t find it anywhere. I had chased it at the bottom of an alcohol bottle.” He turned his life over to Jesus Christ, and since then Mike has spent his time ministering to fellow police officers, people he has had to stop for traffic violations or arrest for more serious crimes, and people on the streets. He speaks to parishioners at Moriah Bible Fellowship in Santa Barbara every Sunday. “Being of service to the Lord brings me a lot of joy, and I didn’t have that for a lot of years,” Mike’s life has turned around since he placed his faith in Jesus. He credits God with healing him from colon cancer and freeing him from an addiction to alcohol, as well as with saving his marriage to the woman who first introduced him to Christ at a Christian concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl. Show less



Police Officers Association

• United States
• Law Enforcement
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • Jan 1998 - Apr 2017



Santa Barbara Police Departemnt

• Santa Barbara, California Area

• Police Officer

  • May 1986 - Apr 2017

  During Mike’s law enforcement career, he served in the capacity of many assignments to include Patrol Officer, Burglary Detective, Major Crimes Detective, HNT hostage negotiator and HNT supervisor, Major Crimes Detective Sergeant, Motor Sergeant and Patrol Sergeant. Mike served as the President of the Santa Barbara Police Officers Association, and as a board director for the Santa Barbara Police Foundation. As a police officer, Mike has investigated numerous high profile and serious cases and has been involved in over 120 homicide investigations. He received the Medal of Valor on two separate occasions, the Outstanding Performance Award, two-time Optimist Law Enforcement award, the Santa Barbara County Life Saving Award, as well as hundreds of commendations throughout his career. As a police sergeant, Mike has had amazing opportunities to use his life experiences and faith to minister to fellow police officers as well as several citizens in need. Mike continues to minister to first responders as the head of the “At Ease” program that offers counseling and spiritual care to first respondenrs and others who experience post-traumatic stress related issues. Mike has seen and experienced first-hand the awesome love and supernatural power of God that is displayed in our community daily. Show less