Have you ever gotten a traffic ticket from a world champion wrestler? For Edmond drivers, that’s now possible since Officer Josh Lindsey brought home the gold at the 2025 World Police and Fire Games.
Josh made his return to the mat this summer in Birmingham, Alabama, as he faced competitors from over 50 countries—and won. Josh started wrestling at age five, thanks to a flyer from his elementary school. It wasn’t love at first match, but with encouragement from his dad, he stuck with it, developing a love for the sport that carried him through high school and on to University of Central Oklahoma’s team.
Now well into adulthood and his career with the Edmond Police Department, Josh reasonably assumed wrestling was behind him. “That was until I got an email about the World Police and Fire Games,” Josh said…