‘Lawn Enforcement’ landscaping is therapy for cops

For the past year, Erie County Sheriff’s Deputy John Gugino has been cutting lawns on the side, through his new landscaping business, Southtowns Lawn Enforcement.

While there’s money in the work, he said the main benefit for him and the five officers he employs is the therapeutic release that mowing gives, helping them deal with the stigma on law enforcement caused by recent incidents of police brutality.

“Basically, I did it for a release, a therapy for myself and other law enforcement officers who struggle with what’s going on in the world today,” said Gugino, who was encouraged to create the business by a friend who works as a corrections officer and has been cutting lawns as therapy for 10 years.

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