Special Guest Episodes

Today we discuss the importance of finances. Whether you're an officer or civilian, one must not only protect themselves and their loved ones from a physical standpoint but protect what they have worked so hard for throughout their lives. Jeff discusses trusts, law suits, wills, probate and more. https://www.trattorneys.com/

In this episode we talk with Chief James Schrimpsher and Detective Marco Monteblanco of the Washington State Fraternal Order of Police. We discuss how they helped to form coalitions with police reform advocates such as Andre Taylor (Episode #30) to make positive legislative changes. As the leaders of the largest police union in the State of Washington they took the unprecedented steps of working with members of the communities that we need to better unite with the police and obtain realistic and...

Today's Guest: Danny Stone, also known as "Coach Stone", is a Life and Business Coach, Transformational Speaker, Author of 2 best-selling books, and Host of The Grind and Gratitude Show podcast. He went from growing up in low-income housing surrounded by drugs and crime, headed down the wrong path to a successful entrepreneur. He has a POWERFUL story of overcoming many challenges and he uses his story to empower others to find their greatness. He has been inspiring audiences for more than 10 yea...

https://www.andersonaa.com/ Audrey Anderson is an experienced, dynamic, and accomplished trial attorney. She is a 20-year veteran of the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office who has conducted over 250 trials to verdict and received numerous commendations from law enforcement. During her tenure as an Assistant State's Attorney at the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office, Audrey was Supervisor of the Major Crimes/Narcotics Unit where she prosecuted serious and high profile crimes in DuPage ...

A few years ago, a Utah police officer was caught on a 7/11 surveillance camera doing the "Whip" and the "Nae Nae" dances. The footage went viral, and was one of the first examples of the "humanity" of police officers being demonstrated to the public. Well, we have officer "Whip & Nae Nae" on today's show, Bryson Lystrup. Today's show talks about how Ofc Lystrup is bridging the gap between communities by using comedy, respect and truth. We talk about how civilians need to respect the police and...

https://www.facebook.com/TrooperBobSC/about_contact_and_basic_info On today's show we chat with Trooper Bob about how he and his family persevered from a detention camp in Hungary through Austria ultimately to the US. The guys talk about how it is to be a State Trooper working alone, with no backup for miles. We then dig into how Trroper Bob took his career on a new path by using social media and news to assist in making people safer drivers, and won an emmy in the process. CONNECT WITH "TROOPER...

The deadly 2016 shooting of Che Taylor by Seattle Police sparked outrage in the Black community and a level of demand for more police accountability not seen since the deadly shooting of John T. Williams. Che Taylor was shot in 2016 during an undercover drug operation in Seattle’s Wedgewood neighborhood. Taylor says going through the process and coming through on the other side with justice for his brother is phenomenal. “Perseverance is important, but probably one of the most important things, ...

This episode explores the media and it's relationship to police officers. Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith retired in 2009 as a 29-year veteran of a large metropolitan police department in the Chicago suburbs. Beginning her career as a police dispatcher at age 17, Betsy became an officer four years later and has held positions in patrol, investigations, narcotics, juvenile, hostage negotiation, crime prevention and field training. She received her four year degree from Western Illinois University in 1...

Today we hear from Anthony Farrer, co-owner of The Timepiece Gentleman. (@timepiecegentleman) Anthony’s story is how his mindset and determination turned his life around from prison to successful business owner and entrepreneur. Anthony helps bridge the gap between police and communities by telling his amazing story and showing people their past does not define their future. Broken. Incarcerated. Helpless. Understanding the state of mind when one is at their lowest is still a mystery to many. W...

This episode we talked about obtaining and keeping good officers. Dr Amendola speaks about what agencies can do better to get the best cops, and retain the best cops to serve the communities. We talk about how officers are currently recruited, and what we might do to improve the system to keep the cream of the crop.

he SPIDR Tech platform is the world’s first customer service infrastructure built exclusively for law enforcement. This show was about obtaining customer service data to make police better. It is a customer service database that lets people follow their cases, leave feedback for officers and have an interaction of what and how their case is working. The database allows officers to have immediate feedback on their performance and also the administration to get ahead of any problems or training n...

Spoke with Dr. Robin Engel Director of International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and University of Cincinnati Center for Police Research and Policy, and Sgt Justin Witt of Louisville Metro about how the police world is now attempting to fund and train more deescalation techniques and using data to maneuver the deescalation due it being a evolving subject. https://researchdirectory.uc.edu/p/engelrs

How to keep officers and people safe during an encounter with someone diagnosed with Autism. Today we discuss civilian and law enforcement response to Autism. We have Stefan Bjes who is an active law enforcement officer with two young boys with Autism. We discuss new techniques on how families and officers can respond and handle individuals with Autism, for a peaceful and safe outcome. -parents should reach out to the local departments to discuss diagnosis and how their children respond -pare...

Special Guest Helen Hayes called in from the UK today. We discussed the differences between policing in America compared to England.

Garland Mays is back in studio to talk about civilian and police accountability. We chatted about how important it is to accept accountability and accepting our actions as police officers.

Today we welcome Brandon and Zach, an african american father and son who are both police officers. On this show we chat about a number of key issues, including: * How they've handled being called derogatory names * How they feel we can better the unity between civilian and police life * The difference being a black officer year ago and present day * Why Zach decided to go into law enforcement * Doing the job correctly always no matter the color * Understanding everyone and listening to th...

Today, the boys have Richard Wistocki in studio, and they cover a number of important topics, including: -how to protect you children from predators -how to protect your children on their devices The stats show that child predators are true monsters, averaging 250 victims for one pediophile. The line between being social on a device to becoming a true hands on victim is small What the police response to complaints on sexploitation

Today's show features our guest Garland Mays. We get into some really interesting stuff, including: -how the streets lured him into a life of crime . (and eventually murder) - how he became a hardened criminal that was moved to 6 prisons - His true redemption story of how he became an activist to help communities work together with police and civilians -how two corrections officers helped him turn his life around -how the love of his grandparents helps him keep the right path

We had a FANTASTIC CONVERSATION with these guys, including topics like: -solutions of how we might bridge the gap between civilians and police -A full Q&A between street guys and us cops -true communication between both parties -beginning the dialogue.

On this episode, an African American father and son sit down with us to talk about how we might bridge the gap in our communities, what impressions of police officers they grew up with, and how the son has begun his training as a police officer.