Episodes

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...

On todays show the crew talks about GUN CONTROL. We discuss truthful statistics, the right to bear arms, and the need to end gun violence. The discussion is about holding people responsible for gun violence. We talk about how the government could significantly decrease gun violence by actually prosecuting people for the gun laws that already exist. We talk about our personal and profession views of gun control.

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.

The police need to obtain more real world training to better serve the community. A better-trained police department means a safer community, and a better trained community. On today's episode we evaluate the different training methodologies and chat about how we might improve the training, how funding makes a difference, and what we might do moving forward.

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...

On today's show, we discuss the active shooter situations in Boulder and Atlanta, what it's like to respond to an active shooter situation , and the reaction (both personal and as a police force) to a fallen Police Officer.

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.

On today's show, we have special guest retired Sargent Bill Meyer, who was a Flint MI policeman for 30 years. Today we discuss a number of topics, including: -lack of training for police -economy as it relates to crime -even people who made good money would go buy dope on breaks -how defunding the police will cause in increase in crime -how he saw Flint MI deteriorate over time due to lack of funding economic downturn -lack of business equals higher crime

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...

A better breakdown of the HB3653 Illinois Police Reform Legislation with a subject matter expert. Listen to this all the way through and help get the bad legislation redone or revoked. Mike breaks down over 800 pages of legislation into small snippets for us to understand and comment on. Find Mike Kmiecik at www.sheepdogguardian.com

Today the boys and special guest Michael O'Neal dig into the nitty gritty of the new Police reform act HB 3563 from Illinois. Is it as bad as it looks? Should we panic if we are a police officer, or is there some nuance in the legislation. How do you feel about police reform in general? We'd love to hear from you. 3copstalk@gmail.com

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

On this episode, we've got a guest in studio and have a great time answering questions!

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.

Today the guys discuss street encounters between police and civilians. We discuss your fourth amendment rights and reasonable vs unreasonable search and seizure. This is a great episode to spur the everyday citizen to know the law!

In this episode, we talk about when and why the use of force is necessary, what goes through our minds as we are in tense situations, and what kind of discretion we have during a specific situation.

On today's show we talk about the drug epidemic, where it comes from ,and resources if you are caught up in the nightmare that is drug addiction.