Episodes

Restraining Reality
Oct. 1, 2024

Restraining Reality

Let us know what you think of this episode with a text! We offer our thoughts on yet another media investigation and the subsequent Police Executive Research Forum recommendations regarding the tactics utilized by the police ...
Puff, Puff, Pass the Responsibility
Sept. 24, 2024

Puff, Puff, Pass the Responsibility

Let us know what you think of this episode with a text! With the shifting opinions and laws regarding the criminalization of marijuana possession in the United States, there have been some significant changes to several socie...
Whoever Fights Monsters
Sept. 19, 2024

Whoever Fights Monsters

Let us know what you think of this episode with a text! Today the full crew discusses how some of the efforts of an organization created to address the perceived bias in law enforcement seems to heavily rely upon the very thi...
Debates, Diets and Other Debacles
Sept. 10, 2024

Debates, Diets and Other Debacles

Let us know what you think of this episode with a text! With the second (or was it really the first?) Presidential Debate for 2024 in the books, the boys take on one of the more interesting topics covered by the candidates; I...
Trouble in Transit
Sept. 7, 2024

Trouble in Transit

Let us know what you think of this episode with a text! Scott and Shaun get together to talk about some professional, personal and Public Safety transportation preferences, issues and events. Police Officer Darron Lee Burks O...
Protecting Elections with Deputy Director Chris Harvey
Aug. 30, 2024

Protecting Elections with Deputy Director Chris Harvey

Let us know what you think of this episode with a text! In the build up to the highly sensationalized Presidential election in November, Scott and one of our former guests, Deputy Director Chris Harvey of the Georgia Police O...
Out on Meal Break with Registered Dietitian Megan Lautz
Aug. 23, 2024

Out on Meal Break with Registered Dietitian Megan Lautz

Let us know what you think of this episode with a text! As a regular part of the job, cops are regularly fed a “line of crap” or have to take a bite of a “shit sandwich." Ironically, our real dietary choices often reflect tha...
What a Tangled Web We Weave
Aug. 16, 2024

What a Tangled Web We Weave

Let us know what you think of this episode with a text! O, what a tangle web we weave, when first we practise to deceive! -Sir Walter Scott We return to Ferguson, Missouri to discuss how the lies of a high-profile, decade-old...
Rained Out - A Programing Note
Aug. 9, 2024

Rained Out - A Programing Note

Let us know what you think of this episode with a text! Tropical Storm Debby has changed the course of this week’s episode. Stat safe and stay tuned…. Email: 3copstalk@gmail.com Website: https://www.3copstalk.com Youtube: htt...
That's Not Helping
Aug. 2, 2024

That's Not Helping

Let us know what you think of this episode with a text! https://www.odmp.org/officer/27106-senior-corporal-segus-r-jolivette We discuss how the defund and de-fame the police movement has proven to be so unhelpful that it has ...
Do We Have to Talk About This Again?
July 26, 2024

Do We Have to Talk About This Again?

Let us know what you think of this episode with a text! On this episode, we are again discussing some topics that we’d rather not. However, this is a podcast and our show’s title says we talk, so we persevere. Corporal Mohame...
Probable Flaws
July 19, 2024

Probable Flaws

Let us know what you think of this episode with a text! The recent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump has us considering how many of the current political and social factors impacting local law enforcement...
Godspeed, Good Sergeant
July 12, 2024

Godspeed, Good Sergeant

Let us know what you think of this episode with a text! On this episode, we take the time to honor and reflect upon Scott’s safe and successful retirement from law enforcement. For nearly 24 years, he set his own course larg...
A Crisis of Leadership: Exposure and Accountability
July 4, 2024

A Crisis of Leadership: Exposure and Accountability

Let us know what you think of this episode with a text! If America’s 246th birthday has brought us anything, it has definitely been the much needed exposure and accountability of the bad executive leadership within some of ou...
A Fountain Drink Felony
June 28, 2024

A Fountain Drink Felony

Send us a Text Message. During her tenure as Cook County’s (IL) top cop, States Attorney Kim Fox has often left many cops and crime victims frustrated with the impossibility of career criminals ever facing a felony charge. ...
A Police Advocate Like No Other with Meagan McCarthy
June 18, 2024

A Police Advocate Like No Other with Meagan McCarthy

We talk with retired Deputy Sheriff, wife and mother, Meagan McCarthy, about the circumstances that gave rise to her police advocacy work in California. Meagan’s survival story epitomizes the horrible impact of the continued ...
Drawing from Our Retirement
June 11, 2024

Drawing from Our Retirement

With Scott formally announcing his retirement from our original agency and after decades of serving together, we take this opportunity to discuss what retirement has brought us, so far. As usual, we talk about a bunch of thin...
You May Be a Felon but at least You're OUR Felon
June 4, 2024

You May Be a Felon but at least You're OUR Felon

Ideally, with a government of the people, for the people and by the people, we should all be held to the same standards of behavior, oath and accountability, regardless of title or standing. This past week has yet again shown...
The Changing Tides of Common Sense
May 29, 2024

The Changing Tides of Common Sense

Talk to most cops and they’ll tell of the ancient superstition that a full moon will be a guarantee for an active shift. Although we’re not completely sure of that urban legend, we definitely know of the lunar impact on the t...
An Episode About Nothing
May 15, 2024

An Episode About Nothing

The title of this episode is an obvious homage to our favorite television series, the iconic Seinfeld . We feel that it’s a show that can truly help you survive law enforcement, with its self-depreciating humor, satirical tak...
Bored of Education
May 8, 2024

Bored of Education

Scott’s continuing education in police leadership has taken him back on the road but it has also presented the team an opportunity to express their frustrations with certain aspects of the current status of education in the ...
The "Loaded Terms" of Your 2nd Amendment Rights with Thomas Chittum
May 2, 2024

The "Loaded Terms" of Your 2nd Amendment Rights with Thomas Chittum

In the last two decades, the United States has seen a rapid expansion of legislation regarding firearms ownership and possession under the second amendment, particularly at the state level. For almost everyone engaged in this...
Fighting for the Truth with Daniel Carr of Police Law News
April 24, 2024

Fighting for the Truth with Daniel Carr of Police Law News

Today we’re joined by retired Albuquerque Police Officer, Daniel Carr. Since retirement, Daniel has remained committed to helping the law enforcement profession. After obtaining a law degree, he has also developed the Police ...