Law Enforcement Insights Episodes

The Investigation & handling of two Mass Shootings. The Holocaust Museum & Navy Yard, How To Stop Them.

England, Violence and Trauma, former Police Sergeant. Jim Nixon is our guest. He is a former police sergeant from the Birmingham England area. The Violence and Trauma, Policing in England. After a 20 year career the Sergeant walked away. The effects of all the crime & trauma took it’s toll. Jim talks about the realities of the violent crime that took place during his police career in England. He also discusses the last of many traumatic incidents during his career in policing. When his own depa...

9-11 From An NYPD Detective’s Daughter, Her Life After. Her book featuring the stories of first responder's children.

Prison Hostage Crisis As a Bomb Squad Cop. State Trooper at Arizona Prison Hostage Crisis and as a Bomb Squad Cop. Police work was the perfect transition for me after leaving the military. We were and are one of the busiest bomb squads in the Country. An Inside Look at being a Police Bomb Squad Tech. Plus, on scene at the nation's longest prison hostage crisis. Ken Emerson is our guest. Ken is a retired Trooper from the Arizona D.P.S. He retired as part of their bomb squad and door entry SWAT t...

I've worked in Law Enforcement for 46 years. My time as a police cadet as a teenager sparked my interest in a career in Law Enforcement. Public Safety Cadets, A Win - Win For Teens, Parents and The Community. Kent Jefferies is our guest. He is a retired Federal Law Enforcement Officer and is the President of the Public Safety Cadets. The Public Safety Cadets is a national US (501c3) program that helps teenagers. Public Safety Cadets is a non-profit organization founded and managed by active and...

The Prosecution of her Police Officer Husband. Is it politically motivated?

Police Officer Stereotypes and Myths. Including His Shooting. The defense and media implied that I had tunnel vision and ignored facts... I remember every little aspect of the shooting, including the descriptions of people that I passed during the pursuit. Shattering Myths, Lies and Stereotypes About Police. Including His Officer Involved Shooting. Anthony McNeil is our guest. He is a retired Police Officer from the Southfield Michigan Police Department. He talks about his law enforcement caree...

Shot through the head in Afghanistan. Retired DEA Agent Joe Piersante survived.

Federal Agent Shot Many Times And His Partner Was Killed in Mexican Ambush. Cartel Ambush in Mexico. Federal Agent Shot Many Times And His Partner Was Killed. We were on the road in one of the most notoriously violent sections of Mexico when we were run off the road and ambushed. Federal Agent Shot Multiple Times And His Partner Was Killed In An Ambush By The Zeta Cartel. Victor Avila is our guest. He is a retired US Federal Agent and author of the book Agent Under Fire. Victor tells the horrifi...

Policing in the U.K. - Organized Crime, Terrorism, overcoming adversity to achieve his goals.

Undercover Police, Threats to Him and His Family. I was 2nd in command and my co-workers didn't know where I was. The only person in our agency that knew what I was working on was the Sheriff. Due to his undercover police work, threats to him and his family still exist. Adam Wills is our guest. He is the former undersherrif for an agency that we won't name due to potential threats on his and his family's life due to his Undercover work. He was the 2nd in command of a small agency, and when an u...

Real Donnie Brasco, Deep Cover, Former FBI Joe Pistone. The movie took some liberties... I never lost my moral compass... Even while working undercover with the NY Mafia. A revealing comfortable conversation with an icon of American Law Enforcement. The True Donnie Brasco - Joe Pistone Retired FBI. Joe Pistone is our guest. He became famous for his undercover work for the FBI and infiltrating the NY Mafia as Donnie Brasco. He talks about his life growing up in Patterson NJ and how that helped in...

Retired Canadian Military, Mission Is Training Police, To Help Keep Them And Us Safe.

Police Officer's Career the 9-11 Attack at the WTC to Shootings. I couldn't believe that he was shooting at me... it all happened so fast. From Shootouts to the 9-11 Attack at the World Trade Center, His Police Career. Phil Grimaldi, a retired NYPD Detective is our guest. He gives an inside look at the 2 shootouts during his police career and the reality of what happens when people are trying to kill you. Phil also talks about responding to and working the scene of the 911 terror attacks at the ...

Staging a Murder to Protect a Witness, Deadly Explosion of Fentanyl. We seized enough Fentanyl last year to kill every person in the Phoenix area. Staging a Murder to Protect a Witness From Organized Crime, Plus the Deadly Explosion of Fentanyl. Cheri Oz is our guest. She is the supervising agent in charge of the Phoenix DEA Office. She talks about her career in Law Enforcement. In particular Cheri discusses a case where she and her team had to stage the murder of a witness to protect them from...

Basketball Coaches Hall Of Fame. Retired Cop Tells His Story. Much of what I learned in Law Enforcement carried over into coaching kids in Basketball. From His Law Enforcement Career To College Basketball Coaches Hall Of Fame. Bob Starkman, a retired Federal Law Enforcement Agent is our guest. He talks about his career in Law Enforcement, from working corrections to his career in Customs. Bob started in NY and worked most of his time in Miami during the ultra violent Cocaine Cowboy days. During...

USA Judo Team to NYC 9-11 World Trade Center Attack, at the Pile. I thought international Judo competition prepared me for what I would face in law enforcement... From The USA Judo Team To Working At Ground Zero, Her Law Enforcement Career. Dr. Jean Kanokogi is our guest. She is a career Federal Law Enforcement Officer. Jean talks about her mother, who was known as the “Mother Of Women’s Judo” and the book that she co-wrote about her life. She also discusses how competitive Judo helped her in h...

Tried, Convicted And Fired, For Something That Police Do Daily, Was It Politically Motivated?

The Dangers And Risk From Being A Narcotics Detective, And Fund The First Crowdfunding.

Drug Gangs Violence And Dispelling Hollywood Myths About Law Enforcement.

Joe Kenda, The “Homicide Hunter”, Talks About His Life, Police Career, TV & New Book.

Police Officer vs Armed Hostage Taker, What Hollywood Gets Wrong. Talking Down an Armed Hostage Taker, Her Police Career. What Hollywood Gets Wrong. Autumn Clifford is our guest. She is a career police officer in the New England area. Autumn talks about her experience as a rookie police officer where they were dispatched to an armed domestic violence call. The suspect was armed with a gun and was holding his significant other hostage. She and other officers had to talk down the suspect and were ...

Her Police Career Included Murder of a Toddler and Disarming a Terrorist. Carrie Wooten is our guest. Carrie is a former Virginia Beach Police Officer. She talks about the stresses of her police career. In addition she talks about handling a call where a mother killed her 14 month old child, and also a call for service where she had to disarm and talk down a killer terrorist. The effects of both calls began to create problems in her life years later. Carrie discusses how she uses her experience ...

Arresting an International Drug Smuggler and His Redemption. Ed Hudson is our guest. He is a retired law enforcement agent from the F.D.L.E. Ed talks about the years long investigation, that started when he was a small town police officer, and successful prosecution of an international drug smuggler. Ed discusses his career starting from a small town Police Officer, then transitioning to the Sheriff’s Department, before going to the F.D.L.E. They became friends and he wrote a book about the incr...