Law Enforcement Insights Episodes

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...

Special Forces Techniques To Transform American Communities. Retired State Trooper. Michael Cutone, a retired Massachusets State Trooper is our guest. He was also a member of the US Army Special Forces (Green Berets). During his special forces training they were taught and used specific techniques to help liberate battleground communities where they were deployed. During his career in law enforcement he saw how these strategies could help transform American high crime communities. This led to th...

Police Officer Fighting Street Gangs and Her Department in California. Janelle Perez is our guest. She is a former Law Enforcement Officer from the Bay area of California. She talks about various aspects of her police career. Janelle discusses her experience fighting violent street gangs during her career. She also discusses her childhood that she feels gave her a different perspective in law enforcement. Janelle also talks about her book "The Moral Police" which is about the surprising battle t...

Police Officer Rookie To The Chief, His Career Journey - The Blue View. Rodney Muterspaw is our guest. He is the retired Police Chief from Middletown Ohio. He started his career as a rookie police officer and climbed the ranks to Chief. During his career he wrote a daily journal which was turned into a book titled "The Blue View". The book and his interview gives an unfiltered, realistic portrayal of a career in law enforcement. The challenges, successes and frequent mistakes made by politician...

Police Officer Murdered. The Shooting and His Life After. Retired Law Enforcement Officer and author Keith Knotek is our guest. He talks about his career and discusses the details of a shooting incident that he was involved in. His partner, Deputy Randy Jennings was killed in the shooting by the suspect. Keith talks about the immediate effects and how his life began to spiral out of control. Post Trauma, feelings of survivors guilt, nightmares and more. He also discusses how he found recovery af...

Social Media and Police Officers, Friends, Foes Or Both? Louis Quijas is our guest. He was the Chief of Police for the High Point Police Department, he is retired from the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department and was a top administrator in 2 Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. He talks about the current relationship between law enforcement agencies and social media. From public relations, portrayal of law enforcement and the ability that law enforcement has to use it as an investigative tool. F...

Shootings to Devastating Auto Accidents, Police Officer's Story. Retired Anne Arundel County Police Officer Andrew Klausing is our guest. Andy talks about his police career, he discusses a shooting he was involved in and the realities of the trauma that law enforcement officers in his area faced. From working narcotics to road patrol, he and fellow officers handled everything from shootings, armed stand offs and devastating auto accidents. Andy discusses the overwhelming frequency of severe auto...

Why Police Officers Do What They Do. Car Stops And Dangerous Criminal Interdictions. Burke County Ga. Sheriff’s Sergeant Eric McCants is our guest. Eric is a Patrol Sgt. with the Sheriff’s Dept. In addition to his patrol duties he specializes in traffic criminal interdiction on the roadways of Burke County. He discusses the truth about the many dangers that our law enforcement officers face during the “routine” car stops. Eric talks about the criminal interdictions that he and other officers per...

Anti-Police Unrest And Pandemic. Effects on Police Officers job performance. Police Chief Tom Weitzel from the Riverside Illinois P.D.is our guest. Riverside is a suburb of Chicago Illinois. Chief Weitzel talks about the impact of the anti-police movement and the Covid-19 pandemic on policing in Riverside and the Chicago suburbs. From morale to staffing levels and patrol tactics they’ve had to change everything to meet the needs of their communities. The chief talks about professionalism in poli...

What The Biased News Media Won’t Report About Police Officers. Patrick Fitzgibbons, a retired Police Commander and podcaster, is our guest. He discusses the many truths about law enforcement that the biased news media doesn't and won't report. Patrick talks about the realities he and other officers faced during his police career. He discusses his passion for combating the biased reporting via his podcast and his mission to help improve the lives and professional image of law enforcement officers...

Police Sergeant and He's a Singer Songwriter. Metro Nashville Police Sergeant Henry Particelli is our guest. He breaks most of the commonly held stereotypes about police. Henry originally from Canada, was a professional singer - songwriter in Nashville before becoming a Police Officer at age 40. He discusses his feelings about the killing of George Floyd and how that inspired his song "Your Name". Background song Hurricane is used with permission from the band Dark Horse Flyer. If you enjoy th...

Officer Involved Film, Censored By Amazon? Plus, The Documentary “Composite”. Patrick W. Shaver, a former law enforcement officer turned filmmaker, creator of “Officer Involved” and several other films is our guest. Patrick talks about the latest action that Amazon has done with his first documentary film "Officer Involved". Many would consider the action censorship, do you? He also discusses his latest documentary "Composite" which tells the fascinating story of world famous Mother and Daughter...