Episodes

Killer Shot a Police Officer In The Face. Shocking Treatment By The City. Former Police Officer Cheryl Nici-O’Connell is our guest. She tells about being shot in the face, her recovery and the shocking treatment by the City govt. In 1984 in Richmond Virginia, while working in uniform, she was ambushed and shot in the face by a mass murderer. Cheryl talks about her the shocking treatment by the city afterwards, her miraculous on going recovery and how she still works to help others. Background s...

Is The News Media Biased About Police Officers? Retired FBI Agent, contributor for both CNN and The Washington Examiner James Gagliano is our guest. James talks about his law enforcement career in the FBI. He also talks about the truths about policing from his experience and statistics that the news media doesn't report. Background song Hurricane is used with permission from the band Dark Horse Flyer. If you enjoy the show, please tell a friend or two, or three about it. If you are able to lea...

Police Officers and Race. Is The Media Reporting Truth? His Great Program To Help At Risk Boys. Our Guest King Randall is the founder of The X For Boys, Activist, part of a Law Enforcement Family and more. When he was a teenager his Mother married a Law Enforcement Officer, who has appeared on the First 48 tv show many times as a Homicide Detective. He talks about the facts about Police and Race. Plus, he discusses his program that helps at risk boys called The X For Boys. Follow us on MeWe, Tw...

What Hollywood Gets Wrong about Police Officers. Mark DeMayo is our guest. Mark is a retired N.Y.P.D. Detective, professional actor, stand up comedian and one of the hosts of the Police Off The Cuff podcast. Follow us on MeWe, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Background song Hurricane is used with permission from the band Dark Horse Flyer. If you enjoy the show, please tell a friend or two, or three about it. If you are able to leave an honest rating and, or, review it would be appreciated. Nev...

My Hardest Day as a Police Officer. Life After A Career Ending Injury. Leah Anaya is our guest. She is a retired police officer, her career was ended by a permanent injury. Leah talks about her law enforcement career and her time with the Oakland California Police Department and the day that four other officers were murdered. She discusses the impact that their murders had on her and the police department at the time. Her law enforcement career moved north when she was hired by a Department in W...

Rich Wistocki is our guest. As a retired Police Detective, he has many years of experience investigating and protecting children from internet predators. While he still works as a consultant to keep children safe online, his own recovery from police related trauma has motivated him to spend much of his time to saving the lives of law enforcement, firefighters, military veterans and other first responders from the often devastating physical and mental health effects caused by trauma. You can help...

Serial Killer, The Bi-State Strangler, Investigation and Arrest. Author and former Police Officer Ken Dye is our guest. He talks about his police career and how it lead to writing multiple books. Ken also discusses a serial killer who terrorized the St. Louis area with multiple killings. The killer preyed on women who were often drug addicted and were sex workers in the area. The Bi-State Strangler said he murdered 17 people, some claim the number could be as high as 20, while other investigator...

9 Firefighters Killed During Fire. PTSD Recovery. Travis Howze is our guest. He was a member of the Charleston, SC Fire Department. Travis talks about the horrible fire at the Sofa Store that claimed the lives of 9 heroic brother firefighters. He talks about fighting that fire, and how he and other firefighters searched for and found the bodies of their deceased brothers. He also talks about the devastating impact the trauma had on him and many others. Travis talks about finding post traumatic p...

Homeless Man and Police Officer Became Friends. His Small Size Hid A Huge History. David Yuzuk, retired Aventura Police Officer, is our guest. He talks about his police career and how he became friends with a small homeless man in his patrol area. They would often eat dinner together and during that time, he learned that his friend, despite his very small stature had a huge history. His name was Richard Flaherty and he was the shortest American Combat Veteran in history at that time. He also bec...

Carlos Farina, MS, MCAP, NBCCH, is our guest. Carlos is the Program Director at the Help For Our Heroes Program at Transformations Treatment Center. He is also a Military Veteran and Retired Law Enforcement Officer. Carlos discusses the toll that exposure to repeated trauma took on him, how he got to his new life and how it inspires him to help others. The Help For Our Heroes program is specifically designed for military veterans, police officers, corrections officers, firefighters, paramedics, ...

Pasquale "Pat" Russo, is our guest. Pat is a retired N.Y.P.D. Sergeant. During his career he became heavily involved in the N.Y.P.D. Boxing Program for at risk youth. He was also part of the first group of Community Patrol Officer Program (C-POP) in NY. Pat talks about how he got involved in the N.Y.P.D. Boxing program that was designed to help at risk youth. In addition to talking about the importance of these programs, Pat also discusses how the nationwide trend of defunding police can effect ...

Polie Officer, Is Violence In Our World At An All Time High? Timothy Dimoff is our guest. He is retired from the Akron Police Department he is considered to be one of the nation's leading authorities in high-risk workplace and human resource issues. As a consultant to human resource directors, law enforcement and the media, Dimoff has been called upon to examine evidence from crime scenes, victims and to develop offender profiles. Tim talks about the growing threat of violence and aggression tha...

Police Officer at a Terror Bombing, His Life Afterwards. Peter Killeen, Ed. D is our guest. He is a former police officer and was on scene at the LaGuardia Airport terror bombing attack. Peter talks about working the scene and his life afterwards. He is now a recognized expert on the effects of stress on the law enforcement professional. Peter has worked as a “Therapist, Counselor, Educator, & Author assisting law enforcement professionals to better manage stress, both personally and professiona...

Truth About Anarchy Enabled By Politicians, Blue Lives Matter NYC. They’ve been on Fox News and other tv stations many times. But they’ve probably never been given a platform to reveal the truth about how bad the current anti police climate is and how it is fueled by liberal politicians. Dr. Darrin Porcher, retired NYPD Lt. and Joseph Imperatrice, NYPD Sgt. are our guests. They talk about the policies set forth by politicians that put all of our lives and safety at risk. They discuss the real pu...

Alcoholism Among First Responders, a Firefighter tells his story. A career firefighter who we will call Nick is our guest. He tells his story about alcoholism and how it contributed to the death of his father, a career cop who died by suicide. Nick also talks about his brother who struggled with addiction and died by suicide. He talks in detail about his struggle with alcoholism and his long term sobriety. Nick explains the correlation between P.T.S.D. related symptoms and substance abuse and ho...

My Toughest Days as a State Trooper and D.E.A. Agent. Larry Forletta is our guest. He is a former Maryland State Police Trooper and a retired U.S. D.E.A. agent. After retiring he started working as a private investigator and has been part of several high profile cases, one of which was the “Smiley Face Killer”. Larry talks about the Hollywood myths about police, federal agents and private eyes. He talks about the differences in State Police and the D.E.A. academies and his toughest days as a Tro...

He thought he was prepared and knew self defense until one day his home was the target of a drive by shooting. Dr. Ignatius Piazza tells the story of the attack and how it changed his mission in life. He trained to become an expert in gun safety and self defense. Which led him to leave his medical practice and start Front Sight, one of the nation’s largest and most successful firearms training institutes. He and his team have trained millions in safe operation of and gun self defense. They have ...

Narcos the TV Show. The Real DEA agents that Took Down Pablo Escobar. Retired D.E.A. Agents Javier Pena and Steve Murphy are our guests. Javier and Steve are the DEA Agents whose work in Columbia inspired the hit tv show “Narcos” on Netflix. They both talk about their careers as cops in small towns before joining the DEA. Steve and Javier talk about the many years they spent taking down Pablo Escobar, who at that time was the world’s most powerful narco-terrorist. They shed unique insight about ...

Serial Killers and Rapists. Cop To Forensic Artist. Michael W. Streed is our guest. He is a Retired Police Sgt. and award-winning, internationally recognized, Forensic Facial Imaging Expert. He talks about his career as a street cop in California and how his passion for art eventually led to him becoming an internationally recognized forensic sketch artist. Michael discusses how his childhood passion for art eventually became part of his crime fighting tools. He eventually became part of the Cal...

Canadian and American Police Officers, Similar Threats And Challenges? Dan McGovern is our guest. He is an active duty career member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Dan, a pseudonym, talks openly about the similar threats and challenges that they American and Canadian Police experience. He talks about the effects of the violence and trauma that they face in Canada. Dan also dispels many of the commonly held misconceptions that Americans have about Canadian Police and Canada. Don’t miss thi...

Domestic Violence, including a Murder Suicide Attempt. Meriwether Ball is our guest. She talks about what it took for her to break free from a violent marriage. Meriwether also details the events of an attempted murder - suicide at the hands of her ex husband. She goes into great detail about all the people, including police officers that helped her start her new life. She also discusses the warning signs to look out for in domestic violence relationships. Most importantly, she discusses her hap...

Are Lies and Mistruths Fueling the Anti-Police Movement? Retired D.E.A. Agent Jeffrey James Higgins is our guest. During his career he specialized in fighting Narco-Terrorist groups in America and around the world. In addition to narco-terrorism expertise, he is an author, a media analyst and a speaker on many facets of Law Enforcement. He analyzed the facts behind many of the cases that are cited as the cause of the anti-police movement and sheds light on the facts behind the tragedies. Intere...

Drug Gangs and Violent Crime. Are Politicians Making It Worse? Retired NYPD Lieutenant Peter Pranzo is our guest. He talks about his years policing in the NYPD. Peter talks extensively about the years, the police lives lost, the injuries and close calls in their struggles to rid Harlem of the entrenched and violent drug street gangs. He sheds light on the flow of Heroin into New York City both then and now. And if politicians are freely giving away the hard earned gains in crime reduction by the...

A Police Officer In New York City. War On Cops? Bill Cannon is our guest. Bill is a retired NYPD Detective Sergeant, he is also a professional actor and stand up comedian. He is also one of the hosts in the Police Off The Cuff Podcast. Bill discusses his career in the NYPD and the current war on police from the NY Government. He talks about the realities of being a cop in NYC and his concern caused by the current anti-police climate. Bill also talks about his podcast, his career as a stand up co...