Episodes

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...