Episodes

9-11 Pentagon Terror Attack Brought Him To Brink, Healing from the Trauma. Sheriff’s Captain J.P. McMichael is our guest. He talks about responding to the Pentagon after the 9-11 terror attack. J.P. discusses the scene and how the effects from the trauma created havoc in his life and almost cost him his life. He talks about his recovery, his law enforcement career afterwards and how the PTS motivates him to help others. One of his passions is writing children's books, to help them deal with PTS ...

Music, Healing for Police Officers, Veterans and First Responders? Michael Caimona President of the Warrior Music Foundation is our guest. He is a US Navy veteran he has deployed throughout the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Michael grew up in a Law Enforcement family and has spent most of his life around veterans, cops and other first responders.After serving in the Military he started seeing a need for additional programs to help our veterans, cops and first responders heal from the mental and ...

State Trooper Brother Died By Suicide. Changed Him as a Cop and in Life Jim Banish a 20+ year patrol officer for the Warren County New York Sheriff’s Office is our guest. In 2008 his life and career took on a whole new path after his brother Lt. Joseph Banish NYSP took his life on April 1st. For several years after his life became very tumultuous and he was suffering from deep depression directly related to his job and the traumas that he had experienced over his career. Jim talks about his brot...

State Trooper Brother Died By Suicide. Changed Him as a Cop and in Life. Retired Montgomery County Md. Police Officer Mollie Stone is our guest. She talks about growing up in a law enforcement family and her career as a police officer. Mollie shares the highs, lows and her unique perspective on law enforcement. She shares about the unexpected and traumatic death of her good friend and fellow police officer. After the years and untold amount of trauma experienced in her career, her friend’s death...

Sex Abuse of Children, Survival and Warning Signs Everyone Should Know. As a child Mark Belenchia was sexually abused by a priest for years. Mark talks about the process that the predator used to groom him, other sex abuse victims and their families. He discusses the long, on going process of his recovery. Mark talks about the warning signs that preceed long term sex abuse, signs that everyone should know. Plus, Mark details how his experience, both during and after motivates him to help others....

Training For the Gunfight, Police Officers Hope It Never Happens. Retired Wilmington Delaware Police Sergeant Dennis O'Connor is our guest. He talks about the shooting incidents that he was in during his law enforcement career. Dennis speaks about how training for most law enforcement officers is not adequate for the potential violence that we all face. He discusses the amount of liability that most jurisdictions face as a result of potential gunfights. Dennis, speaks about the training that Gov...

Ex Police Officer, Railroaded By DOJ? Pardoned After She Served 10 Years. Former Police Officer and K9 handler Stephanie Mohr is our guest. She talks about the routine call for back up as a police K9 Officer that eventually launched an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. Stephanie talks about the extraordinary steps that they went to prosecute her, including a retrial and bringing back an illegal immigrant from another country to testify against her. She talks about the eventual con...

Police Officers Abandoned after Being Wounded in the Line Of Duty. Retired Police Lieutenant Randy Sutton is our guest. In addition to being retired from the Las Vegas Metro Police Department, he has starred in the television series “Cops”, also starred in several movies and has also written many books. He talks about his law enforcement career and the many common misconceptions about police work. Randy also discusses the disturbing national trend of wounded officers injured in the line of duty ...

Shooting, Violence and Trauma, Life After his Police Career. Retired Police Sergeant Michael Sugrue is our guest. Michael talks about his career in law enforcement and his life afterwards. He discusses the call when he was forced to shoot an armed and dangerous suspect. Michael shares about that deadly encounter, plus a close call with an armed suspect. He talks about those incidents, combined with all the events in his police career and how they effected his physical, mental and emotional well-...