Bridget Truxillo, CEO and founder of Protective Wellness, is a former law enforcement officer from Florida and the first woman on the SWAT for her department. She shares her struggles and her triumphs. A brave soul, and a sincere soul to want to give back by providing help to LEOs through her wellness program at myprotectivewellness.com. Bridget is also licensed to practice law as a lawyer in Florida, New York and Texas. She will help you with legal issues and wants to empower LEOs with sound...

Lead Instructor for Calibre Press, Kelly DeVoll joins me on this episode. Kelly’s Law Enforcement career is impressive but more importantly his passion to better the profession through his training and instructing is more impressive. Kelly is a 30 plus year retired Lieutenant and has held various positions from patrolman, to swat supervisor , to command staff level program supervisor. Kelly has taught and instructed innumerable Law Enforcement officers across the United Stated and Canada, and...

Jimmie Wright, a 28 year Law Enforcement veteran, joins me on this episode. Jimmie has unique skill sets that come from being on a unique and elite unit, SWAT Team Lead for NASA, for over 16 years. Jimmie delves into many topics: his own life; his SWAT career, and issues with younger Law Enforcement Officers in modern day policing. Jimmie is also an entrepreneur and weapons designer. He holds three patents on accessories for rifles, and also is the creator and founder of Cicada Tactical...

Brian Gaydos, a recently retired Lieutenant from a Metropolitan DC area police department joins me on this episode. I’m honored to have him back on the podcast and honored to call him a brother and friend. True leadership in my opinion is shown through innate actions and rarely have I seen leadership taught. In working with Brian in my own career I admired his leadership capabilities therefore why I chose to speak about Col. Glover John’s Principles of Soldiering , which equates to...

Ken Frownfelter, a 15 year Police Officer who’s held positions as a Patrol Officer, Traffic Officer, SWAT operator, Crime prevention Officer (public education), Field Training Officer, DT instructor, Use of Force instructor, Citizen Police Academy Intsructor, and has recently accepted the position of School Resource Officer; joins me on this episode. Ken gets vulnerable on his life and his career; and the motivation to start his own podcast called “The What’s Hero Podcast”. It can be heard on...

Andrew Einstein , a Marine Corps Veteran and a 14 year Law Enforcement Officer in the great state of New Jersey joins me on this episode. Andrew talks about his critical incident while on deployment and how coming back to “regular” life he struggled mightily, to the point of planning his own suicide. We talk about how a dog can save your life, which in Andrew’s case his dog Gunner did. Andrew is sharing his story to help others who may be in the same headspace or situation as he once was....

Bill Woolf (Can be found on LinkedIn) a proven expert in all facets of criminal justice with specific focus on gangs and human trafficking. Bill talks about his earlier motivations on becoming a police officer and delves into his career. Bill has seen the horrors of gangs, specifically MS13 , and how they recruit and traffic young girls. We also talk about human trafficking and what the myths and reality are about it. Bill’s resume is impressive and shows his passion for helping human...

“Bitch! Get up!” Is what one brave and resilient officer told herself during her own officer involved shooting. Lindsay McCall Long, a 17 year veteran of Law Enforcement, Retired Police Officer, a mother , a wife , and a daughter talks about her critical incident. She bravely talks about the incident itself, and how it affected her mentally, physically and her family life. Lindsay was medically retired , but continues to provide peer support to those LEOs in need. She’s also a public speaker...

Logan Campbell, of @littlehollowlife and @thedoubleedgedlife on Instagram joins me on this episode. Logan is no stranger to law enforcement. He grew up in a law enforcement family and he himself sacrificed his life to serve the community as well. With over 30 years of family and personal experience in law enforcement, Logan talks about his reasons for leaving the Law Enforcement profession and going into the private sector. He also shedded light on the meaning of the quote, “You may...

Father and daughter, Michael and Katherine Boyle join me on this episode . Katherine is the daughter of a retired Law Enforcement Lieutenant. Katherine started a support group and online community to help LEOs find a positive outlet and support network. The influences of how successful her father was in work/life balance was an inspiration for the development of her online community, The Courageous One’s. Michael Boyle is a 30- year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department, having spent...

Brendan Gardiner, a Marine Corps and Law Enforcement Veteran joins me on this episode. He’s served in many roles throughout his career ; from being a big city police officer with the San Francisco PD to now being a Federal Law Enforcement Instructor training the future officers/agents of law enforcement. Brendan presents his view of the problem with leadership in local agencies and also delves into the leadership qualities he admires most. Brendan is a leader himself by training new recruits...

Detective Corporal Jeff Engel joins me on this episode. A 20 year Air Force Veteran and a 16 year Law Enforcement Veteran talks about his early influences into becoming a military member to transitioning to law enforcement. He delves into his own mental health journey with attending Boulder Crest (https://bouldercrest.org/), a non profit organization that helps First Responders and Military Veterans who are in need of help. Further, Jeff talks about how “verbal judo” is a key to success to...

Rod Sanchez, a Retired Active Duty Army First Sergeant joins me on this episode. He served during Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom II, Operation Enduring Freedom ) and has been an instructor at Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for the past 9 years. He talks about his great military career where he is the recipient of the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. He further speaks about the importance of training and how that training saved him and his team on the day he was...

Josiah Blalock (“JB”) a retired Army Major, joins me on this episode. JB has a storied career, highlighted by serving with the 75th Ranger Battalion, 101st Airborne Division and multiple overseas deployments to include Ramadi, Iraq, Afghanistan and Asia for the Global War on Terror. He received the valor award for action in combat among numerous other awards in his actions and deployments. JB shares his story of PTSD and how it effected him in his transition from the military to Civilian...

Prince William County Police Department in Northern VA are doing amazing things with how they treat and foster a culture of positive mental health. I’m joined by Vickie Taylor and Kelly Tappenbeck, both Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW) and both part of a team that provides positive mental health coping skills to the men and women of Prince William County Police Department. Within a couple years this department suffered several tragedies that involved suicide and on duty incidents that...

Dr. Lisa Grossman joins me on this episode. Dr. Lisa Grossman, President and Founder of SMR Performance Consulting, is an expert in performance psychology and mental health training with extensive experience working with military and law enforcement agencies, healthcare providers, combat and wounded veterans, corporations and employees, and professional athletes. In addition to providing training and consulting services through SMR, Dr. Grossman is a Peak Performance Team Lead for HRS...

Brendan King, CEO and Founder of Crisis Consultant Group (https://www.crisisconsultantgroup.com/brendan-king/ ) joined me on this episode. Brendan also has over two decades of military and law enforcement experience. He has provided de-escalation and active threat training to over 300 corporations, some of which are on FORBES 500 list. Mr. King talks about his early struggles, and how that led to a path of self discovery and persistence in wanting to become a law enforcement officer. He...

Rey Narvaiz, a Marine Corps veteran of 8 years where he saw combat and got wounded, and served in counter intelligence , joins me on this episode. He transitioned out of the Marine Corps into the Executive Protection world where he’s an expert at being a silent professional. He’s protected heads of state and CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and survived an ambush attack on one of his tours in Iraq. Rey is a warrior and skilled in protection and his insights are great . He talks about LE and the...

John Imperial, host of The Pointman Podcast, and military and law enforcement veteran joins me on this episode. John doesn’t hold back on his views and insights of what law enforcement lacks in training but does speak truth on the community aspect of what law enforcement officers do in their own communities . John is also trained as a medic in the military and hold the position of the medic on his departments SWAT team. Most importantly , John is an advocate for mental wellness and provides...

Travis, an 8 year law enforcement veteran in the D.C area joins me and talks about everything from race relations in policing; family; respect and accountability. Travis doesn’t mince words and provides a great perspective on his career and the lessons he’s learned and how he’s teaching his boys the important lessons now. Travis is also the host of his own podcast called “The Perfect Cast” where he talks about a myriad of topics. Travis can be followed on all major platforms by @_travis23....

Connie Bates, a 25 year law enforcement veteran of a large department within the DC , MD , VA area joins me on this episode where we talk about her great career in detective work in several high profile divisions. She was a major crimes detective, specifically involving narcotics, sex crimes, child abuse, homicide and ending her career in cold case. Connie talks about the positive compartmentalizations she utilized in surviving her career and all that she experienced and saw through her case...

On this episode I’m joined by creators and founders of the very successful podcast “Project Sapient”, Peter and Ayman. Both are veteran and active law enforcement officers from the Northeast and have a wealth of knowledge and experiences from their life and career. They do not hold back their views and insights on a myriad of topics such as qualified immunity ; leadership in policing ; and how policing needs to focus on winning the hearts & minds by utilizing a special forces mentality...

Eric Provow and Meg Hawkins are a married first responder couple. Eric, in the fire service and Meg an active law enforcement officer in the DC metropolitan area. They delve into how they met , and their marriage. Most vulnerably they talk about the struggles of living with PTSD; from a spouses support standpoint to Eric’s diagnosis of PTSD. They present the signs and symptoms to look for , and also provide great insight into healthier and better mindful techniques in combating PTSD. They...

In this episode Tony McNeil, a retired LEO from Michigan joins me. He’s a podcast creator of the successful show “The Off Duty Podcast” ( https://theoffdutypodcast.com/ ) that highlights the lives of men and women in law enforcement. Tony opens up about respect, his 3 strike rule, and the issues in today’s policing. Tony also gets vulnerable and talks about his adversities both on and off the job. I love this episode because you can feel the infectious laughter and positivity that Tony...