In this episode, Peter and Nick announce the big change that Nick mentioned a couple of episodes ago: this is Nick’s last episode. Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15540615 Now, now, it’s not that they had a spat (which is a good thing, since they are now close-by neighbors), but rather that Nick has taken a new job at…
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For about a year, we’ve tried to bring you interviews with people at the leading edge of law enforcement who speak with us about issues we think are important. It’s been our hope that in doing so, and in discussing issues we think are of keen interest to our listeners. But our listeners are criminal…
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Over Memorial Day, police were forced to combat hundreds of marauding youths who were terrorizing pedestrians and shoppers on Chicago’s chic Miracle Mile. The decisions made by officers were…creative. Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15295633 Peter had been looking for ways to discuss depolicing in Chicago in general, and then this gave him the perfect opportunity. This episode is…
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As you may have seen on Twitter, Peter and Nick took a road trip about 45 minutes east of New York City to beautiful Mineola, New York, which just happens to be the county seat of Nassau County and home to the Nassau County Police Department, which is America’s 13th (might be down to 18th)…
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This was a busy couple of weeks – Nick mentioned the seeming high-volume blip in police officers killed and wounded this year, and Peter mentioned that this blip is statistically not extraordinary. Peter and Nick discuss fatalistic acceptance by younger officers of attacks on officers this year. Listen to “Episode 19: Cops Killed, New Technologies,…
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Peter’s been speaking with Nick for a while about interviewing a dispatcher, because, as he said, “I don’t think many people outside policing understand the relationship between dispatchers and the police.” Peter tells a pretty great story of a woman named Yolanda who worked at a local Dunkin’ Donuts in Baltimore. She was so remarkable…
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Peter is back from his Grecian Spring Break, so Nick went over to Peter’s house, and the podcast returns after several weeks of guest posts and hosts. Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/14544276 Peter and Nick open with a discussion of several police shootings around the country that have risen to the level of nationally relevant news. The two…
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Chuck Wexler is Executive Director of the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), an organization of law enforcement officials dedicated to improving the professionalism of policing. Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/14330461 An impressive number of police chiefs have been associated with PERF, including Bill Bratton, Edward Flynn, Charles Ramsey, Cathy Lanier, John Timoney, Brandon del Pozo, and James O’Neill.…
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Peter and Nick are pleased to be joined by Gordon Graham, the co-founder of the law enforcement policy shop Lexipol. Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/14160044 Gordon had a storied career in law enforcement, which he followed by starting up Lexipol and running Graham Research Consultants. He begins with the observation that police departments can reduce to zero their…
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Nick & Peter discuss the February 14, 2018, mass shooting that occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and the law enforcement response to it. Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/14138410 This podcast covers reports of several Broward County deputies who did not run in and engage the shooter, active shooter training. Note that at the time…
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