Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Can one teach an advanced fitness and diet class in 30 minutes via Podcast? "You damn right!" -Shaft (if you haven't seen this police classic with Samuel L, get it together) Have previous episodes loosely cover these topics? You damn right. Upon review, was more detail needed? You damn right. Listen for a detailed layout that will unquestionably do several things: - Bring awareness to your dietary and fitness h...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Good morning! In a couple weeks, I will be featured as a guest on the podcast Badges Bullets and Blunders. Pasted one of their previous episodes below. I have begun publishing some stories of mine on the app Substack. See below. Here are some hobbies that might keep you sane while managing the street and your life. I kept the write up short because it’s only six minutes so I know you’ll be listening. Enjoy. LEO http...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Law enforcement is generally pretty subjective and we as LEOs are given ample discretion on how we perform our duties. Over the last few years, I've seen some LEOs rise, I've seen LEOs fall. Same with attorneys on both sides, jailors, etc. Heck, my original Chief of Police got federally indicted while I was working there and served years in prison. Some of these opinions are likely to keep you out of hot ...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. The holiday is over, you've over-eaten, not worked out, neglected sleep and done everything else wrong. Forgive yourself! Being consistent to family, friends, co-workers and you means applying discipline over a period of time. This last episode before December will help you get through the holiday season without neglecting sleep (to be covered next), diet, exercise, your job, and more! Please join me for 15 minutes,...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. We've all heard in training that domestic disputes / assaults can be soooooooooo high risk. Then we get on patrol, ride 10 of them a week, and complacency sets in. We're arresting husbands in front of wives and brothers in front of brothers and nothing is happening... This episode will provide you with some ideas on how to safely, fairly and efficiently manage a high frequency call. With Thanksgiving just arou...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. The obvious follower to the weapons episode - LESS LETHAL! From pepper spray to super socks, from tasers to flashbangs. Let's discuss a great variety of less lethal weapons - weapons not designed to kill a person - and how to use and deploy them effectively. Know your policy, know your less lethal tools, and become more effective in gaining compliance from those that are not! -LEO Support the show https://www.faceb...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Your agency likely tells you what to carry as far as weapons - rifle, pistol, shotgun. This episode is designed to get us thinking about the options we DO have, and to get management thinking about how choosing the correct weapon systems will make police officers safer and more effective. We will not only be discussing what weapons to use, but what modifications to these weapons could make them more effective tools. ...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. I have harped on the 4th Amendment to the point that we're all ready to throw up. So let's do it some more! An episode on Consensual Encounters released last month, and it's a gamechanger. Knock and Talks are simply an extension of this - it is a consensual encounter, but at someone's home. Why would you ever do this? Go to someone's house without any probably cause, knock on their door, and talk to them...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. If you've been in law enforcement more than 15 minutes, you have dealt with someone with a severe mental condition. You may realize there's something off with this individual immediately, or it may be later in the interaction that they mention the aliens listening in on their phone or the FBI hiding in their attic and stealing their flour. I don't say those things to make fun of these folks - I say it because it's r...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Today is the birthday of the United States Marine Corps. The greatest fighting institution that the world has ever seen is 250 years old. Founded in a small bar in Philadelphia in 1775. It has evolved with every conflict and served as the tip of the spear all over the world. First to fight! I wish a happy birthday to all the Marines that are still serving, but in a different manner. Transitioning to serving their communit...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Over the past couple decades, I've seen a shift from more "old school" police tactics to a desire by upper management to utilize intelligence led AKA intelligence driven policework. What this means from 1,000 feet up is often similar - using various types of intel to do the job better. The way it is applied on the ground varies greatly. How is intel being collected? Once collected, how is it being used? ...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. As supervisors you will be expected to evaluate your employees and you will be evaluated by higher level supervisors. As employees and police officers, you can expect to be formally evaluated on your performance. Your boss may be asked to put a number 1-5 on how you have performed in different areas from job knowledge to communication skills and everything in between. As the supervisor, it can be difficult. Mo...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Welcome to November! I have so much content already recorded that I was planning to only use that this month. However, an old friend, that is a new police sergeant reached out to me and asked me to do an episode on employee evaluations. That will drop tomorrow! I hope this helps him and others to make employee evaluations less of a source of stress and more of a source of open communication and a finding of common ground....

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Good morning, good morning! The last couple months have been interesting around the country and the world. Troops on the streets of DC, troops on the way to Chicago / Portland and then diverted, troops on the streets of Memphis. Several interviews this month with a career attorney and soldier lead me further to believe that the potential for this to be a step in the right direction is here! He discusses the importance of ...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. 21 minutes of easy tips and guidance to make you a better report writer. If you think you're already the best you can be...you're lying to yourself, but OK. But seriously, if you take one or five things away from this episode that will strengthen a case, protect your job or make the most boring part of the job easier, then it was worth it, right? I hope you get a huge thrill from this and I challenge you to send it ...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. "Leadership is Service" sounds cool and like it'll always be easy. Serve your people, they'll serve you, they'll get ahead, you'll feel good. Not everyone is easy. Some folks make it hard to be a supervisor. This episode will get into the dark underbelly of supervision. When do you transition from soft words and empathy to a hard talk? When does that move to a written reprimand or suspension? Yes, ...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. The 4th Amendment - which protects US citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government - has exceptions. One of these exceptions is CONSENT! Most police think of the 4th Amendment to apply to searches. Think also of seizures of persons. If you forcibly stop someone - blue lights, sirens, commands, handcuffs - you have seized their body. If they consent to speaking with you...you'r...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. In the final episode with Lt. Col. Rardin, he will discuss Memphis crime and juvenile justice. As a man that has practiced law almost as long as I've been alive, and done it in a tough town, he is more qualified than anyone I've ever known to discuss this topic. Kevin discusses the problems and offers innovative solutions that I believe will make Memphis a better place to live if these solutions are applied. ...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Memphis, TN has garnered White House attention, and not in the best way. The beautiful city that sits at the Western tip of Tennessee, touching Mississippi to the South and Arkansas and the Mississippi River to the West, has been plagued by issues for a long time. Kevin Rardin spent 33 years prosecuting in the Memphis courthouse located at 201 Poplar Avenue in the heart of downtown. He then spent 6 years...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. In this first interview, Kevin discusses his background and his voluntary deployment to Afghanistan at the age of 49. During this deployment he was awarded the Bronze Star, which to those that don't know, is a really big deal and means he did something WAY above and beyond the norm. He discusses the hardest time of his deployment, which came many years after he returned home. Kevin has been on local news...