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On Being a Police OfficerEp. 73 – Switching Mics: Eric Tung of Blue Grit Wellness Interviews Me on My 15-Year Mission to Support Law Enforcement and the Story Behind This PodcastEp. 73 – Switching Mics: Kent PD Police Commander Eric Tung of Blue Grit Wellness Interviews Me on My 15-Year Mission to Support Law Enforcement and the Story Behind This Podcast. This episode is a crossover with my friend and fellow podcaster Eric Tung of Blue Grit Wellness and Blue Grit Radio. I am honored to have been a guest on his show and to be able to share it here. Here is how Eric described this episode on “Blue Grit Radio:”“If only people understood what we did.. why we do this job.. what it takes.. what it te...2025-06-2439 min
Blue Grit Radio: Improving Police and First Responders of Life through Mindset, Wellness, Leadership224: How to Help Community Understand Police (On Being a Supporter & Telling Our Stories) w/ Abby EllsworthIf only people understood what we did.. why we do this job.. what it takes.. what it tests.. If only they knew we were people, doing our best..I connected with Abby in July 2023 and was humbled to be featured in an interview with her, (ep. 47 of On Being a Police Officer). In it, she called out my "relentless optimism." It was one of the coolest compliments I've heard and part of me wanted to deny it, since optimism is often a struggle and by no means easy. (However, I can't prove her wrong, since I'm still do...2025-06-0540 minOn Being a Police OfficerEp. 72 Kent PD’s Tessa Melville discusses the critical incidents that formed her including responding to a line of duty death and her decision to return to patrol from Detective in Special Assault Unit.Ep. 72 Tessa Melville has been with the Kent Police Department for eight years, though her introduction to law enforcement began much earlier through her stepfather, a police officer, and her mother, a dispatcher. The realities of the job were made very clear before she even started. At just 16 years old, Tessa joined her parents in attending the memorial service for the devastating ambush murders of four Lakewood Police Department officers – known as the Lakewood Four – all of them gunned down as they sat in a coffee shop on a Sunday morning in 2009.With only three months on with...2025-05-291h 17On Being a Police OfficerEp. 71 – Officer Tevon Davis on Losing His Gang Member Brother in a Police ShootoutEp. 71 – Officer Tevon Davis on Losing His Gang Member Brother in a Police ShootoutIn this powerful crossover episode, I co-host alongside former Raleigh Police Officer Cameron Santana on the Santana True Crime podcast.We sit down with Officer Tevon Davis, who shares the deeply personal and emotional story of his older brother Tyre—a Piru Bloods gang member who was killed in a shootout with Norfolk Police after murdering a fellow gang member. For years, Tevon harbored resentment toward law enforcement, unaware of the full circumstances surrounding his brother’s death. His perspective changed only a...2025-05-061h 21
Santana True Crime6. Officer Tevon Davis with Abby EllsworthIn this gripping episode , On Being a Police Officer host Abby joins forces with Santana True Crime to interview Officer Tevon Davis. From growing up in a gang-infested neighborhood and facing the tragic loss of his brother, killed by a police officer, Tevon shares his remarkable journey to becoming an officer himself. This powerful story of redemption, resilience, and giving back explores how one man transformed personal loss into a mission to serve and inspire. Tune in for an unforgettable tale of hope and purpose.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/on_being_a_police_officer?igsh=MWJyMjFqdGk3cG4w...2025-05-061h 26On Being a Police OfficerEp. 70 - From Raleigh PD to True Crime Author: Cameron Santana on his law enforcement career and the Virginia Olson Cold Case.Ep. 70 - From Raleigh PD to True Crime Author: Cameron Santana on his law enforcement career and the Virginia Olson Cold Case. Cameron has 20 years in law enforcement. He started with Raleigh PD in 2005. In our conversation, we jump right in with his first call straight out of the academy – a violent murder scene. Cameron talks about what it’s like hitting the streets with no real world LE experience, being surrounded by chaos and relying on the direction of his Field Training Officer. Then, within short two years, Cameron would go from having an FTO to being an FTO a...2025-04-221h 24On Being a Police OfficerEp. 69 - LAPD Lt. Jeff Wenninger (ret) – Rodney King Riots; rebuilding the Gang CRASH Unit following Rampart Scandal; the importance of leadership and training.Ep. 69 - LAPD Lt. Jeff Wenninger (ret) – Rodney King Riots; Rampart Scandal and rebuilding the Gang CRASH Unit through leadership and teamwork. Jeff Wenninger is a retired LAPD lieutenant with more than 30 years in law enforcement. He started with L.A. County Sheriff in 1991 and was on patrol during the Rodney King riots.He later lateralled to LAPD in 1993 and went on to work with some of the most highly-trained units, including the Metropolitan Division which encompasses SWAT, K9, high risk warrants, bank stakeouts, and more. The areas of focus over his career have included crowd management, hi...2025-04-041h 16
The Intuition IncubatorFrom Capitol Hill to Community Healing: The Real Work of Leadership With Matthew EllsworthWhat happens when your success stops feeling like success? When the title, the recognition, the open doors... no longer match what your inner knowing is whispering (or screaming)?In this episode, I talk with Matthew Ellsworth, Executive Director of the Association of Washington Public Hospital Districts. He’s worn a lot of hats — political advisor, campaign strategist, nonprofit board member, credit union leader — and yet, the thread that runs through it all is curiosity.We talk about what it really means to lead — especially from the second seat — and how hard it can be to pivot w...2025-04-0454 minOn Being a Police OfficerEp. 68 Talking Prison and Street Gangs with Brian “BC” Sanders retired LT and gang culture expert.Ep. 68 Talking Prison and Street Gangs with returning guest and gang culture expert retired Lt. Brian “BC” Sanders. In his 20+ years with a large agency in the southeastern U.S., Brian served on various proactive units including Gang Suppression, homicide, drug unit, aggravated assault and more. He is known for developing sources, actionable gang intelligence, motivating others to learn and work gangs and pushing disruption initiatives to reduce violence.In this episode, we explore the origins, evolution, and power dynamics of prison gangs – why they form, how they recruit, what their initiations or jump-ins look like, how they t...2025-02-251h 20On Being a Police OfficerEp. 67 – NYPD Det. Tom Smith on 9/11, Joint Terrorism Task Force, Rescuing an American Hostage in Afghanistan, Stopping a School Shooter – Part TwoEp. 67 – In Part Two of my interview with NYPD Det. Tom Smith (Ret.) we discuss 9/11 and how the day unfolded for him; what it was like working rescue and recovery at Ground Zero and later at the landfill to identify belongings and remains and the unique emotional toll of trying to identify those we lost.After 9/11, Tom was assigned to the elite FBI/NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) for which he held a Top Secret/SCI clearance. As he says in the interview, “The responsibility was enormous…You have to prevent 9/11 from ever happening again. You are no...2025-01-281h 10On Being a Police OfficerEp. 66 - NYPD Det. Tom Smith (Ret.) Narcotics, Robbery, Gang, Responding to Ground Zero, Joint Terrorism Task Force post 9/11Ep. 66 - Rescuing an American journalist kidnapped in Afghanistan, thwarting a school shooter, responding to Ground Zero on 9/11 - NYPD Det. Tom Smith (Ret.) did all of it in his 30 years with NYPD. Following in his NYPD Detective father’s footsteps, Tom joined NYPD in 1990 and started in patrol in Harlem. Within a few years he joined the anti-crime team and later Narcotics where he became a detective. He then moved into Gang Investigations in 1998 and then the Robbery unit in the Bronx in 1999.It was during his time there that 9/11 happened. We will talk about how the...2025-01-071h 06On Being a Police OfficerEp. 65 Deadly force encounters and the impact on the officer involved; my interview with filmmaker and former police officer Patrick Shaver from 2021.Ep. 65 To mark the four-year anniversary of the podcast, I’m revisiting earlier episodes with content and issues that remain relevant today. This episode is about the impact of a deadly force encounter on the officer, something that is rarely discussed. I review the powerful documentary “Officer Involved” with the filmmaker Patrick Shaver, a former police officer. Over several years Patrick interviewed law enforcement from around the country about their incident and emotional toll it took on them. He also interviewed mental health experts who have researched and written about the subject. We are all sensitive to the tragedy surroundi...2024-12-0241 min
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RoofersCoffeeShopFlintlastic Turns 21 at WRE!In this special live episode of Roofing Road Trips®, Abby Feinstein of CertainTeed joins Heidi J. Ellsworth at the Western Roofing Expo (WRE) to celebrate the 21st anniversary of Flintlastic SA®. That’s over two decades of excellence that Flintlastic self-adhered modified asphalt roofing has been delivering to contractors and building owners. From its ease of installation and affordability to its fume-free, flame-free properties and so much more, CertainTeed has made it easy to 2024-10-2518 minOn Being a Police OfficerEp. 64 Policing without a gun. Three years to qualify to drive lights and sirens. Hertfordshire PD Constable Ross on being a police officer in the UK.Ep. 64 Imagine policing without a gun or not being approved to drive lights and sirens until three years on the job. I’m talking policing in the UK with Constable Ross who is a response officer with the Hertfordshire Police Department which is about an hour outside of London. Ross has three years on and serves in a patrol capacity. We are using only his first name for his privacy. He tells me: “The vast majority of officers are unarmed. In fact, the basic package when you're out of training school is a baton, incapacitate spray, handcuffs, leg restraints and a...2024-10-221h 10
The Comm Center with Drew BreasyMenéndez Brothers: What Do You Believe?The crux of the defense was that Erik and Lyle believed their lives were in danger after they threatened to publicly expose their wealthy and powerful father's abuse. Drew is sympathetic to their story of lifelong assault and mortal fear. Jon sees it as an after-the-fact method of obtaining reduced charges and an eased sentence. Special guest Abby Ellsworth from On Being A Police Officer weighs in with her take. What do you believe? 2024-10-041h 11On Being a Police OfficerEp. 63 National Law Enforcement Suicide Awareness Day 9/26 – my interview with Inspector Steve Hough co-creator of Blue H.E.L.P. from Sept. 2021.Ep. 63 National Law Enforcement Suicide Awareness Day 9/26 – revisiting my interview from Sept. 2021 with Inspector Steve Hough co-creator of Blue H.E.L.P.To mark the four-year anniversary of my podcast I’m taking a look back and reposting a few episodes from the early days with content and issues that remain relevant today. This is about the tragedy of officer suicide, not just the loss of life, but how that loss of life is regarded. We are all keenly aware of the devastating frequency with which we see reports of yet another officer who has taken his...2024-09-2432 minOn Being a Police OfficerWhy I do this podcast – Four Year Anniversary!Why I do this podcast – Four Year Anniversary! It was September 2020 – the height of the riots and civil unrest. I had to find a way to stand up for all of you in law enforcement. The attacks – physical and emotional – and the toll they took were too much. I could not sit idly by. I could not be silent. And so "On Being a Police Officer" began.By then, I had already been working with law enforcement in my area for ten years after the tragic loss of five officers to ambush murders in late 2009, all in less than a...2024-09-1804 minOn Being a Police OfficerEp. 62 Justified or not? The Airman and the Deputy – Fatal Officer Involved Shooting – Breakdown with Daniel Carr of Police Law NewsEp. 62 Justified or not? The Airman and the Deputy – Fatal Officer Involved Shooting – Breakdown with Daniel Carr of Police Law News. Once again, I am turning to Daniel Carr of Police Law News to break down a controversial, tragic incident. This is the incident involving an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Deputy and his response to a domestic disturbance that led to the use of deadly force that took the life of US Air Force Airman Roger Fortson on May 3, 2024. Mr. Fortson answered the door after the deputy announced himself. Mr. Fortson was holding his gun pointed down at the ground. The deput...2024-09-1150 minOn Being a Police OfficerEp. 61 Lawful but awful? Unjustified? The Deputy Grayson – Sonya Massey incident: a breakdown with Drew Breasy and Daniel CarrEp. 61 Lawful but awful? Unjustified? The Deputy Sean Grayson – Sonya Massey incident: a breakdown with Drew Breasy, host of The Comm Center and Daniel Carr of Police Law News. We are covering this together because this is a tough one and it requires thoughtful and thorough analysis. Both Drew and Daniel are returning guests. As many of you know, Drew retired as a lieutenant after serving 29 years with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and Daniel recently retired from the Albuquerque Police Department where he served for 20 years. He also holds a law degree. You’ll see where Daniel, Drew and I...2024-08-2059 minOn Being a Police OfficerEp. 60 ATF Agent Pete Forcelli (Ret) turned whistleblower on Operation Fast and Furious and his new book "The Deadly Path" – Part TwoEp. 60 In Part Two with Pete Forcelli, we discuss his promotion in 2007 to ATF Deputy Assistant Director of the Phoenix Division and the series of events that led him to turn whistleblower on the scandal known as Operation Fast and Furious. Pete documents it all in his new book “The Deadly Path: How Operation Fast and Furious and Bad lawyers Armed Mexican Cartels.”It’s a page turning account of his shocking discovery that ATF agents were being ordered by federal prosecutors to let illegally purchased guns cross the border into Mexico so they could be tracked. Unfort...2024-07-1754 minOn Being a Police OfficerEp. 59 ATF Agent Pete Forcelli (ret) and NYPD Homicide Detective (ret) on turning whistleblower on the Operation Fast and Furious scandal and his book The Deadly Path.Ep. 59 ATF Deputy Assistant Director (Ret) and NYPD Homicide Detective (Ret) Pete Forcelli joins me to talk about testifying before Congress as a whistleblower in the Operation Fast and Furious scandal. Pete documents it all in his new book “The Deadly Path: How Operation Fast and Furious and Bad lawyers Armed Mexican Cartels.”In this episode, Part One of my conversation with Pete, we begin with his career with NYPD. Pete started out walking a foot beat in the Bronx in 1987. Later, as a Homicide Detective, he conducted federal investigations into violent gangs involved in homicide or racket...2024-07-0947 min
Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma StoriesPolice In Baltimore, Four Gun Fights. Impact of TV News. Special EpisodePolice In Baltimore, Four Gun Fights. Impact of TV News. Special Episode. The intense and often misunderstood world of a Baltimore Police Officer. This episode sheds light on the trauma and realities faced by cops in Baltimore, debunking the myths spread by TV news and social media like Facebook and Instagram about police work in American cities. In this special episode John J. Wiley sits down with Abby Ellsworth on her "On Being A Police Officer" podcast to share his harrowing experiences during his tenure with the Baltimore Police Department. Wiley recounts being involved in four officer-involved...2024-06-1956 minOn Being a Police OfficerEp. 58 - 96 shots: misplaced focus in the Dexter Reed incident – Breakdown with Daniel Carr of Police Law NewsEp. 58 - Breakdown with Daniel Carr of Police Law News. This is a special episode to discuss an incident that took place in March 2024 involving Dexter Reed, a 26-year-old black male who was fatally shot while engaged in a gun battle with officers in Chicago following a traffic stop. He did not follow commands to roll down his window and exit the vehicle. He then shot a police officer, wounding him. Officers returned fire to stop the threat.I don't often cover incidents that are in the news, but I felt this was important because of how i...2024-05-1548 minOn Being a Police OfficerEp. 57 Dexter Pitts on riots, race, the anti-cop narrative and more. Pt 2.Ep. 57 In Part 2 of my interview with Officer Dexter Pitts, we pick up with Dexter's departure from the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) after 12 years to become a US Border Patrol agent. It's a fascinating conversation about what the job really is, what he sees as the issues at the border, and why the job was not for him.Then we get to 2020. Dexter talks about how sure he was that Louisville would not fall into the chaos he saw erupting in Minneapolis. Yet as he watched the news, he saw his city succumbing to the same...2024-05-071h 04On Being a Police OfficerEp. 56 Dexter Pitts on nearly losing his life, nearly taking his life, and ultimately finding purpose as a law enforcement officer. Part 1 of 2.Ep. 56 Dexter Pitts is well known to many of you as the author of “I Am Pitts: Memoirs of an American Patriot” and his “I Am Pitts” podcast. Whether you know Dexter or not, you will definitely enjoy this interview. This is Part One of Two.Dexter is a decorated, medically retired U.S. Army veteran who proudly served with the 10th Mountain Division in Iraq in 2004 as a machine gunner. We talk about the incident that nearly took his life and for which he received the Purple Heart.We cover his early days in law enfor...2024-04-3058 min
Beyond the Uniform with The LT's Daughter14. Active Officer Interview: Mental health on and off the job & leaving a legacy for his children with Mike P.Today’s episode features an active police officer who wants to share about the importance of family and mental health, as a police officer. Mike has been a cop for about 8 years. He is married with two young daughters.He was also recently featured on Abby Ellsworth’s Podcast - On Being a Police Officer.Balancing work, life, mental health, and family can be tough but is so important and I really enjoyed listening to Mike’s perspective on things as again, he is an active officer and is raising a young family of his own. H...2024-04-021h 09On Being a Police OfficerEp. 55 Scott Medlin - Giving up his 15-year law enforcement career and embarking on a mission to help LEOs survive and thrive.Ep. 55 - Scott Medlin found his calling as a police officer, a career he wanted since high school. After his deployment with the Marine Corps in 2003 and 2005 for Operation Iraqi Freedom, Scott fulfilled his dream and joined a police department in North Carolina. His most thrilling role was as K9 handler; he loved tracking and “the adrenaline rush of running in, not knowing what you're going to come up on.” But his commitment to the job was overtaking his life and taking its toll on his family. He decided to leave the streets to become a School Resource Officer (SRO...2024-03-291h 09On Being a Police OfficerEp. 54 Long-term Deep Undercover with Det. Matt Pitcher (Ret.)Ep. 54 Det. Matt Pitcher (Ret.) on working long-term deep undercover: creating and maintaining an identity; going years without spending time with family knowing that one slip could cost him the case – or his life. Matt and I connected on Instagram when he posted photos from his two long-term deep undercover cases. The visual instantly conveyed, more than words ever could, what it was like to risk his life for years as those two people. The stories are both fascinating and haunting, and they show the commitment and sacrifice that officers and agents like Matt make doing this work. 2024-02-191h 21On Being a Police OfficerEp. 53 Officer Mike, seven years on, juggling the job and a young familyEp. 53 Officer Mike from a mid-sized agency in the Mid-Atlantic has been in law enforcement for seven years. He wrote to me saying, “I want to discuss the mental health aspect of the job and juggling it with family life. I've been married for about five years. We have two daughters who are four and almost two. I've gone through times when I see things at work that hit me in a way that I can't keep bottled up. Calls with children are what hit home the most. I tend to be pretty open with my family about what I...2024-02-0250 minOn Being a Police OfficerEp. 52 Addressing public misperceptions of police ethics, training, use of force and more with Lt. Jared Ross, Arlington TX PDEp. 52 Lt. Jared Ross of the Arlington TX Police Department contacted me to discuss the public's misperceptions of police ethics, training, accountability, use of force and more. Jared has been with the department for 18 years and is currently Patrol Commander. He also is the department’s primary instructor for Ethics & Professionalism.He says, “whenever I hear the media or members of the public allude to the fact that we're undertrained or that we don't care about training, we don't value education or professional development, it's completely not true. And that's one of the things I wanted to be ab...2024-01-071h 14
Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths, and Double Kidnapping of Dr. EllsworthChapter 4 - The library and Mt. Angel / An invitationDr. Ellsworth deepens our relationship and invites me to visit Mt. Angel Abby. I am escorted into her museum-like house which contains an extensive library. The very next day after class she extends a serious offer.If you enjoy this story, feel free to Venmo: @Ross-Eliot-3 or Palpal: agcr308@yahoo.com2024-01-0614 min
Hard Time: A Look At The Law Inside The Walls4. Cut Him Down: The Murder of Jeffrey EpsteinAbby Ellsworth from the podcast "On Being A Police Officer" is a civilian who seeks to reveal the truth of the lives of those in law enforcement. Jon appeared on her episode #41, and now Abby is back to return the favor in the first of a multi-episode interview. 2023-12-2731 minOn Being a Police OfficerEp. 51 – (Ret.) Officer Eric Hofstein - from street to transit cop, defining moments and saving lost souls.Ep. 51 Joining me is Eric Hofstein who was in law enforcement for 27 years and recently retired in 2021. After working as an EMT, he made the switch to law enforcement working with agencies in CA and FL before becoming a transit officer for BART, The Bay Area Rapid Transit System. We cover two of the most defining moments in his career. The first as a deputy with the Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office, responding to the line-of-duty shooting death of California Highway Patrol Officer Kenyon Youngstrom, an incident that, as Eric says, was the final straw for him emotionally and fore...2023-12-021h 19On Being a Police OfficerEp. 50 - NYPD Cold Case Det. Jason Palamara (Ret.) - responding to 9/11, solving cold cases, supporting LEOs and Veterans as a crisis counselor.Ep. 50 – NYPD Cold Case Det. Jason Palamara (Ret.) was with the department for 20 years and recently retired in 2020. Prior, he served in the U.S. Navy for three years. I've long wanted to interview a homicide or cold case detective about the challenges of their work and because of what I see as the public’s misperceptions of their commitment.We start with the inauspicious beginning to his law enforcement career. He writes on his LinkedIn page, “I became a cop on July 2, 2001. Two months later, I would respond to Ground Zero.” We discuss his memories of that day...2023-10-281h 02On Being a Police OfficerEp. 49 14-year-old Tyler wants to be a police officer.Ep. 49 I am welcoming 14-year-old Tyler from the Midwest. He emailed me with a very important message about his hope to be a police officer. We recorded this interview a week before he started high school. And I did get permission from his mom!In his email Tyler wrote, “Dear Abby, I'm a 14-year-old-boy from the Midwest. I absolutely love listening to your podcast. I plan one day to be a police officer. I was hoping you could share my story on your podcast. Last year, in eighth grade, we had a mandatory project. All of the eig...2023-09-1950 minOn Being a Police OfficerEp. 48 Seattle PD Lt. Brandon James on working undercover narcotics, ICAC, School Resource Officer and more.Ep. 48 Joining me is Lt. Brandon James who has 24 years with the Seattle Police Department. Much of our conversation focuses on his role supervising the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and the dedication of these detectives to saving our children from predators. I interviewed a detective in this unit more than a decade ago and that conversation has never left me. Brandon and I review the challenges for ICAC detectives in maintaining wellness considering what they are exposed to in these investigations.We begin the interview with a subject that I feel strongly about: the ro...2023-08-301h 10On Being a Police OfficerEp. 47 Kent PD’s Sgt. Eric Tung – Relentless Optimism for Law EnforcementEp. 47 Kent (WA) Police Department’s Sgt. Eric Tung, known to many of you through his Blue Grit Wellness platform, joins me today to look back on his 16 years in law enforcement, and to look toward the future not just for him and his department, but for all law enforcement with what I call “relentless optimism.” First, we take a look back at Eric's career which started in 2007, just two years before the 2009 ambush murders of Seattle PD Officer Timothy Brenton and of the Lakewood Four, as they are known. We discuss our shared experience of that difficu...2023-07-191h 10On Being a Police OfficerEp. 46 The LT’s Daughter – Katherine Boyle tapping her own experience to help LE make family connectionsEp. 46 The LT’s Daughter Katherine Boyle joins me to talk about her mission to help police officers who want more connection with their families. Katherine is the first law enforcement family member I’ve interviewed on this podcast. It’s important to me to do so as I have learned law enforcement is a family job, one that requires sacrifice and commitment from all. Katherine’s story is unusual in that her childhood was not unusual. She shares all the ways in which her father partnered with her mother to keep the job from negatively affecting their fami...2023-07-0550 minOn Being a Police OfficerEp. 45 Meet NYPD’s and LAPD’s Knocko NolanEp. 45 Knocko Nolan has served on two of the country’s largest and finest police departments, NYPD and LAPD where he is now currently a detective sergeant. While on patrol, Knocko worked Brooklyn and Manhattan, as well Hollywood and downtown Los Angeles including Skid Row.In his nearly three decades of service, Knocko has been on a wide range of units including Narcotics, Vice, the Career Criminal Unit where he tracked and investigated violent repeat offenders; the infamous anti-gang unit CRASH where he collected intelligence on street and prison gangs and participated in undercover, reverse-sting operations; a Sp...2023-06-101h 11On Being a Police OfficerEp. 44 Talking street gangs with B.C. SandersEp. 44 B.C. Sanders is widely known for his expertise in gang culture based on insights he draws from 20 years in law enforcement. He is with a large agency in the southeastern United States and has served on a number of units in addition to gang including drug unit, aggravated assault, homicide and more.B.C. began studying the inner workings of gangs from the time he was a rookie patrol officer when “gangs were just taking off in the South.” He went straight to the source – gang members themselves – to understand why they form and how they opera...2023-05-031h 18
Failure To Stop292. NIGHTSHIFT: The Case of Sky MetalwalaOn November 6, 2011, the town of Bellevue, Washington, was rocked. Julia Biryukova was taking her two year old son to the doctor in the wake of an illness. Her car ran out of gas along the highway, and she left on foot to seek assistance, leaving the toddler alone in his seat. She returned to an empty car, and little Sky has never been seen again. But why didn't she have her phone or wallet with her? A bitter divorce had taken place and a custody battle ensued. We will talk culture, mental health, and public perception in the wake...2023-04-191h 29