6.8.2026 - Marine Sniper Journey, License Plate Readers, Community Safety

Send us Fan MailToday’s show had a little bit of everything: Julie Mason and Adam Hall held down the fort while Neal Larson was out, and we started with an incredible conversation with veteran Brandon Seine. Brandon walked us through his path from small-town Montana to the Marines—boot camp at Camp Pendleton, infantry life, and the intense sniper indoc process that really tested his limits. He shared what it felt like to go from “peacetime military” to the reality of post‑9/11 deployment, including the early days in Kuwait when they were literally dropped into the desert with almost no infrastructure and waited for the moment things turned real.From there, Brandon explained his transition into private contracting—protecting U.S. interests overseas and later moving into executive protection and then cybersecurity at Microsoft. That career arc helped shape what he’s building now: **HYV Social**, a veteran-founded app designed to solve a real problem—disconnection and isolation—by making it easier for people to find nearby friends and discover events in real time, without ads, without algorithms, and with strong privacy controls (including user-controlled data retention). In hour two, Idaho Falls Police Chief Bryce Johnson joined Julie and Adam to answer listener questions and explain what **Flock** cameras are (license plate readers), how Idaho law limits their use and retention, and why the department believes they’re a major tool for catching violent offenders and solving serious crimes—while also addressing concerns about surveillance, misuse, and accountability.---### Highlights- Brandon Seine’s Marines timeline: Montana → boot camp → infantry → sniper indoc → post‑9/11 deployment realities  - How Brandon went from overseas dignitary/security contracting to Microsoft security—and why that led to building **HYV Social**  - HYV Social’s core idea: real-time nearby connections + discoverable events, built to get people off the phone and into real life  - Chief Bryce Johnson breaks down Flock/license plate readers: constitutionality, 30‑day retention, and how they’re used to solve crimes  - Quick hits: Idaho Falls kratom sales ban (city-level), alcohol ordinance cleanup, right-on-red vs red-arrow clarification, and local crime trendsLet’s talk advertising. When you want to advertise on the radio, you call the station, right? But what about Facebook, Instagram, Hulu, Disney+, Peacock, and other streaming platforms?You could try clicking around, reading books, or taking online courses to figure it out—or you can let us handle it. At Sandhill Media Group, we’re your local experts in both radio and digital marketing.Visit SandhillMediaGroup.com today.<a href="https://www.sandhillmediagrou