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Brownie In Blue
by M C
“BROWNIE” = Latino ; “BLUE” = Law Enforcement. A platform to provide commentary from the lives of a diverse population of Law Enforcement. A behind the scenes look at what law enforcement officers experience in and outside of the uniform. Providing the good, the bad and the ugly; their TRUTH from their own experiences and struggles. This podcast welcomes all views from the Law Enforcement community. The diversity in Law Enforcement is vast and wide and their voices need and should be heard.
Episodes
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Protective Wellness
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...
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Calibre Press
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...
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NASA SWAT
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...
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Principles of Leadership
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...
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What is a Hero?
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…
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Surviving Until Tuesday
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...
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Human Trafficking
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...
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“Bitch! Get up!”
“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...
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Don’t be Defeated
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…
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The Courageous Ones
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...
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A Calling!
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...
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Options and Not Threats
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...
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The importance of Training
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…
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W.I.N (What’s Important Now)!
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…
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The Resiliency Center
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...
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Optimal Performance
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...
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The Return to an Alpha Male
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…
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The Silent Professional
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…
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COMMUNITY
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...
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Core Values: Family, Accountability, Respect
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...
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Show me! Don’t tell me.
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…
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Project Sapient
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…
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Married with PTSD, A Couples Story
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...
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3 Strike Rule
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…
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The Man In the Arena
I’m joined by the Founder/CEO , Frank, and Vice President, Cristina, of the non profit organization Reps For Responders (https://repsforresponders.org/). Frank is a current law enforcement officer in the state of New York , and his significant other, Cristina is a avid cross fitter and power…
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Wellness for Warriors
Meghan Kelley and Jeanna Marie Saccoccio , co-founders of Wellness for Warriors (https://www.wellnessforwarriors.live/) joins me on this episode l. These amazing women have made it their mission to support and help first responders in providing a myriad of wellness techniques , and individual...
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Don’t be a zoo lion!
Chad Lyman, (http://code4combat.net/about-us.html ; @c4c_operator Instagram; https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC_SBi325bO1fDf-fIlhrbhQ) joins me on this episode. Chad is a wealth of knowledge in all things Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) and how it’s techniques and training directly correlates to…
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“Who’s going to be there?..” -Lt. Dave
Lt. Dave joins me on this episode. Dave has almost two decades of law enforcement experience in a major metropolitan police department in the D.C , Maryland, Virginia area. He has been assigned to specialty bureaus as well as supervised several coveted detective bureaus in his department. Despite...
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TINSA-Traumatic Induced Sexual Addiction by Dr. Michael Barta
Dr. Michael Barta (https://www.drmichaelbarta.com/), a renown doctor in treating addictions, specifically sex addiction joins me on this episode. Dr. Barta breaks down the three brains and the usage for each in how we regulate trauma. He also gives his expertise in dissecting how childhood trauma...
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PTSD- A Warriors Story
Joe Locus, founder and CEO of 1st Responders PTSD Connection ( https://ptsd.help/about/meet-joe/), a non-profit organization, joins me on this episode. Joe, 20+ plus years law enforcement veteran and medically retired , talks about his own struggles with PTSD and his triumphs. Joe Locus is a...
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Condition Yellow
Mike, a military and LE veteran, joins me on this episode. Mike has an impressive resume. He has expertise in training and instructing on all levels with military, law enforcement, and currently with unknown government special operators. Mike provides his extensive knowledge and provides great...
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The Ripple Effect
Saly, a victims rights advocate, speaks to help she provides to victims/witnesses of violent crime and/or abuse. Saly has been in the advocacy of victims for over two decades. She works intimately with the victims and their families along with with the major crimes detectives who are…
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“It’s OK! You’re not alone.”
Eric, a 16 year Law Enforcement Officer in Southern California , joins me as my guest. His career has unfolded where he’s been a great role model for disenfranchised Latin youth and has been the face and representative for his Agency in international teaching and training to Latin American...
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“Wellness” defined !!
My New Year of 2021 guest Mr. James Geering (https://www.jamesgeering.com/about) provides great information on what “wellness” truly is and how that correlates with first responders. He delves into how sleep deprivation effects the first responder, as well as what can be done to change the…
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The S.W.A.T perspective! Use of force in policing goes beyond what you see on TV.
Howie Scott (https://www.crisisconsultantgroup.com/howie-scott/) provides his expert insight into use of force and the training that goes into being a SWAT operator. More importantly, Howie talks about how training is the most important aspect of teaching officers and recruits. He also provides a...
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Let’s get spiritual! Can all cops be “spiritual” and find meaning on the streets?
Matt Domyancic ( bio: https://www.globalassociates.org/matt-domyancic/ ) joins me on this incredible episode about spirituality and what that means? and how does it relate to Law Enforcement Officers? Matt dives deep into explaining that “spirituality” encompasses more than just stating your a...
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It Takes a Village
Q Hart joins on this episode . He’s an 18 year old that is wise beyond his years and a former basketball player of mine that is now playing in college. He provides the youth perspective on law enforcement and provides the insight how his upbringing in an African American household has shaped his...
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Mind Over Matter
Marc Hildebrand, veteran of the LAPD , joins me on this episode. He provides his story and describes his transformation through his career and his personal life. He gives incredible commentary of his struggles with his health and mindset and how those struggles were the catalyst to the positive…
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Brownie In Blue Meets the World
Who I am; my background; and my reasons for the podcast. Tackling today’s big issue of policing in America!
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The LEO’s backbone...the spouse!
Charlie joins me on this episode. She is a law enforcement spouse and she provides a unique perspective hardly ever focused on. She’s a mother , a wife , and most importantly the biggest support system to her Law Enforcement husband. She goes through in depth feelings about what she’s undergone…
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TAKE OFF YOUR ARMOR!
Matt Domyancic joins me on this episode and tackles the mental health issues of policing. He provides vast and in depth knowledge on how mental health is the key to a sustainable and happy life in policing. In the world of defunding police , political backlash, and demonizing the police mental...
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Gotham City: Batman wears a gun belt.
Guest , Zeek Arkham, tackles race, politics, and law enforcement and how it relates to him as a African American Law Enforcement Officer in Gotham City, better known as the Big Apple. Zeek is a brave new voice that gets shouted down by the liberal establishment and ostracized by the mainstream...
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School Resource Officer...THE ANATOMY!
Phil joins me on this podcast and gives the behind the scenes look of how important sworn law enforcement personnel are in schools. He provides the empathetic/mentorship/ and friendly characteristics of what School Resource Officers provide in our schools. He bucks the narrative of defunding the...
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Anatomy of a Traffic Stop
I provide an insiders view of what a police officer thinks and does while conducting a traffic stop. Traffic stops are one of the most dangerous scenarios for an officer and for a citizen. This is to inform non officers the mindset of why police do certain things and what can escalate an officers...
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Will destroys the mainstream narrative that all African Americans are terrified of Law Enforcement.
Will, an 11 year veteran in Law Enforcement and African American, takes on the narrative being pushed by the mainstream media narrative that blacks should be terrified of law enforcement. He expresses his views from being an African American community member and a law enforcement member. His...
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Being Latin and Blue Out in California with Steve
Steve, a 23 year law enforcement veteran, details his story and experiences of being Latin and being blue. He sheds light on the Latin community and how they view policing out in the west coast. He also gives an insider perspective on the mind of a law enforcement officer and the narrative being...
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Leadership in policing chasing the “brass ring” vs empathizing and championing mental health.
Al, a 30 year career Law Enforcement professional, joins me as my first guest. He delves deep into his own experiences with leadership and the effectiveness or non effectiveness of leadership in relation to mental health. His thoughts and feelings resonate with the men and women of law…
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Empathy v Sympathy
The difference between empathy and sympathy and how it effects policing the community or internally on police departments.
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You better not cry!
My take from 20 years of experience in Law Enforcement on mental health and how it’s viewed in policing .
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Use of Force for that Ass!!
Policing and their Use for Force guidelines and how it applies to split second decisions. Check out this video as well: https://youtu.be/yfi3Ndh3n-g
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
“BROWNIE” = Latino ; “BLUE” = Law Enforcement. A platform to provide commentary from the lives of a diverse population of Law Enforcement. A behind the scenes look at what law enforcement officers experience in and outside of the uniform. Providing the good, the bad and the ugly; their TRUTH from their own experiences and struggles. This podcast welcomes all views from the Law Enforcement community. The diversity in Law Enforcement is vast and wide and their voices need and should be heard.
HOSTED BY
M C
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“BROWNIE” = Latino ; “BLUE” = Law Enforcement. A platform to provide commentary from the lives of a diverse population of Law Enforcement. A behind the scenes look at what law enforcement officers experience in and outside of the uniform. Providing the good, the bad and the ugly; their TRUTH from...
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