July 5, 2022
Nashville native and Army veteran Tyler Ashley came to Los Angeles like so many other people do, searching for his big break in acting and music. Along the was called back to service and is currently an officer with the LAPD…
June 1, 2022
What’s the number one complaint you have about your agency? Chances are it’s something to do with the lack of communication. Jeff Halstead is my guest this week as we dive into the simple yet complicated topic of communicati…
May 10, 2022
Wendy Hummell, a seasoned law enforcement officer with over 24 years of experience. Wendy started her career in 1996 as a Special Agent with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). She retired at the rank of Dete…
April 7, 2022
As cops, the last thing we want to do is bring home the drama, stress and trauma to our families. But it’s hard, sometimes, to create some distance between who we are on the job and who we want to be when we’re at home. In…
March 30, 2022
Mike McGrew is the Co-Founder, CEO and Executive Director of the 911 At Ease Foundation. Mike spent 31 years with the Santa Barbara Police Department where he recently retired as a sergeant. Mike held positions in major cri…
March 10, 2022
In this short Briefing Topic episode, we cover 7 discipline failures you might be making. Discipline can be elusive for many of us. It’s not as simple as just motivation, momentum, or commitment. Hopefully these 7 topics g…
March 4, 2022
Are you happy? Like, actually happy? For a lot of cops, that just seems like crazy talk. Afterall, what is happy, anyways? And why is it important to bring it back into our lives? So many questions revolve around happiness.…
Feb. 21, 2022
In this short episode I cover six ways that you can boost your resilience starting right now. Learn more at thesquadroom.net I want to offer you something that I’m very excited about, and it’s absolutely FREE.
Feb. 14, 2022
Adam Kinakin is the Managing Director and founder of the International Law Enforcement Training Network (ILET), a community-based training platform designed for creating and facilitating international Law Enforcement trainin…
Jan. 25, 2022
Dustin Salomon is a former naval officer and the author of Hitting in Combat: The Brain Science of Training to Win Gunfights. Between the military and the private sector, he has conducted 20 overseas deployments. In this ep…
Jan. 13, 2022
Jeff Smith began his career in 1991 as a police officer in Maryland and has spent 28.5 years working in law enforcement, most of it working undercover in the Narcotics Unit. Jeff has worked cases with DEA, FBI, HSI, US Custo…
Dec. 20, 2021
Dr. Trevor Wilkins but if you’re on social media you might know him better as The Angry Viking. Trevor is a psychotherapist in private practice at Thin Line Counseling, LLC in Lexington, KY. Dr. Wilkins served 15-years in un…
Dec. 7, 2021
Scott Medlin, an active police officer and devout Catholic, was struggling with a secret. One that he couldn’t even share with this wife — and certainly not with anyone at work. After years on patrol and two prior combat d…
Nov. 15, 2021
Adam Haidary is a former training sergeant for an agency in South Carolina. Adam is the founder of the hugely popular and often controversial Instagram account @policeposts and is also the creator of Effective Fitness,
Oct. 29, 2021
Kim Colegrove was living a successful life as a corporate trainer looking forward to her husband’s retirement from federal law enforcement. He had big plans to finally launch his business – an idea he’d been working on for y…
Oct. 12, 2021
Jon Macaskill (@mindfulfrogman) is a retired Navy SEAL Commander turned consultant and mindfulness and meditation teacher. Jon was a commander during the famous Operation Red Wings disaster made famous by Marcus Lutrell’s bo…
Sept. 23, 2021
Cyndi Doyle is a licensed professional counselor and Nationally Board Certified Counselor. She is also certified in Critical Incident Stress Management and serves the Dallas/Fort Worth area on several response teams.
Sept. 8, 2021
Nick Metz is the retired chief of police of Aurora, Colorado, the 3rd largest city in the state. Before coming to Aurora as the new chief, Nick spent over 30 years with the Seattle Police Department where he rose to the rank…
Aug. 24, 2021
Lorenzo Glenn is active lieutenant for the Anaheim Police Department in California. If you’re not familiar with Anaheim, it’s the epicenter of Disneyland, Angels Stadium, and the Honda Arena. Lorenzo is currently in charge o…
Aug. 12, 2021
Robb Wolf is a former research biochemist and the 2X New York Times/WSJ Best Selling author of The Paleo Solution and Wired To Eat. Robb has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world via his …
July 15, 2021
Bruce Valles is the Founder and CEO of Mindbase, a Seattle startup aimed at solving the mental health crisis within public safety. Bruce was motivated to start Mindbase after seeing his uncle’s struggles with mental illness …
June 30, 2021
Jen Satterly is an author, speaker and wife to Command Sergeant Major (ret.) Tom Satterly who appeared on episode 138. With Tom, she is the co-founder of the All Secure Foundation. When Jen met Tom, his second marriage was …
June 22, 2021
Command Sergeant Major (ret.) Tom Satterly spent 20 years in the U.S. Army’s secretive and elite Delta Force. Tom’s first deployment with The Unit was the infamous 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, made famous by the book and movie …
June 2, 2021
Victoria Newman is the president of How2LoveOurCops.org. She’s the author of “A CHiP on My Shoulder – How to Love Your Cop with Attitude” and “A Marriage in Progress: Tactical Support for Law Enforcement Relationships.