Law Enforcement Life Coach / Sometimes Heroes Need Help Podcast John Kelly

I had a great conversation with Gene Reid, the author of "Police Leadership Redefined, The EQ Advantage, Transforming Law Enforcement with Emotional Intelligence" Gene does an amazing job of first, defining what emotional intelligence is, and then more importantly how we develop and nurture those skill sets. We discussed the four pillars of EQ: Self -Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, and Relationship Management and how we apply each in our data to day lives. I really enjoyed...

This past week I had the honor of presenting at the 2024 SEFTOA conference. Field training officers from around the country were in attendance.I sat down with Mike Schentrup from Advanced Police Concepts as we discussed each day in review. If we are going to change the culture of this profession it must start with those that are entering it and the first person they come in contact with to impact them is their FTO. The role the FTO plays is life defining for the newly hired officer. Get...

Chad Bruckner, a husband, father, veteran, retired police officer, author and friend sat down with me this week to discuss life, leadership, and how we do a better job at being human. We discussed his latest work, "The Holy Trinity of Successful and Healthy Police Organizations", and the journey that brought him to this place. One of the most impactful quotes from his book came in the form of a text from his wife one night when he was struggling. His wife Kristen told him" One day you w...

Meagan McCarthy, a former San Bernardino County Sheriff's Deputy is grateful to be alive. A firearm malfunction would keep the p.o.s. suspect from executing her. If processing that critical incident wasn't enough, the state of California would be there to betray her as well. In California, jurors that have implicit bias against police officer are allowed to serve on juries. Her constitutional rights violated, she was victimized a second time during this incident with the suspect r...

I had the honor and extreme pleasure of meeting Kevin Branzetti several months back at a child trafficking and exploitation prevention conference in Jacksonville Fl. Kevin, served as a detective with the NYPD and the Manhattan DA's Office investigating terrorism and violent extremists that would do our country harm. Drawing upon his extensive experience in law enforcement, intelligence, and cyber investigations, Kevin co-founded the National Child Protection Task Force (NCPTF) in 2019. ...

This week I had the pleasure of sitting down with a dear friend and neighbor, Steve Williams. Steve has had quite an an amazing life, a CEO, corporate influencer, Investor, musical artist, and extreme athlete. Steve turned 70 this year and continues to get after it. The aches and pains of age started to slow him down a bit, so he decided to do something about it. Steve and I discuss his research, and his decision to receive stem cell treatments to address his chronic back and hip pain. I was ...