Episode 100: Dallas SWAT Danny Canete #8834: A Voice From The Darkness

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Episode 100 was always going to be a special episode for our show but when I got today’s guest to finally agree to tell his story I knew I wanted to make it extra special for the listener but also make it special for one of my best friends and one of the most impressive humans I have ever met. – Joe King.

 We are honored to share this stage with Dallas SWAT Operator and ATO: Bridging the Divide Co-Creator, Daniel Canete.

 Danny gravitated to music at the age of five and quickly began mastering the language and art of music as he became a student of the piano. Most students that age avoided the stage, but Danny ran to it and excelled and built on his natural inquisitive nature and quickly began performing on that stage. Playing at churches, then to recitals, then began dominating in local and state competitions. He was a natural on the performance stage, this trait will become very important as later he will find himself on a life and death stage.

As a musician, his desire was to share music with people to perpetuate a love for the arts and to educate the public in order to keep the classical arts alive. He mastered the piano and percussion but the five-octave marimba will always hold a special place in Danny’s heart.

Danny left his mark on the music world at Colorado State as a scholarship was created in his name, the Daniel Canete Music Performance Scholarship.

 Sometimes we all reach crossroads in life and are thrust into a difficult decision as we navigate our life journey. Danny, with all of his skills and successes and dedication to music, was not impervious to these life changing decisions.  9/11 changed us all and changed the world but for some people, people like Danny, it provided him a new calling to serve this world in a different way.

He chose to serve with the Dallas Police Department and was assigned to “God’s Country”, the Southeast Division and fell in love with being a street cop and serving the citizens.

This story will finally give the listener a peek into the life of a very private man that just happens to have a very high-profile profession as a member of Dallas SWAT.  

 The stage is set and the ATO listeners are making their way to their seats to see a true talented and gifted performer.

Thank you for all of the support you have given us since August of 2021, it has been an incredible journey to 100.

Special Thanks:

Billings PD Lt. Brandon Wooley

USAF Lt. Colonel Zach, Cougar, Fennell

Dr. Janet Landreth

SWAT Lt. Andre Taylor

SWAT ASL Matt Smith

SWAT Sgt. Ryan Scott

SWAT Brandon Berie

Trent Custis

Kimberly Canete

 Critical Incidents Discussed:February 13th, 2012

Officer involved shooting in Pleasant Grove, Southeast Division, as CRT members engaged a robbery suspect.

 July 7th 2016

The shooting in downtown Dallas on July 7th 2016 when five Officers were killed, and nine others were wounded during a protest in downtown Dallas Texas. Two civilians were also injured during this cowardly attack as it was the deadliest incident for law enforcement since the September 11th, 2001, attacks.

 Daniel Canete Music Performance Scholarship - College of Liberal Arts | Colorado State University (colostate.edu)