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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 wellness program at myprotectivewellness.com. Bridget is also licensed to practice law as a lawyer in Florida, New York and Texas. She will help you with legal issues and wants to empower LEOs with sound legal advice. She can be found on her social media platforms, Instagram @protectivewelness and @bbtruxillo. An honor and privilege to have her as my guest. Thank you Bridget!

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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 positions from patrolman, to swat supervisor , to command staff level program supervisor. Kelly has taught and instructed innumerable Law Enforcement officers across the United Stated and Canada, and has been instructing since 1992. Wisdom oozes off of this seasoned veteran of law enforcement, and he delves into his training topics, and gets honest with the failures of the profession as well ( yes! He gives possible solutions to the failures). A truly enjoyable and insightful conversation and I’m honored as always. You can find Kelly at https://calibrepress.com/instructor-home-page-2022/00-lt-kelly-devoll-2022/ , and I highly recommend taking training from Calibre Press ( https://calibrepress.com/ ).

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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 Enforcement Officers in modern day policing. Jimmie is also an entrepreneur and weapons designer. He holds three patents on accessories for rifles, and also is the creator and founder of Cicada Tactical (https://cicadatactical.com/ ). Go check Jimmie out on Instagram under Cicada Tactical or @jimmiewright.

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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 leadership taught. In working with Brian in my own career I admired his leadership capabilities therefore why I chose to speak about Col. Glover John’s Principles of Soldiering , which equates to leadership. We tackle all 15 principles and the application or lack of application of the leadership points by anecdotes from our own lives and careers. Lieutenant Brian Gaydos has served in many roles in his career and truly is a leader that’s made up of the principles talked about in this podcast. Reference: Book by Glover Johns “The Clay Pigeons of St Lo”. As a leader of any rank in any department or agency , or private sector , or your own household, I challenge you to take an honest look at yourself as you listen to the leadership points brought up in this episode.

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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 position of School Resource Officer; joins me on this episode. Ken gets vulnerable on his life and his career; and the motivation to start his own podcast called “The What’s Hero Podcast”. It can be heard on all major streaming platforms. What is your definition of a hero and why?

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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 suicide. We talk about how a dog can save your life, which in Andrew’s case his dog Gunner did. Andrew is sharing his story to help others who may be in the same headspace or situation as he once was. Take a listen and reach out if you or someone you know is in need of help. Check out Andrew’s story on https://jerseymanmagazine.com/surviving-until-tuesday/ . We also talk about the book “Tribe” written by Sebastian Junger. This book is an amazing read that delves into the importance of community and how the community becomes stronger in the times of crisis and/or war. (Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging https://www.amazon.com/dp/1455566381/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_RV0KFNKYDXP39QBBD560 )

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