You won't want to miss this episode!  Mike Jarosz was 1 of 7 GVERT members inside the van that took multiple rounds from two gunmen.  Mike is a TEMS Medic on the team and he shares amazing details from that horrible day.  He also provides some remarkable insight into the stresses police officers have to deal with during and after a critical incident.  The candidness of his psychological struggles are refreshing and speaks to why mental health supports are so important for all police officers.

GVERT - Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team
TEMS - Tactical Emergency Medical Support
NTOA - National Tactical Officers Association

**Trigger Warning**

This episode discusses the topic of a bank robbery and shooting where 2 people died and multiple others were seriously injured, some of the content may be distressing to the listener.  This series of episodes was created with the objective that talking about the subject could in part provide the listener with more information about the event from many different perspectives.  It could also provide the police officers, their families and others that were involved with an avenue to come forward and talk about their experiences and to encourage others suffering from mental or emotional distress to seek trauma support by reaching out to a professional or an advocate.

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Sound editing done by Todd Mason.

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