I connected with Jason some time back, and more recently, I saw a post he made about 9/11.  He hired on with NYPD two months prior to the catastrophic event, and would be responding to Ground Zero as an academy recruit.

It boggled my mind considering what that would have been like.  It considered how being in high school, 9/11 shattered many of my paradigms and inevitably planted a seed of desire to serve in a meaningful, direct way.  What would it have been like to be from New York, to see that, and have just gotten into this profession, and to see the world turned upside down?

Jason and I discuss his experiences getting into the Navy, then as a new police recruit and officer.  We continue to talk about his work in cold cases and becoming a crisis counselor.  Today, he works with Forge, to support first responders and veterans and has recently completed a new book, Living Blue with Barbara Rubel. 

To contact Jason:

jasonmpalamara on IG
[email protected]
ForgeHealth.com

Jason's bio:

Jason Palamara is a U.S. Navy Veteran having served in US “Operation Noble Anvil” [NATO “Operation Allied Force”] aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt. He is a retired New York City Police Department Cold Case Homicide Detective. Jason has served as a peer support counselor with the NYPD and currently serves as a volunteer crisis intervention counselor with the Long Island Crisis Center. He is also a John C. Maxwell certified life coach, teacher, speaker and trainer. He is the director of Veteran & First Responder Engagement for Forge VFR. His mission is to connect with and serve his fellow First Responder and Veteran communities ensuring the care they need is always available to them. Jason is currently co-authoring ‘Living Blue’, a book on police wellness and resilience with Barbara Rubel.

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