Be Effective Podcast

Jared Arceneaux, ( pronounced Ar - sin - Oh ), about to be 30 years old, graduated LSU with a degree in international trade and finance. He has 5.5 years in full time law enforcement, including time as a uniform patrol supervisor, time as a SWAT breaching team leader, and has worked with maritime counter terror task force along with several other roles. Jared is currently serving as a volunteer training officer at a smaller department. He also runs Orion Training Group as well as o...

Jeremy was a Police Officer with the LAPD over 25 years. During that time, he worked multiple assignments, including Patrol, Narcotics, Counter-Terror, Training, and Vice investigations. As a trainer, Jeremy contributed to the department by developing or helping to develop several of the departments more recent advanced training curricula, including the MACTAC (Multiple Attack Counter Terror Action Capabilities), which has become a national template for training Police Officers how to effecti...

Retired Sgt Major Seb Lavoie is the Chief Executive Officer of Raven Strategic Inc and a 23 yr veteran of both, the Canadian Armed Forces and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Most of Seb’s service was spent in full time tactical units where he spent over 12 yrs as a Team Leader, facilitating the problem solving of critical tactical dilemmas within and outside the province of British Columbia (BC).Seb’s consistently demonstrated leadership and strategic problem solving abilities, led to his ...

Sean Larkin is a retired police sergeant from Tulsa, Oklahoma who is also known as “Sticks”. You might recognize him from the A&E docuseries called ‘Live PD’ that focused on the reality of policing in America.Sean served for over 24 years with the Tulsa PD where he worked patrol, Homicide, street crimes, footbeat, and with gang units. He retired as a lieutenant in 2021, but continues to make content for cops as a co-host on the podcast, “Coptales and Cocktails”.Follow Sean:Twitter: @Sean_...

Kara began her career as an intelligence analyst in the United States Air Force where she was deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan to provide support on critical missions for the NSA. Later she was hired by the FBI where she specialized in Counter Terrorism. Currently she works with DeliverFund as their Chief of Analytics, where she helps to fight against Human Trafficking. Kara is a reliable source of information when it comes to fighting human trafficking operations, how to talk to victims...

Mr. Tucker joined the United States Army following the September 11th, 2001, attack on our country. He earned his Green Beret in 2004 and as a Green Beret served in both Afghanistan and Iraq. After 8 years of service with the Green Berets, Brent successfully completed the military's most demanding selection and training course, earning the right to be a member of the nation’s most elite unit, the Delta Force After retiring, Brent started hosting free trainings for Police in response to ...

David Acosta started working in LEO at an early age. Over the course of his 17 year career, he worked with multiple departments with an emphasis in low-profile investigations, SWAT, tactical operations, and as an instructor.Since Retiring from LEO, David coaches for his own company, Allegiance Defense Solutions LLC. There he focuses on helping other Americans become self-reliant in the defense of themselves and others.Follow David:IG: @david.acosta.jrIG: @allegiance_defense_solutionsWebsite: ...

Andrew Keith is an officer with 14 years experience on patrol and 9 years experience in SWAT. He is a Firearms instructor, K9 Handler, DT instructor, master class IDPA shooter, and a Black Belt in BJJ. Andrew is also partnering with EFC to create a dry fire course to help you improve your proficiency with your fire arm in preparation for testing.Follow Andrew:Instagram:@armedthreatsolutionsThe Be Effective Podcast with Adam Haidary, the CEO & founder of PolicePosts and Effective Fitn...

Pete James is a retired law enforcement Officer with a 25-year career in the service. He is also a Navy veteran, computer forensics expert, privacy specialist, and a skilled Open-Source Intelligence investigator with experience investigating thousands of criminal, civil, and corporate cases. Pete also is the founder of OfficerPrivacy.com, a company that removes officers’ private information from data-broker websites to keep officers safe from those seeking to harm them. Follow Pete:Websi...

Shane Foster is a world known breaching expert, who has a long career of service in both police and military as an operator, trainer and advisor in 15 different countries.In 2020 Shane begane creating a catalogue of professional training which included professionals from Special forces, SEALs, SWAT, OGA and more. This program became the Guild Solutions Group.Shane is Joined by Jabo Long, the Guild's Senior Tactics instructorJabo started his career in LEO in 1997 serving in the Memphis metro a...