Behind The Badge

Nate and Gray wade into the pool of current events. They review some of the incidents involving officers and the protests and how it's affecting the role of the police officer in today's society

Angelo is a Detective Supervisor for an agency in the Oklahoma City Metro area. He has served in the military and worked both federal law enforcement and now in a metro agency as well as serving on a SWAT team. He brings a experienced perspective to give us a peek into the life of a detective.

In this episode Nate & Gray discuss reality based police shows like Live PD and Cops and the pro's and con's of them. Are they an true portrayal of the job or do they do more harm than good?

We feature two special guests from a large metro agency in Oklahoma. Nate & Stefanie Wallach. They have 26 years in dispatching between them and talk about the responsibilities of the job at a large agency as well as balancing work life with home. With both being dispatchers and being married they provide a unique outlook. It was great as a rookie dispatcher to sit down and talk shop and absorb the knowledge of those with many years of experience.

On episode 36 of Behind The Badge we discuss the rise in domestic calls, de-escalation and knowing when to use it, opening the world back up and we put on our tinfoil hats and give our opinions on how we are giving up our freedom and how far we are willing to let it go.

This pandemic is affecting everyone in different ways. The repercussions will last for years but we lay down some facts that put things in perspective. Mix in some humor and discussions and some news stories and you get about an hour to help pass the time. Keep up the good fight everyone!

On this episode of Behind The Badge we discuss COVID-19 and how it affects us as first responders and Gray drops knowledge and puts Corona in his crosshairs. Listen to hear his take on this whole pandemic.

Logan is a Correctional Officer at a Federal Prison in Oklahoma. He has worked as a dispatcher, volunteer firefighter and as a detention officer for a county jail before tackling this new role in the federal prison system. He had some interesting stories of how he went from a youth who hated law enforcement to working in this field.

We are joined by Donna Brown. She is the author of volumes 1 & 2 of Behind & Beyond The Badge and retired after 26 years as an officer for the Tallahassee Police Department. She had some great insights into being a police officer, 1 of only 5 women in the department at the time of her hiring.

We catch up with Amy "Nomad" Morgan from Academy Hour. Amy flips the script by asking Nate & Gray the Code 3 questions. She then tells us about the different states she's visited and the support from the 1st Response leadership she has seen. We discuss things Dispatchers wish they could say, Mental Health, EMDR and a few topics ripped from the headlines.