Behind The Badge

Special guest Amy Morgan from Academy Hour join Gray & Nate to discuss the recent mass shooting and the growth of violence in today's society, In part 1 they discuss how the public deals with it and in part 2 how the first responders involved process the trauma.

In Part 2 of Dealing with violence in today's society, Gray, Nate & Amy discuss how those who wear the badge recover after mass violence like the recent shooting incidents.

Capt. Brad Shepherd (Ret.) CEO and Co-Founder of warriorsrestfoundation.org sits down with Gray and Nate to discuss how their organization assists individuals and agencies in dealing with critical incidents. Brad brings a wealth of knowledge and experience and has used that to help others in dealing with the traumas they face on the job.

Gray & Nate discuss the recent incidents in New York involving the NYPD and the deterioration of respect between law enforcement and the public.

Nate & Gray talk about Corrections Officers and the experiences they had. This is the profession that not many people know about or talk about.

Special guest Raymon from a local jurisdiction in Oklahoma sits down with Nate & Gray to discuss humor and the role it plays in the job of first responders. Lots of fun stories and just an all around good time.

Amy Morgan founder and Director of academyhour.com sits in with Nate and Gray and discuses burnout and what to look for, dealing with trauma and mental health issues on the job. She had so much knowledge we stretched this episode out another 1/2 hour!

In this episode we discuss staying healthy in relation to doing the job and why it is so important. Gray flexes his mental muscles on the subject

In this episode, Mark Vaughan joins us in studio to discuss his heroic actions in the September 2014 Vaughan Foods attack and what he is up to these days with the Oklahoma City Gun club as well as telling us about his recent election to the NRA National Board of Directors

In this episode Nate & Gray take a lighter look at things as they discuss the common myths about first responders and give their take on them.