Bend Don't Break

By Delta Police Department

What's Bend Don't Break about?

Bend Don’t Break is a podcast that tells the story of police officers who have overcome significant adversity in their personal and professional lives. Through the power of story, the listener will understand the depth of resilience and personal strength that exists in the men and women who protect our communities 24x7.

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Undercover Cop Steps into t...

11.12.2019

Ryan (Chopper) Masales started as a police officer in 2001 at the Vancouver Police Department. He worked there for 11 years before he transferred to Abby PD in 2010. He spent the major part of his career working as a ...

Bend Don't Break episodes:

11.12.2019 Undercover Cop Steps into the Shadows in Fight Against Terminal Brain Cancer. Ryan (Chopper) Masales started as a police officer in 2001 at the Vancouver Police Department. He worked there for 11 years before he transferred to Abby PD in 2010. He spent the major part of his career working as a ...
11.05.2019 Investigating Major Crime with an Oxygen Tank Strapped to her Back: RCMP Cst. Cathleen Falebrinza’s story of Resiliency. Today on Bend Don’t Break, your host Chief Neil Dubord is interviewing someone from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) — a first for the podcast! Cathleen Falebrinza is an RCMP officer who first was trained at the RCMP training ...
10.01.2019 Nearly Losing her Life over a Stolen Chocolate Bar: Victoria Police Department Detective Lane Douglas-Hunt’s Journey on Navigating PTSD In this episode, Lane Douglas Hunt has an amazing story to share that displays incredible resiliency. The incident happened back in 2011 when she was just a junior member at 24 years old with less than 2 ½ years on ...
09.04.2019 Losing 9 Fingers to Frostbite: The Climbing Expedition that Changed Firefighter Erik Bjarnason’s Life This week’s episode of Bend, Don’t Break another firefighter joins the podcast! Erik Bjarnason is a retired firefighter with the North Vancouver City Fire Department. He's also a long-time member of North Shore Rescue and an avid mountaineer. Erik climbed ...
08.07.2019 Delta Police Constable Geoff Young’s Courageous Story: Overcoming Addiction and Fighting to save his Career. Joining the Bend, Don’t Break Podcast today is Geoff Young. Geoff is 42 years old and has been with the Delta Police Department for 12 years. Prior to joining Delta Police, he served in the infantry in the Canadian Armed ...
07.03.2019 When a Routine Call Turns Life Threatening: Vancouver Police Constable Craig Look’s Story On this week’s episode, Bend, Don’t Break is welcoming on their first guest from the Vancouver Police Department — Constable Craig Look! Constable Craig Look is a 16-year member with the Vancouver Police Department and has worked in various sections ...
06.04.2019 Brush with Death: Delta Police Acting Sergeant John Jasmins’ Story John Jasmins started with the Delta Police Department as a Reserve Constable, and has been a regular member with the department for over 13 years. He has worked in Patrol, Street Crime Unit, Uniform Gang Task Force, CFSEU, Youth Section, ...
05.01.2019 Retired Abbotsford Police Chief Bob Rich’s Story of Leading through Traumatic Events and Organizational Crisis. This week, Bob Rich joins the podcast! Bob was the Chief of the Abbotsford Police for 10 years, retiring in 2018. Prior to that, he was with the Vancouver Police for 28 years, finishing his time as the Deputy Chief ...
04.02.2019 Coping with the Suicide of a Loved One and a Near-Fatal Accident In this week’s episode, Retired Sergeant Chris Borgstede joins the podcast to speak with Chief Neil Dubord about the impactful experiences in his life — both personally and professionally.
02.28.2019 Fort McMurray Fire Chief Darby Allen’s story of resiliency and leadership. Darby Allen is perhaps best known because of the fire that swept through Fort McMurray in May of 2016. The fire was 1.5 million acres and Darby and his team had to evacuate the entire town (of around 90 thousand ...
01.30.2019 The Challenge of a Lifetime: Delta Police Sergeant Ray Athwal’s Wait for a New Heart In this episode, Ray talks about the challenges they faced together as a family and how he helped support his wife, children, and himself in trying times. This is a story of perseverance, resiliency, family, support, hope, and love.
01.13.2019 Part 2 : The Starlight Casino Shooting and the Murder Charge that Followed In this episode, Jordan outlines the events that followed this event: his court appearances, avoiding the media, and managing his stress, emotions, and feelings around the whole ordeal.
12.18.2018 The Starlight Casino Shooting and the Murder Charge that Followed Jordan’s story starts on November 8th, 2012, a fateful night in both his life and work. Having been sent to a dangerous hostage situation at Starlight Casino, Jordan has to make one of the toughest decisions of his life for ...
11.09.2018 On the Brink of Losing Your Job, Your Health, and Your Father: Delta Police Constable Aaron Hill’s Lesson in Resiliency Welcome to Bend Don’t Break — a Delta Police podcast on police officers using the power of storytelling to strengthen their resiliency — with your host, Chief Neil Dubord. In this episode, Chief Dubord is joined by Delta Police Officer, ...

Bend Don't Break

What's Bend Don't Break about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Bend Don't Break episodes:

Undercover Cop Steps into the Shadows in Fight Against Terminal Brain Cancer.

Investigating Major Crime with an Oxygen Tank Strapped to her Back: RCMP Cst. Cathleen Falebrinza’s story of Resiliency.

Nearly Losing her Life over a Stolen Chocolate Bar: Victoria Police Department Detective Lane Douglas-Hunt’s Journey on Navigating PTSD

Losing 9 Fingers to Frostbite: The Climbing Expedition that Changed Firefighter Erik Bjarnason’s Life

Delta Police Constable Geoff Young’s Courageous Story: Overcoming Addiction and Fighting to save his Career.

When a Routine Call Turns Life Threatening: Vancouver Police Constable Craig Look’s Story

Brush with Death: Delta Police Acting Sergeant John Jasmins’ Story

Retired Abbotsford Police Chief Bob Rich’s Story of Leading through Traumatic Events and Organizational Crisis.

Coping with the Suicide of a Loved One and a Near-Fatal Accident

Fort McMurray Fire Chief Darby Allen’s story of resiliency and leadership.

The Challenge of a Lifetime: Delta Police Sergeant Ray Athwal’s Wait for a New Heart

Part 2 : The Starlight Casino Shooting and the Murder Charge that Followed

The Starlight Casino Shooting and the Murder Charge that Followed

On the Brink of Losing Your Job, Your Health, and Your Father: Delta Police Constable Aaron Hill’s Lesson in Resiliency

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