Hey Chaplain: The Police Wellness Podcast

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Here's a list of really good audio books that the Chaplain is definitely NOT recommending, wink, wink.

Audiobooks:

• Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
• Red Shirts, by John Scalzi
• The Expanse series, by James SA Corey
• The Captive's War series, by James SA Corey
• The Dungeon Crawler Carl series, by Matt Dinniman (narrated by Jeff Hays)

Honorable mentions: 

• The Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells
• The Bobiverse series and Flybot by Dennis E. Taylor

Music is by Chris Haugen

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Books, Audible, Audio Books, Bible, Drama, Hope, Justice, LitRPG, Narrators, Police, Reading, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Television

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Finding support for police spouses is tough.  Finding good ways for police spouses to help their cops be healthier can be even harder. Today's guest is Corina Shipp who has two decades of experience as a police wife in the Pacific Northwest and she has a lot of great experience building a network of relationships among the often-neglected community of police family members.  I specifically want you to hear how she found a way to make a big impact on the families of police academy recruits on graduation day.  

Resources: 

A Chip on My Shoulder, by Victoria Newman https://a.co/d/0dGFNh7E

How 2 Love Our Cops website: https://www.how2loveourcops.org

Blue Hero Project website: https://www.blueheroproject.org

Music is by Alexander Nakarada

Hey Chaplain podcast Episode 154

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Police, Families, Spouses, Support, Teamwork, Trust, Wellness, Wives, Portland, Oregon, Washington

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This is the second part of my conversation with Dr Kevin Gilmartin.  Gilmartin is the author of Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement, one of the most important landmark books in the field of police officer wellness.  It really is required reading and it laid the foundation for the hundreds of books and seminars and podcasts that have followed in the last 25 years.  In this part we talk about physical fitness's relationship to health, sleep, and leadership.

Music is by Chris Haugen

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Police, Control, Fitness, Followers, Growth, Health, Leadership, Physiology, Psychology, Sleep, USMC, Wellness, Phoenix, Arizona

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Even after six years of working on this podcast, I still have a long list of ideas and potential guests to be on this show.  In fact the list is constantly growing!  But one name that has always been on the list is Dr Kevin Gilmartin.  Gilmartin is the author of that book with the red and white cover that is on just about every reading list from the FBI to the IACP and countless agencies in the United States, Canada, Australia and many other countries.  That book is called Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement and it is very much required reading for anyone who wants to understand officer wellness.  It was my pleasure to get to meet with Kevin Gilmartin during his visit this year to Kansas City and we made arrangements for him to come on the show and talk about what goes on in the life and career of a police officer and how we can help.

Music is by Chris Haugen

Hey Chaplain podcast Episode 153

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Police, Alertness, Books, Danger, Growth, Health, Peer Support, Physiology, Psychology, Wellness, Arizona

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Today we're talking about police officers who are prior military.  It hurts my heart to see veterans struggle in a law enforcement career and I want to help police leadership understand and do everything they can to help those veterans transition to this noble civilian career.  Our guest today is friend of the show Keith Falkner, who previously appeared back in the first two years of the show.  Keith is a captain in our local police department and a military veteran himself and I wanted him to weigh in on this.  He's going to offer several practical ways to help veterans who serve as police but I also want you to listen to his particular story and appreciate how each of these former soldiers is unique.  

Music is by Wes Hutchinson

Hey Chaplain podcast Episode 152 

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Police, Academy, Career, Change, Courage, Hiring, Leadership, Military, Personnel, Rights, Training, Warriors, Kansas City, Kansas, Kosovo

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Today's guest is Mike Zaro from Lakewood PD in the state of Washington.  After retiring as police chief, Mike now teaches executive leadership classes for FBI LEEDA, the Law Enforcement Executive Development Association.  When Mike was at Lakewood PD, they had four officers assassinated in an attack at a breakfast diner.  I brought Mike on the show to talk about leadership and emotional intelligence and especially how to practice good leadership in the midst of a tragedy.

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Hey Chaplain podcast Episode 151

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Leadership, Death, Executive Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Experience, FBI, George Floyd, Grief, Isolation, Protests, Retirement, Tragedy, Training, Lakewood, Quantico, Seattle, Virginia, Washington

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This is a special update episode where I'll be talking to you, the audience, about how to support the effort to encourage police officers.  We're looking for police officers with a great story and some great wisdom about that story.  You can also send in "fan mail" which texts me via my web host, but you can also leave a voice mail via that same link.  Imagine that; you can leave a message that I might be able to use on the show!  Don't forget to buy a virtual coffee to help pay the electricity bill; you guys have helped me buy software and microphones and web hosting and domain names and so many other things!  Thank you; I really couldn't do it without you.

Special guest interview excerpt with Jeremy Wade.

Music is by Jeremy Korpas and Rick Barry

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Podcasting, Chaplains, Mission, Police, Purpose, Stories, Support, Kansas City, Seattle, Kansas, Washington

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How does a new cop answer the question of self-identity?  Am I an unstoppable, unfeeling justice machine, unaffected by the death and tragedy around me?  Am I martyr for the cause, doomed to sacrifice everything good in life so that others can be happy without me?  Am I just cog in the machine, utterly replaceable and unimportant?  All of these answers and more are floating around police culture and a new cop needs to figure out if there's a better answer.  Today's guest is Jeremy Wade, an experienced officer from Washington state who has started a new chapter of his life helping first responders answer these questions of identity.

Resources: 

• Jeremy recommends the book Victory Over the Darkness by Neil T. Anderson
• Jeremy's website is MissionFirstAlliance.com

Music is by National Sweetheart

The Hey Chaplain Podcast Episode 150

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Police, Academy, Change, Culture, Faith, Hope, Identity, Peer Support, Resilience, Stress, Wellness, Seattle, Tennessee, Washington

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Today I have something special for you, we're bringing back retired police detective Gary Jenkins, the host of the Gangland Wire podcast.  Gary was an early and eager supporter of Hey Chaplain, so when I saw that Gary has started a second podcast, called "Murder Blueprint," I wanted to make sure the Hey Chaplain audience knew about it.  We talk about organized crime, serial killers, why different audiences like different categories of true crime, and what it's like to be true crime podcaster.

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The Hey Chaplain podcast Episode 149

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Podcasting, Documentaries, Gambling, Gangs, Interests, Interviews, Investigations, Mafia, Mobsters, Murder, Organized Crime, Serial Killers, Kansas City, Kansas, Missouri

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Today we continue our interview with Pete and Michelle Tucker. Pete was a motorcycle cop in Canada who had a catastrophic motorcycle accident that took his left leg and put him in a coma. If you haven't heard part one, it's really necessary for you to back and listen to Episode 148. This episode will pick up with the Pete in the hospital recovering from the multiple injuries and the traumatic amputation, slowly working through the system to win back his job as a cop on the street. You need to hear Pete and Michelle talking about the losses and struggles, because they are a fantastic example of a police couple who, together, survived the worst day possible.

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Hey Chaplain podcast episode 148.5

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Police, Accidents, Amputation, Career, Coma, Confidence, Hospital, Humor, Injury, Loss, Medical, Memory, Motorcycles, Spouse, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

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