Tactical Breakdown

Dr. Charles Samuels is a board certified sleep physician with primary research interests focused on understanding the prevalence and effects of sleep disturbances in specialized populations. His aim is to facilitate both broad and individualized clinical treatment strategies and foster effective knowledge transfer initiatives in these groups.Dr. Charles Samuels is the Medical Director of the Centre for Sleep & Human Performance in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.  He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and a member of the College of Family Physicians of Canada who has served as the Vice President Clinical of the Canadian Sleep Society and is the Chairman of the Alberta Medical Association Insomnia Clinical Practice Guideline Committee.

Dr. Samuels is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary. He is a well-respected medical educator who speaks internationally on topics related to sleep health and human performance. Dr. Samuels is a member of the Institute of Population Health at the University of Calgary; his research focus is the relationship of sleep to recovery, training and performance in Elite Olympic Athletes.

Dr. Samuels is regarded as an expert in the area of sleep disturbance and health consequences of shift work based on his work with the Calgary Police Service Health and Human Performance Research Initiative, which was a ten-year research project exploring the impact of rotating shift work on the health and performance of police officers. He is also a co-investigator on a similar project that will run from 2015-2017 with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

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This week I sit down with another Adam who also has a podcast to talk all about the knowledge you didn't know you had. Meet Adam Wills, host and creator of the Public Safety Innovators Podcast.

Adam has 15 years of experience in law enforcement and is a former Undersheriff. He kicked off his own marketing agency, Sursum Creative in 2018 where he focuses on helping companies in the public safety and private security industries grow their influence and revenue. With the start of the Public Safety Innovators Podcast, he has dedicated his professional life to helping you discover new technology, new training concepts and unorthodox ideas that will help your organization thrive.

Adam talks all about the transition from law enforcement and military field to a civilian occupation after leaving the force. We talked all about our podcasts and how we've made our transition, talking about what we love, and what is most important: the passion. The law enforcement industry is very supportive of its officers and as long as you are passionate you will succeed. 

The most important thing to take away in regards to the transition is to always be excited and convey your excitement about anything you choose to do.

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Listen to the Public Safety Innovators Podcast here.

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Back for the second time on the Tactical Breakdown Podcast, Dr. Bill Lewinski sits down to talk Force Science and the underlying reason behind how officers are taught in the academy.

Not only is he the Executive Director and Lead Instructor at the Force Science Institute, Bill is a leading behavioral scientist whose work has focused on the intensive study of human dynamics involved in high stress, life-threatening encounters.He specializes in police psychology and in this episode we take a deeper dive into just that. 

Dr. Lewinski talks about the newest study that identifies where we need to be to make our officers most effective, containing, controlling and offsetting situations. As well as 2 new studies he is apart of which are journals in forensic science, bullet strikes and bullet dynamics. Human performance dynamics that people accessing a scene need to understand.

He is a very popular presenter in the law enforcement industry and has spoken at conferences across North America and the United Kingdom. 

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As mentioned at the end of the show: Force Science and Virtra are offering 12 scholarships for officers or instructors to attend a 5 day certification course. The scholarships are valued at $1700 and are fully paid for.  You must be a Law Enforcement Officer and be able to attend in 2021. You can also nominate an instructor of your choice. Go here to register. https://www.forcescience.org/apply/

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You don't know what you're missing until you compete, this is something Arik Levy believes. As an officer, firearm instructor and the host of his very own podcast, Firearms Nation, Arik knows a thing or two about proper gun control.

In this episode, Arik talks about the importance of competing in shooter summits to improve on an officers skills and accuracy. He explains that these competitions better mimic the real life reactions and stress that come with being out in the field. Arik also touches on how he takes old school methods with a new school approach to improve officers accuracy out in the field. 

On top of all the work Arik does training officers on the proper ways to use a firearm he also has a YouTube channel where he demonstrates these techniques for officers as well as being the host of annual Shooters Summits. 

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Follow the Firearms Nation podcast on Twitter & Instagram for all the latest updates. 

Find out when the next Shooters Summit is here.

Force Science and Virtra are offering 12 scholarships for officers or instructors to attend a 5 day certification course. The scholarships are valued at $1700 and are fully paid for.  You must be a Law Enforcement Officer and be able to attend in 2021. You can also nominate an instructor of your choice. Go here to register. https://www.forcescience.org/apply/

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Constable, Sergeant, Instructor but his friends just call him Chris. After being a part of our first roundtable: Use of Force and Defensive Tactics Training Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3. Chris is back and flying solo taking us back to where his passion to train came before even joining the force 34 years ago.

In this episode, he talks about his time as a Search and Rescue Technician in the Rocky Mountains and how this experience sparked a deep dive of research into how officers and technicians were trained in the Academy vs. officers performance in the field in high stress situations. Chris discusses the correlation between high stress situations and silly errors made in the field. 

Chris recently retired as the Inspector of the Major Event and Emergency Management Section of the Calgary Police Service in Calgary. He's now the Director of Program Development for the Force Science Institute (FSI), where he continues to improve Police training with the research and discoveries he's made about human performance in high stress situations.

Chris is also the CEO and Chief Instructor at Raptor Protection & Safety Services.

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And check out his findings about Heart Rate as a Predictor in the Field.

Force Science and Virtra are offering 12 scholarships for officers or instructors to attend a 5 day certification course. The scholarships are valued at $1700 and are fully paid for.  You must be a Law Enforcement Officer and be able to attend in 2021. You can also nominate an instructor of your choice. Go here to register. https://www.forcescience.org/apply/

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Doug Pflug turned 54 a few weeks ago and wants everyone to know that he's doing okay. His body might be 54 but his passion and mind is still in its early 20's. This episode has some inspirational storytelling from Doug, including the discouragement one teacher gave him, and he advice his father taught him when he was in grade 7 that shaped who he is today. Doug  also recounted his last days in grade 12 when he last spoke to a classmate who would perish in the 1985 Air India bombing. It was that incident that Doug knew he would work in policing. In the later years, he showed his value in training athletes like Todd Bertuzzi and Jeff O'Neill over the course of a summer. Today he is the strength and conditioning coach of the Guelph Gryphons football team. Doug spent 18 years working with the Guelph Storm and spent some time working with the University of West Virginia Hockey team. 

You will hear Doug's story and how an empathetic soul like Doug copes with some of the harder days when policing. He also has some great advice to make the world a better place including making at least 10 people smile everyday! Also ask yourself: "Who was I? Who am I? And who do I want to be moving forward?"

Doug continues to be a coach, councillor, and mentor. His website is Rise Up and Excel and there you can find links to his blog, and more. 

Connect to Doug's personal account on LinkedIn, and Twitter. 

And his Iron Will 360 Accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. 

Search out the hashtag #RiseUpAndExcel and you'll be in good hands. 

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Pat McCarthy is the Creator/ Instructor of The Street Crimes Program. He is also the author of “Chicago Street Cop: Amazing True Stories from the Mean Streets of Chicago and Beyond”.

Pat is a nationally recognized expert in many areas of police work. He is able to blend his many unique experiences as a Patrol Officer, Gang Investigator, Undercover Cop, S.W.A.T. Team Member, and Special Investigator with the FBI on three separate Federal Task Forces. Mr. McCarthy spent six years with the U.S. Marine Corps. Reserve. Mr. McCarthy has a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice from Lewis University.

McCarthy spent 25 years in very aggressive units as a member of the Chicago Police Department. He earned 14 Special Department Commendations and over 100 honorable mentions and letters of appreciation from the Director of the FBI and other Federal Agencies. His diverse background and variety of work experience qualify him as an expert in many types of criminal investigations. McCarthy has qualified as an expert witness in Gang and Drug related cases. Two years as a uniformed patrol officer in a very busy Southside district. Four years as a member of the Elite Special Operations Unit. This unit traveled citywide concentrating on felony and gun arrests. Six years with the Chicago P.D. S.W.A.T. Team with several years as a sniper.

McCarthy was meritoriously promoted to Gang Crime Specialist (Gang Investigator) in 1981. As a Gang Investigator, McCarthy concentrated on gang related shootings and murders. For 5 years McCarthy worked undercover buying guns and drugs from hardcore street gang members. During this 5 year period McCarthys conviction rate was an astounding 99%. He put over 300 active gang members in prison while working this undercover assignment.

McCarthy was assigned as a Special Investigator with the FBI for 11 years and has participated in major investigations throughout the United States and abroad. He spent 6 years on the Federal Asian Gang and Organized Crime Task Force, 2 years on the International Criminal Enterprise Drug Task Force and 3 years assigned to the FBIs Violent Crime/ Gang Joint Task Force.

McCarthy is also a past two-term president of the International Association of Asian Crime Investigators and has lectured on gang and organized crime issues throughout the U.S., Canada and Mainland China.

 

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Lee Patterson is a Staff Sargent within Vancouver Police assigned to the Real Time Intelligence Centre Operations. He has experience of policing in two countries and across 4 cities. In this episode we spoke to Lee about his experience working in England, where up until 1992, police officers rarely carried a firearm. He also spoke to us about the 2011 riots after Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final; he told us where he was and where it went wrong that night. 

Lee has specialized within the fields of public order and anti-terrorist and crime scene search. Lee has a Masters Degree in Disaster Emergency Management undertaken at Royal Roads University and considers himself as an informed and experienced practitioner within the emergency management field. He also holds the ASIS International Board Certified Protection Professional (CPP) designation. In 2019 Lee qualified to the advanced level of CPTED. He is a Sessional Instructor in two Divisions of the Justice Institute of British Columbia where he teaches both online and face to face in many security and emergency management related subjects. Lee has been a member of research groups including the JIBC SIMTEC Group, and the BC DVI Committee. Lee has delivered many presentations at local and international conferences and workshops.

Lee was proud to represent Canada as the Chief Search Coordinator for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games securing the official athletes residences and game sites and being a public order tactical advisor and commander in the entertainment area during the games. 

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A fascinating conversation with former FBI Agent Jack Garcia who shares his experiences on the cases he worked on in his 24 years working undercover. Now the owner of the Undercover Academy....

You'll hear how he infiltrated the Gambino family and why it was his most challenging case. Born in Havana and a self-professed eater of rice and beans, Jack was able to separate his Hispanic roots to work as Jack Falcone. In his 26 years of service with the FBI and as an undercover FBI Agent in over 100 major Undercover operations, Jack Garcia is best known for his undercover role as “Jack Falcone,” a self-described Sicilian jewel thief and drug dealer from Miami, Florida, who infiltrated the Gambino crime family of La Cosa Nostra in New York for nearly three years. The case resulted in the arrest and conviction of 39 mobsters, including the top members of the Post John Gotti Gambino crime family.

Adam referenced episode 2 of Copland which you can connect to hear. 

Jack referenced his book Making Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family - which is available for purchase. 

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James Hamilton is the head of Protection Quality at Gavin de Becker & Associates; the leading firm for executive protection in the United States. GDBA protects several thousand clients, including over 90 of the world's most prominent families and at-risk individuals. They also provide consultation on security programs, and protective coverage at home, during travel, and at public appearances. 

In this episode, James discusses the type candidate that is best suited for Executive Protection, and what constitutes a success in the business of protection. 

Adam referenced a post that James wrote regarding care and protection during Covid 19. 

James referenced Byron Rodgers' podcast which can be found here. 

James is a widely regarded expert on protection recruited by GDBA from the FBI, where he served as the Supervisory Special Agent handpicked to create, develop, and implement the FBI Academy’s Protective Training curriculum. His courses are currently taught to protectors at the NSA, NYPD, and many other agencies. He is co-creator of GDBA’s Active Shooter Prevention and Response methodology, which focuses on awareness and early detection techniques to improve chances of survival during an attack. He has led Active Shooter trainings and exercises for schools, universities, companies and other organizations throughout the world.

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