The Quiet Professional

By Vigilant Media Inc.

The Quiet Professional, a part of Vigilant Media Inc., is a podcast that strives to educate listeners and inspire change through candid and critical exploration of topics centered around national secu... more

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June 09, 2025S4E23: Use of Force: California and Beyond – Brandon Sontag and Kenny Van Dyke.
Original Recording Date: 2025MAY22.
Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.
Views and opinions of the participants are their own.
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TOPICS:
Guests: President Brandon Sontag and Treasurer Kenny Van Dyke – California Force Instructors Association (CALFIA) - As a non-profit organization in California, our mission is to develop balanced and educated Use of Force Instructors. We do this by providing training and resources and partnering within our regions.
The smart application of force.
Using facts, law, and experience to guide decisions.
The problem of politics in use of force.
Decisions: from the desk to the street.
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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:
Important Links:
California Force Instructors Association: https://calfia.org/
The Briefing Room: https://www.thebriefingroom.com/
Profiles and Social Media:
Find CALFIA on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calfia_org/
Find The Briefing Room on:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/thebriefingroomofficial/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-briefing-room-llc/
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1h 3min
June 02, 2025S4E22: Solutions Require The Right People In The Room - Jean Bota and Becky Wylie-Jardine.
Original Recording Date: 2025MAY14.
Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.
Views and opinions of the participants are their own.
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Guests: Executive Director Jean Bota and Director Becky Wylie-Jardine - Alberta Community Crime Prevention Association - ACCPA's goal is to ensure safety to Albertans and their communities through education and crime prevention awareness. They are the connector between rural and urban communities and agencies.
ACCPA's history.
Speaking to the right level.
Working with individuals to the various levels of government.
How to be a collective voice.
Providing context and fact to the narratives.
Education and Solutions.
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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:
Important Links:
Alberta Community Crime Prevention Association website: https://albertacrimeprevention.com/
Profiles and Social Media:
Find ACCPA on:
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@albertacommunitycrimepreve5239
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/albertacrimeprevention
X: https://www.twitter.com/ABcrimeprevent
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/72067627
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alberta_crime_prevention
Find Jean on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/jean-bota-269a9326
Find Becky Wylie-Jardine on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/becky-wylie-jardine-m-a-icps-19251144
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57min
May 26, 2025S4E21: Foreign Interference Is Closer Than It Appears - Detective-Sergeant John Khoshandish
Original Recording Date: 2025MAY14.
Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.
Views and opinions of the participants are their own.
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TOPICS:
Guest: Detective-Sergeant John Khoshandish - unit commander for the York Regional Police Tactical Intelligence Unit, leading intelligence development on organized crime, and supporting national security, counter-terrorism, and foreign interference investigations.
The unique work of the Tactical Intelligence Unit.
Who is actually paying attention?
Mandates, investigative threshold, and the role of municipal law enforcement.
Game-time: appealing to emotion vs. logic.
Diaspora: Who can they turn to? What can they expect?
The missing legislation and the expectations of law enforcement.
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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:
Important Links:
Det.-Sgt. Khoshandish on panel for SAC-LHR: Power, Pressure, and Propaganda: SAC-LHR: Power, Pressure, and Propaganda - B'nai Brith Canada
Profiles and Social Media:
Find Det.-Sgt. Khoshandish on LinkedIn: John Khoshandish - Detective Sergeant - Intelligence Bureau - York Regional Police | LinkedIn
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56min
May 19, 2025S4E20: Canada’s Evolving Role In A Precarious Environment – Jonathan Berkshire Miller
Original Recording Date: 2025MAY15.
Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.
Views and opinions of the participants are their own.
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TOPICS:
Guest: Jonathan Berkshire Miller – is the co-founder and principal of Pendulum Geopolitical Advisory, Senior Fellow at the Ottawa-based Macdonald-Laurier Institute
(MLI), and holds concurrent fellowships with the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) and Asian Forum Japan.
Life in a think-tank and its contributions.
Canada’s future and bringing different perspectives together.
Middle power: wake-up call on national security & global roles.
U.S., China, and the Indo-Pacific – Canada’s aim and focus.
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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:
Important Links:
Jonathan Berkshire Miller: https://www.jberkshiremiller.com/
Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI): https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/
Profiles and Social Media:
Find Jonathan on:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-berkshire-miller-39904521/
X: https://x.com/jbmllr
Email: [email protected]
Find MLI on:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MacdonaldLaurierInstitute
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/MLInstitute
X: https://twitter.com/MLInstitute
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/macdonald-laurier-institute
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46min
May 12, 2025S4E19: Quick Reaction Force to Suicide Prevention - Mark Messina
Original Recording Date: 2025APR29.
Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.
Views and opinions of the participants are their own.
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TOPICS:
Guest: Mark Messina - Vice President for QRFup and a retired US Army Veteran whose organization and strategic leadership will bring the vision of QRFup across the nation. Mark's deference for the mission of this organization is bar none, and his determination will disrupt the current order.
Mark's personal story.
The QRFup story.
Providing timely response to those at the edge.
Keeping the responders safe. A time and place for everything.
The numbers that will shock you.
Progressing toward nation-wide coverage.
What's next?
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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:
Important Links:
Get the QRFup Application:
Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/qrfup/id6511219491
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qrfup
QRFup website: https://www.qrfup.org/
QRFup merchandise (SUPPORT THE CAUSE!): https://www.qrfup.shop/
Profiles and Social Media:
Find QRFup on:
LinkedIn: https://instagram.com/qrfup.organization
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/QRFup/61558629835156/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/qrfup
Find Mark on:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-messina-53b3b9178/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grey6_official/
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55min
May 05, 2025S4E18: Perilous Journalism & Living In Exile – Luis Najera
Original Recording Date: 2025APR28.
Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.
Views and opinions of the participants are their own.
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TOPICS:
Guest: Luis Horacio Najera - is an acclaimed journalist and crime analyst from Mexico who has lived in exile in Canada since 2008. He was the PEN Canada-George Brown Writer in Residence in Toronto, and recipient of the 2010 CJFE International Press Freedom Award and one of the 2011 Human Rights Watch Hellman/Hammet Awards. In 2022 he was named one of the 10 Most Influential Hispanic-Canadians.
Personal story.
Reporting from the most dangerous places on Earth.
Losing friends and colleagues to violence.
Truth in reporting.
Life in exile.
Organized crime & government.
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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:
Important Links:
Luis' books:
The Wolfpack: The Millennial Mobsters Who Brought Chaos and the Cartels to the Canadian Underworld - https://a.co/d/aT0UA2m
The Uncaged Voice: Stories by Writers in Exile - https://a.co/d/6K5g4UF
Luis' podcast:
Dos Amigos: Ideas que florecen del desierto - https://open.spotify.com/show/4hFkRaBgbPKVluH3RmSu1G
Profiles and Social Media:
Find Luis on:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arnomichaelis/
LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/luishnajera
X: https://x.com/najera13
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1h 9min
April 28, 2025S4E17: Romantic Violence and (Anti)Racists – Arno Michaelis
Original Recording Date: 2025APR14.
Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.
Views and opinions of the participants are their own.
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TOPICS:
Guest: Arno Michaelis – filmmaker, speaker, and author of My Life After Hate and co-author of The Gift of Our Wounds. Arno WAS a founding member of what became the largest racist skinhead organization in the world and lead singer of the race-metal band Centurion. NOW, he works as an interventionist with groups such as Parents 4 Peace, helping to lead people away from all violent extremist ideologies, and to support their families.
The story of extremism and “Romantic Violence”.
What does it mean?
Recruitment into the fold.
Racism & anti-racism – two sides of the same coin.
Tactics and techniques that lead to a familiar place.
The battle against the narratives. Solutions.
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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:
Important Links:
Parents 4 Peace website: https://www.parents4peace.org/
Arno on Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-neo-nazism-actually-works-former-white-supremacist-2025-3
Profiles and Social Media:
Find Arno on:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arnomichaelis/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnomichaelis
Parents 4 Peace on:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/parents-for-peace/
X: https://x.com/parentsforpeace
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parents4peace/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parents4peace/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyAPDWKMhF_feY-vmXQhCFg
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49min
April 21, 2025S4E16: A History on "Excited Delirium" and the Current Conversation - John G. Peters, Jr., Ph.D.
Original Recording Date: 2025APR03.
Co-host John Simpson.
Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.
Views and opinions of the participants are their own, unless otherwise stated.
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TOPICS:
Guest: John G. Peters, Jr., Ph.D. - serves as president and Chief Learning Officer of the Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Deaths, Inc. A former administrator of a medium-sized police department, police officer, and deputy sheriff, Dr. Peters is author of more than 300 publications, and is a judicially-qualified expert witness.
How we talk about 'excited delirium'.
A history - Learn something new everyday.
Medical recognition.
Public and political reactions.
In-custody deaths.
Articulation - Explain yourself.
Solutions!
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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:
Important Links:
Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Deaths, Inc. : https://www.ipicd.com/#/
John's books!
Foundations of Patrol Rifle Marksmanship: https://www.amazon.com/Foundations-Patrol-Rifle-Marksmanship-Simpson/dp/1608854809
Government sales: https://www.blue360media.com/products/93158-01
Foundations of Sniper Marksmanship: https://www.amazon.com/Foundations-Sniper-Marksmanship-John-Simpson/dp/1608852121
Government Sales:https://www.blue360media.com/products/93005-01
Profiles and Social Media:
Find IPICD on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/institute-for-the-prevention-of-in-custody-deaths-inc.
Find Dr. Peters on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-peters-ph-d-7a22a85
Find John Simpson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-simpson-b6114b59
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1h 5min
April 14, 2025S4E15: From Drug Kingpin to Law Enforcement Educator – Margarito “Jay” Flores Jr.
Original Recording Date: 2025APR04.
Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.
Views and opinions of the participants are their own, unless otherwise stated.
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TOPICS:
Guests:
Margarito "Jay" Flores Jr. - Jay and his twin brother were steeped in the narcotics business, establishing a pivotal distribution network for the Sinaloa cartel across North America. On the path of redemption, Jay now advises law enforcement and government on effective strategies and legislation to combat drug trafficking
Family affairs.
Law enforcement efforts – what’s missing, what they don’t understand.
Relationships… police & criminals… it’s complex.
Solutions.
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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:
Important Links:
Kingpin to Educator website: https://kingpintoeducator.com/
Contact email: [email protected]
K2E Foundation: https://kingpintoeducator.com/k2e-foundation
The full story on podcast, Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/surviving-el-chapo-the-twins-who-brought-down-a-drug-lord/id1649359487 Dynamic Police Training: https://dynamicpolicetraining.com/
Profiles and Social Media:
Find Jay on:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thinklikeakingpin
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kingpintoeducator
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1h 32min
April 07, 2025S4E14: The Disinfectant for Disinformation - Marcus Kolga
Original Recording Date: 2025MAR26.
Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.
Views and opinions of the participants are their own, unless otherwise stated.
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TOPICS:
Guests:
Marcus Kolga - the founder and director of DisinfoWatch and a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier and CDA institutes.
DisinfoWatch - a leading Canadian foreign disinformation monitoring and debunking platform. Our data is sourced through an international network of journalists, civil society organizations and analysts, as well as some automated sources, and is anaylized and exposed in order raise broader general awareness of disinformation and build long-term resilience against it.
What it means to be sanctioned.
Mis- and disinformation.
Effects on politics, media, and the populace.
Scale of disinfo operations.
Question, educate, inform.
Solutions for different industries and organizations.
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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:
Important Links:
DisinfoWatch website: https://disinfowatch.org/
DisinfoWatch Active Measures Podcast: https://disinfowatch.org/active-measures-podcast/
Profiles and Social Media:
Find DisinfoWatch on:
X: https://twitter.com/DisinfoW
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisinfoWatch-106551727876167
Find Marcus on:
X: https://x.com/kolga
LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/marcus-kolga
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