Whether you know it or not you are a leader. Everyone is a leader in some aspect of their life. Today we talk about leadership and what it means to accept a life of pressure and adversity.

We can't go into every detail of our personal OIS but we do want to talk about what it is like for an officer after the incident. There is a lot more that goes into it than most know. It is a very stressful time for the officer and their family. Let's get into it.

We didn't have a specific topic this week. This week was about catching up and talking about current events!

Rener Gracie is an American Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, a chief instructor at the Gracie University, and co-creator of the Gracie University online curriculum. Rener now has HARD DATA showing when jiu-jitsu is implemented as mandatory training for officers, officer injuries go down, civilian injuries go down, and departments save money.

For all the data mentioned in the episode click the link below:

https://www.gracieuniversity.com/reform

Gracie University:

https://www.gracieuniversity.com/

Dr. Robert Livingston is a social psychologist and one of the nation’s leading experts on the science underlying bias and racism. His research has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Harvard Business Review. For two decades, he has served as a diversity consultant to scores of Fortune 500 companies, public-sector agencies, and non-profit organizations. He has held professorships at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and the University of Sussex. He currently serves on the faculty of the Harvard Kennedy School.

Qualified Immunity and the Thin Blue Line Flag have become topics of conversation since last summer. On this episode we discuss what they are seen as and what they actually are. 

Ryan's department has a new team called the "Quality of Life Team". They do great work, but it also shows police work isn't always flashy or what you see in the movies. 

With everything going on its easy to start feeling tired. Everything just feels heavy right now. This episode is more laid back conversation. One of the main topics that comes up is mistaking high standards for perfection, especially within law enforcement. We all agree that people in leadership positions should be held to a higher standard, but where does that stop? 

Charges dropped against the officers involved in Jacob Blake's shooting. Let's dig deep and see why.

A LOT has happened in one week. On this episode we talk about censorship, Capitol Hill, and what defines us as a person. 

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