Thin Brewed Line Podcast

NYPD is one the largest police departments in the world. This episode is about a retired NYPD officer and now author of five books about his career. He tells it like it is, just as you would expect from a true blooded New Yorker. Vic Ferrari keeps Kurt and I laughing for almost an hour and we are sure you will too!Listen and find out about all these shoes left behind at the worlds largest crime scene and how the lazy cop inadvertently saved another cops life.Author Vic Ferrari is a retired New York City Police Department detective with the hamstrings of a twenty-year-old. A survivor of an Irish father and Italian mother, Vic loves a cold beer and insists on you removing your shoes when entering his home. When he's not writing, he's picking up after his neurotic Irish Wolfhound. Always looking to save a buck, Vic splits his time between Branson, Missouri, and Papua New Guinea.Find his books on Amazon -> https://www.amazon.com/Vic-Ferrari/e/B01IIQXLBC/ref=aufs

People just don't understand the hardships posing for a fireman’s calendar shoot can have on firefighters! In the next episode, we are going to break down this painful process with 30-year, Tucson firefighter veteran, Clint Moss.In all seriousness, we’ll discuss the difference between firefighter and police officer rehab and recovery after difficult shifts or calls. What does the firefighter community do differently from law enforcement? Are there things LEOs should be looking at from our brothers and sisters in red? Take for instance the way a truck of 4-6 fire personnel can lean on each other after a tragic call versus the police officer who drives away solo from that same horrible call.Do firefighters take on a more serious mindset about rehab and recovery for both their physical and mental wellness? I would propose that there is a difference, and LEOs can learn many things from them.We are not health professionals but merely a conduit to pass on information and resources to LEOs who may need or want it.This show is sponsored by Filthy Pirate Coffee and can be found on all social media platforms and https://filthypirate.coffeeHit the like, share, follow and subscribe buttons. Please help us by spreading the word and helping out other cops. Also, please consider purchasing our Law Enforcement charity coffee roast “Split Second” where proceeds go right back into helping police officers.

When someone has just four years to go to receive a full pension and he resigns, you may ask yourself, “Why would anyone do that??” Their family’s sake may be a first guess. That is exactly why Nate left the Tucson Police Department and went on a different path. He now runs a successful microgreens business, cares for his special-needs daughter, Ellie, and advocates for police officer wellness.Nate is a previous attendee of the Boulder Crest Foundation program, and we’re going to find out more about this amazing organization.Info about Nate’s microgreen business can be found at https://ezmicrogreens.comInfo about Boulder Crest can be found at https://bouldercrest.orgThis episode was sponsored by Filthy Pirate Coffee. Find out more at https://filthypirate.coffee

The trauma of an unprovoked ambush gunfight in tight confines with dozens of innocent people around…The pain of being injured and the terrible loss of a brother… Tucson is rocked yet again with a violent tragedy that results in the loss of of one our own and two others seriously injured at the downtown Amtrak station.The aftermath causes anxiety, anger, sadness, and confusion. We train hard for that moment where, within a split second, life is in jeopardy. But, are we prepared for the days following the chaos? How do LEO's deal with this? How do we keep going on?Kurt and I share some ideas and thoughts to hopefully make this healing and recovery a little better for some of our brothers and sisters. We are very proud of the people we worked with and how they responded to this incident.

Money Money Money...Almighty dolla! Stress in law enforcement can come from all kinds of places, and finances are no exception. The cop spends more hoping that they can work off duty or overtime and then soon all they do is work. There is a way to make, save and invest money and there are people that can help you. This is a must for all cops to at least sit down with someone and find out where they can improve.Our guest Mark E. from Galloway Public Safety Financial walks us through his personal and professional experiences with money. Mark is a dedicated veteran police supervisor, detective and training supervisor who also has a degree in finances too.Find out more from the folks at https://www.galloway911.com/This show is sponsored by Filthy Pirate Coffee and can be found on all social media platforms and https://filthypirate.coffee/Hit the like, share, follow and subscribe buttons. Please help us by spreading the word and helping out other cops. Please consider purchasing our Law Enforcement charity coffee roast “Split Second” where proceeds go right back into helping police officers.

Mike G. veteran cop, SME trainer, husband and dad chops it up with us about what his agency and AZ POST is doing to improve the health and well being of Arizona Police officers. We dive into how important it is to have life work balance too.

Getting away from it all is extremely important to mental health of our officers. Join us and hear about Eric's trip to Africa for the Hunt of a Lifetime. Bucket list, check! Here about his journey to hunt on the other side of the world even during a pandemic. Eric is a veteran cop who's been through a lot and took a chance on this hunt.

There are medical professionals dedicated to helping first responders in southern Arizona! They have their own location and offer a setting that helps put our cops at ease for a wide variety of services. We chat with Amber Norris, a licensed nurse and the wife of a local police officer. She is one of the founding staff members for 10-4 Medical and gives us some background and insight into this amazing program."10-4 Medical is a one-of-a-kind healthcare facility exclusively serving Southern AZ's First Responders. We are "Taking Care of Those Who Serve and Protect" by providing healthcare that is tailored to First Responders with a focus on "Whole Person Health.""10-4 Medical provides occupational health services including specialized firefighter physicals (per NFPA guidelines), AZ POST examinations, injury treatment, and specialized testing. In addition, our unique medical model offers comprehensive primary care, wellness exams, preventative care, and mental health services including assessment, therapy, counseling, and treatment for common mental health conditions impacting our First Responders."Check them out at https://10-4medical.com/This episode is sponsored by our bad ass coffee company, Filthy Pirate Coffeehttps://filthypirate.coffee/

That awful anxiety hits at all the wrong times as a cop it seems. And there is a lot of cops out there that maybe feel the same. Some can't even describe it in words, Anger out bursts, frustration, high stress, paranoia and being overwhelmed. We share our perspectives for other cops to glean some insight for them.We chat with 20 year veteran cop Kurt Dabb. Dan and Kurt break down that feeling of anxiety and being overwhelmed. Some key signs are not only physical but emotional too.

We chop it up with Justin who is a local cop,subject matter expert in use of force and brown belt in BJJ. He gives us some more insight about BJJ in current law enforcement and the new program that is in the works in Tucson called No Belt Required. He elaborates some on this program as it is being developed to to help officers train for the job and their fitness/mental health.Sponsored by Filthy Pirate Coffee