On this week’s episode, Bend, Don’t Break is welcoming on their first guest from the Vancouver Police Department — Constable Craig Look!

 

Constable Craig Look is a 16-year member with the Vancouver Police Department and has worked in various sections within the department, with a focus on taking a proactive approach toward policing. Away from work, Constable Look spends his time with his family and volunteer-coaching for his children's sports teams.  

 

In this episode, Constable Look shares his stories about two significant calls he received within his career. One of them dates back about 15 years ago when he first started out at the department and still impacts him to this day. It began as a standard report call and ended with him being stabbed several times, followed by months of recovery. Constable Look outlines these events in great detail on this podcast, reflects on some of his main struggles and challenges throughout these trying times, and explains some of the primary methods of recovery that helped him get better (both mentally and physically.)

 

The purpose of this podcast is all about hearing other people’s stories on the force and learning about how they persevered through the challenges they’ve faced — and Constable Look’s is no exception! He shows incredible resilience and truly highlights what the show is all about.

 

Key Takeaways:

[:50] Chief Neil Dubord gives thanks to listeners for tuning in.

[1:22] Chief Neil Dubord introduces today’s episode and guest.

[1:48] Constable Craig Look introduces himself and speaks about his background with the Vancouver Police Department.

[4:07] Constable Look tells the story of attending a very significant call early within his career.

[14:36] The incredible impact these kinds of incidents has on first responders and police officers.

[15:08] Constable Look recounts what happens next in his story.

[16:05] Craig reflects on the huge amount of support immediately following the event and the challenges and struggles he faced while recovering.

[19:07] How long was Craig off work?

[19:50] Craig speaks about the struggles he faced after the incident such as night terrors and flashbacks.

[21:24] What did Craig do to help himself recover, both mentally and physically?

[25:12] How did Craig spend his time alone while recovering?

[26:33] Craig reflects on the incident and the “what ifs,” then tells the story of another significant incident that occurred 9 years later (in 2013).

[36:54] How Craig managed this 2013 incident.

[39:32] How Craig used humor to assist in his recovery.

[41:37] Chief Neil Dubord highlights the unique lessons in Constable Look’s stories.

[42:34] Craig speaks about the written log he kept for his daughter and how it was incredibly therapeutic for him.[44:55] Chief Neil Dubord highlights some of the key learnings from today’s podcast.

[45:29] Aaron Hill chimes in with some of his closing thoughts.

[46:04] Chief Neil Dubord thanks Constable Craig Look for joining the podcast today.

 

Mentioned in this Episode:

Vancouver Police Department

 

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