Category: Mic’d In New Haven Highlights
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How Respect Can Change a Life
In this highlight from Mic’d In New Haven, retired NYPD Detective Mike Moy shares a story that stayed with him long after the arrest itself was over. Moy had arrested a young man in connection with a shooting. The man was convicted, spent several years in prison, and eventually returned…
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A Raid Turns Into a Firefight
“I’m getting shot at. I didn’t know what to do.” In this Mic’d In New Haven highlight, a planned raid turns into a full-scale firefight almost immediately after officers force their way through the door. Gunfire erupts from inside. Officers begin returning fire. One weapon jams. In the confusion and…
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🚒 22 Years Later — “I Still Love Coming to Work.”
New Haven Fire Department Deputy Chief Chris Ryan reflects on more than two decades in a profession he still considers a blessing. From getting his feet wet early in his career, to eventually earning the opportunity to serve in the city where he wanted to be, Ryan looks back with…
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“You gotta take a hit tonight.”
In this Mic’d In New Haven highlight, law enforcement veteran Andrés Mahecha recalls an undercover cocaine investigation that suddenly took a dangerous turn. With the dealer growing suspicious, Mahecha found himself squeezed into the back seat of a car with men on both sides of him — and then ordered…
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🔥 How the FDNY’s Early Squad Companies Chose Their Members
In Episode 434 of Mic’d In New Haven — The Best of The Bravest: Interviews with The FDNY’s Elite (Volume 93) — retired FDNY Captain Tony Tedeschi takes us inside the demanding selection process used when the department’s Squad companies were being built. Candidates reported to “The Rock,” where the…
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🚔 The Command Decision That Could Have Ended His Career
This is easily one of the greatest episodes in the history of the show bar none. Chief Chapman crushed it here. Great story from 1997 during his time as Chief of Patrol. He’s being handed an enormous responsibility: managing a march of approximately 15,000 Haitian demonstrators in the aftermath of…
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☣️ When an ESU Job Becomes a Biological Threat
In Episode 432 of Mic’d In New Haven — The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit (Volume 60) — retired NYPD ESU Officer Chris Zaberto looks back on one of the more unusual calls of his career: a confirmed anthrax case connected to smuggled animal hides. For ESU, the…
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🚒 The Toughest Part of Being the Boss
In Episode 431 of Mic’d In New Haven — The Best of The Bravest: Interviews with The FDNY’s Elite (Volume 92) — retired FDNY Captain Ciro Napolitano reflects on one of the hardest lessons he learned after becoming an officer: sometimes leadership means telling firefighters who desperately want to keep…
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Episode 430: The Best of The Bravest: Chief of Safety Al Turi (Volume 91)
In Episode 430 of Mic’d In New Haven — The Best of The Bravest: Interviews with The FDNY’s Elite (Volume 91) — retired FDNY Assistant Chief Al Turi provides a remarkable firsthand account of the conversations taking place at the command post on September 11th, 2001. As thousands of firefighters,…
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Leadership When It Mattered Most
In Episode 429 — Volume 90 of The Best of The Bravest: Interviews with The FDNY’s Elite, retired FDNY Firefighter John Walters reflects on September 11th and the critical role leadership played amid unimaginable chaos. For the firefighters operating that morning, decisions had to be made with limited information, rapidly…
