Category: Mic’d In New Haven Highlights
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FDNY Lieutenant on a Full Circle Experience as a New Fire Officer
6 hours worth of content this week on the Mic’d In New Haven podcast. All more than worth it of course when I get to profile the great members of the FDNY & NYPD. Last night’s guest was FDNY Lieutenant Mike Roy. In what now holds the record as the…
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Former NYPD Emergency Service Unit Detective on How Gun Arrests Helped Propel His Entry Into The Unit
Want to get into the NYPD Emergency Service Unit? Be an active cop. Part of being an active cop? Making gun collars. Tony Johnson was a magnet for them and it got him on the radar of the right people and thus in 1987, a near 20 year’s magic carpet…
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Former LAPD Officer Recalls WILD 1997 North Hollywood Shootout!
Wow is all I can say. I’d always wanted to have an LAPD guest on and man…Jack Schonely did not disappoint! This was one of the best episodes in the show’s history, and I received one heck of a personal introduction to the LAPD and I along with the audience…
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Former ATF Agent Recalls Investigation Into 2018 El Paso Walmart Mass Shooting
In 2019, a madman opened fire in a Walmart, murdering several innocent people as they were just trying to go about their day doing the most mundane and basic of tasks: shopping. Tasked with piecing together what led up to such a heinous attack and unraveling the motive behind the…
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Retired Virginia Fire Chief Reflects on Career Defining 2007 Building Collapse
Career calls or fires. No matter where you work, if you’ve been in the fire service long enough, you’ll get them. In Rick Edinger’s case, it came in 2007 in the form of a building collapse. Then a Chief in the Chesterfield Fire Dept, the call was not only a…
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Veteran Journalist Lisa Mateo on Overcoming Impostor Syndrome
Impostor syndrome. We all struggle with it no matter what we do. But even when we most feel as if we’re completely in over our head, we push forward. Why? Because as Lisa Mateo lays out here, we realize we can, and thus, we do instead of doubt. Fun talking…
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Retired NYPD ESU Officer on The Importance of Utilizing Discretion as A Police Officer
Without question one of the best conversations I’ve ever had. This was from top to bottom an outstanding conversation and Thomas Ridges was dropping gems all night long. Among the gems? This one. “Nice never goes out of style”. What an episode, what a Volume 42 of The E-Men: Inside…
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FDNY Chief of Department Jack Hodgens on Day-To-Day Operations
“It’s 100% a team effort” said New York City Fire Department (FDNY) Chief of Department John Hodgens on the day-to-day operations of the world’s greatest fire department. Of course, he is right. And no matter the amount of work to be done, and in the FDNY there sure is a…
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Longtime Journalist on Maintaining A Feel For The Field
“I like the mix” As with any job, a good feel for what you’re doing goes a long way. A good balance in duties, especially as one gathers more time on the job not only helps you but as @kristenshaughnessy points out here, helps you appreciate those around you. Fun…
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FDNY Deputy Chief on Rescuing Driver From Sanitation Truck Dangling Three Stories Above Ground
That’ll leave a dent! While Murphy’s law is applicable everywhere, it seems to have its own set of rules for New York City. None more so than this rather unique occurrence on August 17, 2011 when a sanitation truck driver for reasons unknown plowed his truck through the third floor…
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