Category: Mic’d In New Haven Highlights
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NJ Special Operations Fire Chief on The Importance of RIT
Safety on the fireground before anything else is paramount. You cannot do without it. RIT (Rapid Intervention) is a key component of that. You never want to use them from the standpoint that you never want members to be placed in such a dire circumstance that RIT is required. However,…
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Retired NYPD Detective on Dealing with Burnout
In 27 years on the job with the New York City Police Department (1995-2022), David Sarni was a detective for 23 of them. He’s seen many things both good and bad and as a former instructor in the detective bureau’s training unit, that wisdom is one that even in retirement…
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Veteran NYC Crime Reporter on Covering The Gilgo Beach Serial Murders
In her over 40 years of covering crime and punishment in New York City, Mary Murphy has seen many a captivating case. From John Gotti’s trials to terrorist attacks, she’s grizzled. Of all the cases and controversies she’s covered, perhaps none is more captivating than the Gilgo Beach Murders believed…
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NYPD ESU Detective Recalls Early Ground Zero Experience
It was great to be neck doing the Mic’d In New Haven podcast. After a summer hiatus, we’re recharged and excited to resume and what a way to pick things back up than with a stellar Volume 48 of The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit. Rich Miller, like…
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Retired CT State Police on Managing Public Information & The Media
So enjoyed this conversation with retired Connecticut State Police Lieutenant Paul Vance. Having grown up watching him provide many a briefing on incidents the State Police had responded to as the spokesman out of the Public Information Office, I naturally had to ask him on the process of information management…
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NY Times Reporter on Career Defining Pulitzer Nominated Story
Though many societal evolutions aren’t positive ones, in my humble opinion, the emphasis given to discussing mental health is one of the few that is positive. In particular, how we treat those battling mental illness is a topic especially at the forefront of discussion. A reporter for the Boston Globe…
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NYPD Emergency Service Unit Detective Recalls Having a Pipe Bomb Thrown at Him
It’s June of 2015 and a guy down on his luck after a fruitless job search decides to go berserk in Brooklyn. A pistol in one hand and a pipe bomb in the other (and more in his car) a terrifying standoff would ensue and escalate to an entirely different…
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Former New Haven Fire Chief on Reimagining Training
Training is by no means a punitive thing. In contrast it’s supposed to be fun and that is something former New Haven Fire Department Battalion Chief Frank Ricci understood and as the department’s drill master made sure to adjust accordingly. The result? Not only a renewed focus on training for…
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FDNY Inspector on Sound Emergency Management
Been learning a lot lately on Chain of Command and more specifically how pivotal it is each role be filled to a tee. In regards to emergency management, there’s not much better to explain that concept and philosophy than Ron Kanterman. A professor wisened by both books and the street,…
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FDNY Firefighter on his Mid-90’s Breakthrough as a Best-Selling Author
It’s 1995 and Joe Bonanno is 16 years into his FDNY. By this point a firefighter in Ladder 152, he’d been a chef for sometime and with some prodding from friends, finally put the finishing touches on a project he’d been sitting on: a healthy cookbook for firefighters. Launching him…
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