Category: Mic’d In New Haven Highlights
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Retired NYPD ESU/SOD Captain on The Missions of The Real Life A-Team
A salute for the A-Team. No not the one from television with Mr. T (though they’re pretty cool too) but the real life A-Team of the NYPD Emergency Service Unit. No matter how heinous the charges and by extension the criminal accused of those charges, it is these men and…
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Retired NYPD ESU Detective on The Proper Approach To Tactical Apprehensions
In the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit, the service can be anything. A rescue on a pin job here, protection for a dignitary there, and of course the tactical assignments. Getting the perp is never easy because the formula changes with the circumstances of each job. Plus, you’re in hostile territory…
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Retired NYPD Detective Mike Charles on Solving a Drug-Induced Homicide
Sometimes it’s not even me asking the questions that lead to the best stories on the show but rather the questions of the guests in the live chat that produce a rather memorable tale. Shoutout to audience member (and nephew of the guest) Jeff Warner whose question led to this,…
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Retired FDNY Veteran on The Art of Driving A Fire Truck Through The Streets of NYC
Well if breakdancing is considered an Olympic sport then I say driving an emergency vehicle through the streets of New York City should be added to the games too. After all, between the stop and go traffic, narrow streets, weather conditions, and unpredictable nature of both other drivers and pedestrians,…
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FDNY Battalion Chief On Leading Recruitment Efforts After 9/11
After the events of 9/11 and the losses suffered by the FDNY, recruitment was needed to fill the voids left not just by those who heroically lost their lives marching into the Towers to save others but by those who understandably due to the emotional burden of the event’s aftermath,…
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Mic’d In New Haven Highlights: The Mindset of A Homicide Detective
“We speak for the dead.” No matter the victim, who they were, what they were, or how they died, it is a motto formily embodied by and embedded into the fabric of every homicide detective no matter where they work. Advocacy and assiduous police work that may not culminate in…
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District Attorney’s Office Narcotics Detective on The Essence of Case Building
Real good back and forth here with former District Attorney Narcotics Detective John Fleming. I learned a ton on the function of the Office of Special Narcotics in New York City and the aspect of case building we do not see or hear about. The Law & Order intro is…
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FDNY EMS Division Chief on The Importance of Proper Management
Just as important as the FDNY’s firefighting component of operations for the five boroughs of New York City is its EMS component. A division staffed by some of the most unsung first responders on the planet since its merger into the Fire Department in 1996, Chief Jay Swithers, a near…
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FDNY Rescue 1 Firefighter Joel Kanasky on Mentorship As A Senior Man
In 1998, Joel Kanasky walked into the quarters of FDNY Rescue 1 in Manhattan for the first time. What awaited him was a roster of legends and one simple rule from the late Captain Terry Hatton (EOW: 9/11/01): Treat every victim like your mother or grandmother. 16 years later, he…
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Retired NYPD JTTF Detective on Investigation of 2000 USS Cole Bombing
On October 12, 2000 on the hostile seas of Yemen, the USS Cole, a United States Navy guided missile destroyer came under attack when terrorists aboard a fiberglass boat detonated an arsenal of C4 explosives, injuring 37 sailors, and killing 17. Assigned as the Office of Origin for any terrorist…
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