Category: Mic’d In New Haven Highlights
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Former FDNY Chief of Department Ed Kilduff on Why He Enjoyed Being a Battalion Chief in Particular
In 1993, future FDNY Chief of Department Ed Kilduff had just made the rank of Battalion Chief and after some rotating assignments, landed in Brooklyn’s 38th Battalion. I’ve been fortunate enough to interview several Chiefs and my grand takeaway is while they all enjoy each rank, it’s Battalion for the…
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Former Bridgeport CT Police Lieutenant on A Wild Chase of A Drug Dealer
The discretion and kindness you show others will always come back to you. ESPECIALLY in a career like policing. Just ask Ron Bailey. Chasing a coked up through the projects of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a man then-Officer Bailey had given a break to in a previous encounter would direct him to…
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Former NYPD ESU Officer On The Importance of Giving Back
“A Humbling Experience”. With 16 years on as a rescue cop between the NYC Transit Police Emergency Medical Rescue Unit and NYPD Emergency Service Unit he had the opportunity to as he said so eloquently, give back and give back he did helping mold the next generation of cops along…
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FDNY Operations Chief on Helping Department Reset Post-COVID
In 2022, Rich Blatus became Acting Chief of Operations in a time in which the FDNY was collectively hitting the reset button. Coming out of coronavirus and coming into normal day to day operations, he had a chance to shift gears as the department started its latest post-crisis era. As…
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NYPD ESU Sergeant on Responding to Devastation of Hurricane Floyd in 1999
Even now, well over 300 episodes into the Mic’d In New Haven Podcast there are certain stories I’m hearing for the first time. With retired NYPD Emergency Service Unit Sergeant Scott Zink, I learned about ESU’s response to the devastation of Hurricane Floyd in September of 1999. What a great…
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Detective on Talking Down A Deranged Teacher Threatening To Blow Up A School
A crazy teacher, a threat of explosives, and a bomb tech that just so happened to be a hostage negotiator. I can see why Law & Order has a ripped-from-the-headlines format, with real life stories like these who needs to come up with one of their own? Tales From The…
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Former FDNY Captain on Two Unique Experiences as a Fire Officer
A tale of two sides of a very unique coin. A question I often like asking guests who’ve served in command positions on either the police department or fire department is when did they first feel comfortable in their new rank? The answers vary naturally because no experience is the…
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NYPD Detective Reflects on Major Mid Career Move
In 2014 with 16 years on the job, George Sichler had it made in his NYPD career. At that point a 12 year veteran of the SCUBA unit, he could’ve rode out the remainder in the Special Operations Division but wanting to return to his roots as a Bronx cop,…
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Former Reporter on Why She Left The News Business
In 2019, Kerry Barrett was at a crossroads. Disillusioned and burnt out by the broadcast media business, she had a choice. Leave and spend more time with her family while also starting her own consulting company? Or continue with a successful career that had produced an Emmy and a lot…
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Private Sector Security Expert on Thwarting 2004 Terrorist Plot
In 2004, Paul DeMatteis was working as global security director for Prudential Bank when a terrorist hellbent on striking further fear into the hearts of New Yorkers and tri-state residents after September 11, 2001, devised a plot to conduct bombings of the bank in an effort to stifle the American…
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