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For those of you who’ve read my prior columns, you know the story pretty well by now. I didn’t have a job, I was feeling like crap because of that, and simply put I was getting desperate. Very desperate. Posting my resume on Facebook as something of a last resort, I ran into Captain Jacob
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“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 the way. Darrell’s been on
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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 he says here, the key
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(FRIDAY, 7PM) He responded to emergencies of all sorts both underground and above ground as a member of both the New York City Transit Police and NYPD. A rescue squad member for 17 of his 20 years in policing, his time was split between the New York City Transit Police Emergency Medical Rescue Unit and
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(WEDNESDAY, 7PM) For 42 years held many a role and a nozzle in the New York City Fire Department. Joining New York’s Bravest in 1980, his ascent across his four decades of service would culminate in him serving as Acting Chief of Operations and that for another volume of The Best of The Bravest is
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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 conversation this was and a
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(WEDNESDAY, 7PM) An alumni of both the New York City Housing Police and New York City Police Department, he worked in the rescue squads of both departments as a member of the Housing Police’s Emergency Rescue Unit and the NYPD Emergency Service Unit. Working primarily, sans for a brief stint in Brooklyn’s Truck 8, in
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Why the NYPD’s top brass needs to stop their social media silliness It was a heartbreaking week of loss for the New York City Police Department. Then-Officer Jonathan Diller, since posthumously promoted to the rank of First Grade Detective as is custom by the NYPD to honor members killed in the line of duty, was
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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 Boom Room: Profiles of The
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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 same but this one from
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