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(MONDAY, 6PM) This is not a typical episode. Joe Badalamente joins me to talk about trauma, grief, PTSD, and how EMDR therapy helped him process the loss of someone close to him and move forward without being overwhelmed by the memory. This conversation is for first responders, police, fire, EMS — and anyone who has…
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By Mike Colón There are moments in public safety that don’t just change policy — they change identity. March 1996 was one of them. When New York City brought its municipal EMS system under the umbrella of the Fire Department of the City of New York, it wasn’t just a bureaucratic move. It was a…
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(MONDAY, 6PM) This week on Mic’d In New Haven, returning guest Ed Hartnett joins the show for an important and difficult conversation. A retired NYPD Chief and the current Police Commissioner of Yonkers, Ed has spent decades in law enforcement leadership. Now, he’s working with the International Association of Chiefs of Police to shed light…
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In Episode 406 of Mic’d In New Haven — The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit (Volume 57) — retired New York City Department of Correction Emergency Service Unit veteran Bob Kauer discusses one of the most physically demanding and intense aspects of the job: cell extractions. Facing inmates who were often violent, unpredictable,…
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(MONDAY, 6PM) This week on Mic’d In New Haven, it’s another volume of The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit — and my guest is Bob Kauer. Bob began his career in one of New York City’s toughest environments — the Department of Correction — before earning his place in Emergency Service. Operating on…
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In Episode 405 of Mic’d In New Haven — The Best of The Bravest: Nationwide (Volume 13) — Stamford Fire Department Rescue 1 firefighter Mike Dragonetti explains the S.L.I.P. Method, a systematic approach firefighters use when operating on top of an elevator car during rescue operations. The process begins by securing power and accessing the…
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In Episode 404 of Mic’d In New Haven — The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit (Volume 56) — ESU veteran Eric Becker reflects on the early formation of FEMA Urban Search & Rescue New York Task Force 1. When the team first received its designation, resources were scarce. There was no formal funding,…
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(FRIDAY, 6PM) This week on Mic’d In New Haven, it’s Best of The Bravest: Nationwide Edition — and my guest is Mike Dragonetti. Growing up in a New York City firehouse, Mike turned a childhood love of the job into a decades-long career in the fire service. After years working in the trades, he joined…
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(MONDAY, 6PM) This week on Mic’d In New Haven, it’s another volume of The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit — and my guest is retired ESU Officer Eric Becker. For 20 years — from 1982 to 2002 — Eric lived the constant adrenaline surge of policing the world’s greatest city. From the grind…
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In Episode 403 of Mic’d In New Haven — The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit — John Coughlin takes us back to one of the most debated transitions in modern New York policing: the 1995 merger of the New York City Transit Police into the NYPD. The move, strongly pushed by Mayor Giuliani…
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