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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 level when the deranged suspect…
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(MONDAY, 6PM) Involved in public service for over 35 years. His law enforcement career began with the Richland County Sheriff’s Office in Columbia, SC, from 1990 to 1997. In 1998, he joined the NYPD and worked at the 77th Precinct in Crown Heights, serving in various capacities including Patrol, SNEU, and undercover operations. He later…
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(FRIDAY, 6PM) Between the military, local police, and federal law enforcement with the DEA, he’s had a full life’s worth of excitement. Working as a Military Police Officer, and Police Officer in Pasadena, California, his 1983 entry into the DEA unlocked a 20 year chapter that ran until his retirement in 2003. The crescendo? The…
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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 those involved but the kind…
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An author of “Command Presence”, a prolific contributor to major publications such as the Daily Caller, Newsweek, and The Hill, and a Fellow at the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, he’s a retired Battalion Chief and Union President for my hometown New Haven Fire Department having served our city for 23 years ranging from 1997…
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An author of “Command Presence”, a prolific contributor to major publications such as the Daily Caller, Newsweek, and The Hill, and a Fellow at the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, he’s a retired Battalion Chief and Union President for my hometown New Haven Fire Department having served our city for 23 years ranging from 1997…
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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, his near 50 years of…
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On the docket this week on the Mic’d In New Haven Podcast: (WEDNESDAY, 7PM) He had a varied and interesting run to say the least out on the left coast in California, a police officer and later supervisor out in the City of Sausalito. A graduate of the FBI National Academy, he remains active in…
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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 into his 15-minutes of fame,…
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(WEDNESDAY, 6PM) Well naturally when New Yorkers hear the name Joe Bonnano the association isn’t necessarily a positive one but while THAT Joe Bonnano may have ran around the streets of New York doing harm, THIS Joe Bonnano ran around the streets of New York doing good. A 22-year veteran of the FDNY, he aided…
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