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You want to be an E-Cop? Nowadays you’ll have a whole 9 months to prove yourself. Back in 1998 when John Scrivani was eager to join the unit, the course at the iconic Floyd Bennett Field was 6 months. Half a year to observe, half a year to learn. And learn he did. When you
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TUESDAY, 7PM He’s had his tentacles in many different places throughout his 30 years in public safety. The most notable place you can say he made a mark was with the NYPD and more specifically the 8 years he spent in its Emergency Service Unit. Having arrived to ESU in 1998, he’d work Brooklyn in
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Sometimes you’d rather be lucky than good. For NYPD Detective TOM SMITH, that luck involved a sarcastic promise that later turned into an epic collar. A member of a Bronx Robbery Squad at the time, he tells here of a morning spent searching for and ultimately apprehending a character by the name of Jerome. It’s
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Harlem’s 30th Precinct, Bronx Narcotics, the Gang Unit, Robbery Squad, and that was BEFORE his 2003 arrival to the Joint Terrorism Task Force. With 17 years there, heavy stakes were a regular. He traveled to 18 different countries as part of his investigations, even helping save a kidnapped journalist along the way. These days he’s
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2023 has been a big year for New York City Fire Department (FDNY) Deputy Chief Paul Miller. With close to 30 years on the job, he was promoted to his current rank this year and additionally, tasked with leading the FDNY side of operations in counterterrorism for the department’s Counterterrorism and Disaster Preparedness Center. What’s
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TUESDAY, 7PM So during an event held by Flying Aces Enterprises and Consulting at Citi Field back in June, I got to meet this man and I’m glad I did. Joining the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) in 1996, his stops include multiple companies across the South Bronx and Queens such as Ladders 48
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There are times and moments in life when you just know you’re in a sweet spot, and not just any sweet spot, but a once in a lifetime sweet spot where the fun you’re having in those moments can never be equaled nor rivaled. 2005 was that time for retired Chicago Police Department Chief of
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FRIDAY, 7PM In 30 years with the Chicago Police Department, he was for the majority of it, an investigator both in title and at heart. A veteran of numerous districts, the units he’d command include: With an investigative background as diverse as that one, it’d make sense he’d serve as the department’s Chief of Detectives.
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An essay from an energetic Dartmouth College student, an innovative police officer working the thankless beat of the New York City Subway, and a bucket load of determination between the two made for a good combination and with that the birth of a rescue squad that earned respect across the country: The NYC Transit Police
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FRIDAY, 7PM Though he never served in the NYPD Emergency Service Unit himself, it’s thanks to his tutelage that a lot of ESU alumni did. In 1977, thanks to an essay penned by Dartmouth University student Dean Esserman (who’d later serve as Chief of my hometown New Haven Police), the ball got rolling on the
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