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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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(FRIDAY, 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 John Coughlin. For 21 years, John served as a police officer in New York City — first with the Transit Police prior to the 1995 merger, and then with…
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In Episode 402 of Mic’d In New Haven — The Best of The Bravest: Nationwide, Volume 12 — Bridgeport Chief Rich Thode shares a haunting fireground moment that changed him. Responding to what appeared to be a minor first-floor fire, Thode headed upstairs alone to check for extension. What he found was fire in a…
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(MONDAY, 6PM) This week on Mic’d In New Haven, it’s another volume of The Best of The Bravest: Nationwide Edition — and my guest is Chief of Department Rich Thode. Approaching four decades in the fire service, Chief Thode began his career in 1987 with the Bridgeport Fire Department, serving the city for 34 years.…
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🔥 “What did I get myself into?” In Episode 401 of Mic’d In New Haven — The Best of The Bravest: Volume 84 — Deputy Chief Fred LaFemina takes us back to his first day in the FDNY. What began as a routine pull box quickly turned into a working fire in a two-story private…
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This week on Mic’d In New Haven, it’s The Best of The Bravest — and my guest is one of the most respected names in Rescue operations: Chief Fred LaFemina. With a fire service career spanning nearly four decades, Chief LaFemina rose from Brooklyn engine and ladder companies to lead the legendary Rescue 1 —…
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In this milestone 400th episode of Mic’d In New Haven — The Best of The Bravest: Nationwide (Volume 11) — Hoboken Deputy Fire Chief Joe Grossi reflects on what the men and women of the Hoboken Fire Department truly mean to him. Spending 24 hours on, 72 hours off — roughly 25% of your life…
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This week on Mic’d In New Haven, we hit a milestone — Episode 400 — and we’re marking it with a leader whose career reflects exactly what this series is about. My guest is Hoboken Deputy Fire Chief Joe Grossi, a fire officer whose path has been defined by steady progression, operational depth, and years…
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In Episode 399 — Volume 83 of The Best of The Bravest, retired FDNY Deputy Chief Joe Jardin reflects on a career he almost walked away from — and the unexpected path that led him to serve as Executive Officer to the Chief of Safety, helping shape firefighter safety initiatives, cancer risk reduction efforts, and…
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