That LEO Guy

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue.Drew Taylor has extensive education and experience in what most of us cops call CIT - Crisis Intervention Training.  Tune in to hear the innovative techniques that Lehigh County, PA is using to manage mental health issues as they fall within the criminal justice system.  Drew will delve into their system of intervention and how they shift some responsibility from law enforcement / courts to different areas.All of you cops and prosecutors will agree that not everyone needs to be charged with crimes.  Drew gives an honest and gritty take on how to manage mental health issues without developing a program that is easily manipulated by the criminal element.Intervention at various stages of criminal justice involvement sounds reasonable to me.  In this episode we will discuss Intercept 0 and Intercept 1.-LEO Support the showPlease follow on FB and Substack at links below!  Substack contains true stories from my perspective.  Follow / subscribe on your favorite platform to continue to get my perspective and those of my interviewees!!!THANK YOU!https://www.facebook.com/share/1H5EuzAjrH/?mibextid=wwXIfrhttps://substack.com/@chase718403

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue.Surprise bonus episode, and the most exciting yet!  US Attorney General Pam Bondi came through my city, and I had the pleasure of meeting her and, of course, blabbing about my podcast!  After talking for a few minutes, she agreed to knock out an episode and answer some difficult questions!  I didn't get a lot of time (apparently, she's a busy lady), but we shared some laughs and some awkwardness.  I hope you enjoy, and you're next Bongino!-LEO Support the showPlease follow on FB and Substack at links below!  Substack contains true stories from my perspective.  Follow / subscribe on your favorite platform to continue to get my perspective and those of my interviewees!!!THANK YOU!https://www.facebook.com/share/1H5EuzAjrH/?mibextid=wwXIfrhttps://substack.com/@chase718403

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue.Over the last few weeks, I spoke with five career investigators and three career prosecutors.  My question to them:  What are the top five mistakes you see from investigators that lead cases to failure.  Dismissals.  Acquittals.  Problems.There was heavy overlap, and the most repeated phrase was not to be a lazy BLEEP!Luckily, they provided about 15 other points between them.  They'll be coming on to hash it out in the future, but for now, enjoy the 11-minute synopsis.And follow the FB / IG / YT already.-LEO Support the showPlease follow on FB and Substack at links below!  Substack contains true stories from my perspective.  Follow / subscribe on your favorite platform to continue to get my perspective and those of my interviewees!!!THANK YOU!https://www.facebook.com/share/1H5EuzAjrH/?mibextid=wwXIfrhttps://substack.com/@chase718403

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue."Oh you can't set up in there.  They do counter.""How can I set up out there in the country?  Stick a car on an empty dirt road?""That neighborhood is gated and they'll call my target."You can do stationary surveillance anywhere.Stop believing the hype.  You can work the problem, get eyes on your target location, get your search warrant, make your arrest, whatever you need.Being skilled at stationary surveillance takes some finesse, but if you develop yourself (partly through tuning in to this), you can have a niche on your team that's hard to match.  If you can set up anywhere from the hood to the projects to the country to a gated community of 3-million-dollar homes to Pablo Escobar's compound, you are invaluable and irreplaceable.Danny Baker was a Scout-Sniper - you think he got handed a mission and said, "Hey sir, we can't go in there.  It'll be hard."Fuck that mindset.  Come from a place of YES!And if your partner is saying an area cannot be infiltrated, prove 'em wrong.-LEO Support the showPlease follow on FB and Substack at links below!  Substack contains true stories from my perspective.  Follow / subscribe on your favorite platform to continue to get my perspective and those of my interviewees!!!THANK YOU!https://www.facebook.com/share/1H5EuzAjrH/?mibextid=wwXIfrhttps://substack.com/@chase718403

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue.All jobs have group and individual skills.  Last month, I released Narcotics.Narcotics is riddled with both of these.  Surveillance is both individual and team.If you suck as an individual, you'll be a worthless team member.  If all 8 of you are great but you have no flow together, you'll be a low-functioning team.Today's episode will focus on how to follow cars and people that are moving.  At times this will include transitions to and from stationary surveillance (next episode, btw).If you're a narc, fed, vice or anyone else that conducts discreet observation, tune in!-LEO Support the showPlease follow on FB and Substack at links below!  Substack contains true stories from my perspective.  Follow / subscribe on your favorite platform to continue to get my perspective and those of my interviewees!!!THANK YOU!https://www.facebook.com/share/1H5EuzAjrH/?mibextid=wwXIfrhttps://substack.com/@chase718403

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue.Christy Barker's first interview dropped months ago.  She discussed her ideas of the ideal prosecutor / investigator relationship prior to arrest.Post-arrest, that relationship needs to (and will) change.  Today she discussed what she, as a prosecutor of violent crime for three decades, would like from the investigators after they arrest a killer.The short version is this:  If you're an investigator, you do not prosecute cases.  It's not your decision to prosecute, or to decide the strategy of that prosecution.  This is objectively the design of the US Criminal Justice System.  If you are questioning this, you need to go learn your system.Therefore, what's the point of collecting facts if you're doing it in such a way that the person you believe did the crime cannot be charged effectively?  Sure, you can take out a warrant.I arrested the killer!  Call the press!  Fucking hero cop over here!Then you don't answer the phone when prosecutor calls.  She needs discovery.  He needs leads followed to get ahead of plausible defenses.  She needs alibi witnesses interviewed.  You ain't answering.  You got an arrest, so bug off and do yo job, lawyer.If that's where you're at, don't cry when the case gets dismissed.  Don't tell the victim's mama you did everything you could.  Be real.Learn from Christy how to manage arguably the most important time of a case - post-arrest.-LEO Support the showPlease follow on FB and Substack at links below!  Substack contains true stories from my perspective.  Follow / subscribe on your favorite platform to continue to get my perspective and those of my interviewees!!!THANK YOU!https://www.facebook.com/share/1H5EuzAjrH/?mibextid=wwXIfrhttps://substack.com/@chase718403

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue.In last Friday's episode, Danny discussed his career - USMC Sniper, Police Officer, Coroner.In today's episode, he will go into the nitty gritty of hitting rock bottom.  The path there, the moment of truth, and the path back out of the dark.Whether you were a member of Uncle Sam's Misguided Children (USMC), Army, Navy, Air Force, Coastie, Police, Deputy, Corrections, Investigations, or just a man or woman who's been through some shit, this episode will give you perspective.Prior to uploading this morning, I listened to a 10-minute blurb to quality check, as always.  This is the only time I've had tears in my eyes.If you're struggling, you are not alone - in the struggle or in having support.I'm here, Danny's here, and you will persevere.-LEONote:  Follow the FB and IG for more thorough introductions and pictures! Support the showPlease follow on FB and Substack at links below!  Substack contains true stories from my perspective.  Follow / subscribe on your favorite platform to continue to get my perspective and those of my interviewees!!!THANK YOU!https://www.facebook.com/share/1H5EuzAjrH/?mibextid=wwXIfrhttps://substack.com/@chase718403

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue.Danny Baker is a Scout-Sniper in the United States Marine Corps turned police officer, turned deputy coroner.  Following eight years active duty (including multiple combat deployments and four years of training new Scout-Snipers), Danny was hired to police the streets of Greenville, SC.  After 14 years of this, he moved on to something more peaceful (?), working as a deputy coroner.  In the first of a two-part segment, Danny will discuss his background, his preparation and training in the USMC Special Operations community, and what made him make the moves he did.Danny will touch on mental health in this episode, but it's really the build-up for the most moving interview I've not only conducted, but heard.  Next week Danny will provide a brutal honesty into some of the things he went through when he hit rock bottom, and how he came out the other side alive.  His path back to mental health.I have friends that have committed suicide, friends' kids that have, police co-workers that have, and many that have hit rock bottom and stared into the abyss.  None have been this open and honest.-LEO Support the showPlease follow on FB and Substack at links below!  Substack contains true stories from my perspective.  Follow / subscribe on your favorite platform to continue to get my perspective and those of my interviewees!!!THANK YOU!https://www.facebook.com/share/1H5EuzAjrH/?mibextid=wwXIfrhttps://substack.com/@chase718403

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue.The title in in jest (hopefully).  Female police officers deal with things that I never have.  In this episode I will briefly touch on some of the struggles I've seen friends and co-workers deal with, and how I've seen successful cops overcome!I kept it short because I'm going to go into greater details with someone more genetically qualified to speak on the subject.Welcome to March!-LEO Support the showPlease follow on FB and Substack at links below!  Substack contains true stories from my perspective.  Follow / subscribe on your favorite platform to continue to get my perspective and those of my interviewees!!!THANK YOU!https://www.facebook.com/share/1H5EuzAjrH/?mibextid=wwXIfrhttps://substack.com/@chase718403

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue.As a city police officer I attended multiple training events on FLETC (Federal Law Enforcement Training Center).  I worked, as I've said, on the USMS Regional Fugitive Task Force.  I also worked quite a bit with DEA and ATF while in narcotics, and had some workings with FBI and US Secret Service. During training to become a fed, our class was mixed with other agencies and shared living quarters and the cafeteria with thousands of people from dozens of other agencies.  If you've listened you know I'm a talker, so I was chatting with these folks.After completing that, I've worked with most every agency in some way shape or form - city, state, and federal.No, I'm not flexing, and I hope it doesn't come off as a flex that I simply worked with people.  There are very high functioning people and very low functioning people with all these same experiences.I say it so say that I can speak knowledgably on what different agencies do, what their training is like and what the atmosphere is like at the agency.  I can also speak to the hiring process and qualifications from firsthand experience.If you are considering transition to federal law enforcement, give a listen to decide what agency will be right for you!-LEO Support the showPlease follow on FB and Substack at links below!  Substack contains true stories from my perspective.  Follow / subscribe on your favorite platform to continue to get my perspective and those of my interviewees!!!THANK YOU!https://www.facebook.com/share/1H5EuzAjrH/?mibextid=wwXIfrhttps://substack.com/@chase718403