The Quiet Professional

Original Recording Date: 2024APR02. 

Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.

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TOPICS:

• Oak's story.
• The book, Your Leadership Legacy: Becoming the Leader You Were Meant to Be
  • Defining leadership.
  • What one IS and IS NOT.
• Leadership vs. management.
  • Courage and fear.
• Motivation vs. manipulation.
  • Intentions matter.
• F...

Original Recording Date: 2024MAR28. 

Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.

Views and opinions of the participants are their own, unless otherwise stated.

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TOPICS:

• Jessy’s story.
• Safer Schools Together (SST) – Prevention and Intervention strategies.
  • GRIP – gang reduction through informed practice.
• Gangs and organized crime.
  • Race, culture, narratives.
• Digital threats and the importance of social media ...

Original Recording Date: 2024MAR28. 

Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.

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TOPICS:

• RCMP Longitudinal Study.
• A point in time - National Police Federation's (NPF) study on member mental health.
• Knowing where we came from and where we are heading to. 
• Some SERIOUS stats, you have to hear this!
  • Read the report in the links.
• Fighting f...

Original Recording Date: 2024MAR18. 

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Views and opinions of the participants are their own, unless otherwise

stated.

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TOPICS:

• Derek's story.
• Personal experience with PTSD.
• Dealing with emotions.
  • Absorbing other's emotions.
• Institutional vs. external moral injury.
• What works and what doesn't.
• Novel ideas and treatment.

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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:

Important Li...

Original Recording Date: 2024MAR18. 

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TOPICS:

• Peter's story.
• Exoneration for Homicide.
  • Fighting the system / freeing the innocent.
• Recalling ground zero during 9/11.
• Purchasing firearms in the U.S.
• The Deadly Path book / Fast & Furious case:
  • The attorney's office: laziness, excuses, unc...

Original Recording Date: 2024MAR07. 

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TOPICS:

• Coach Blauer's story.
• Defensive tactics.
  • SPEAR - startle-flinch response.
• You've never heard 'FEAR' talked about like this.
  • Self-regulation.
    • Who is the fight with.
  • 3 'I's - Instincts, Intuition, Intelligence.
  • Systems.
• Violence....

Original Recording Date: 2024FEB29. 

Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.

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TOPICS:

• Liz's story.
• Law enforcement by another means.
• Specialized investigations.
• Myths of the industry.
• The complexity of the insurance world.
• W3 Intelligence Research Group
  • Working on more than just home and auto.
  • Organized crime: fraud, human trafficking.

Original Recording Date: 2024FEB09. 

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The follow-up to Seaux's first appearance on The Quiet Professional podcast (November 2023):

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s2e57-service-and-sacrifice-in-the-special-forces/id1631223615?i=1000633845107. 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/ep...

Original Recording Date: 2024FEB05. 

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TOPICS:

• Hi's story.
• Security and close-protection.
  • The deal with the various levels of security services?
• Where inspiration is found.
• The importance of leadership.
  • Style and development.
  • Dealing with confrontation.
  • Truthful and real conversations.
  • What ...

Original Recording Date: 2024FEB12. 

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TOPICS:

• John's story.
• Philly vs. Edmonton.
• Policing by the numbers.
• The political situation and solutions.
  • Seeing is believing.
  • Changing the narratives.
• Lobbying for cops, defending membership.
• Policing standards across the nation.
  • U.S. and Canada.

Original Recording Date: 2024JAN24. 

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TOPICS:

• Jay's story.
• History of police fitness standards.
  • Problems beget change.
• Short-comings of training.
• Fitness standards.
  • Discrimination on characteristics.
  • Programs: development, validating, maintaining.
  • Immutable characteristics.
• Standards...

Original Recording Date: 2024JAN31. 

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TOPICS:

• Chasing gangsters around the world.
  • Organization.
  • Contacts and connections.
• Authorities and sharing information.
• The major groups and cast of characters.
• Opinions of Canadian authorities.
• Tiers to the TNOCs.
• How Canadian ports operate.
• Solutions:

Original Recording Date: 2024JAN29. 

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TOPICS:

• Minister Amery's story.
• Conservatism.
  • Federal and Provincial interaction.
• Reform issues:
  • Bail
    • Applications, onus, and Bill C-48.
    • Provincial vs. Federal jurisdiction.
    • Running from your crimes; the issue with criminal charges across provincial...

Original Recording Date: 2024JAN19. 

Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.

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TOPICS:

• Ron's story.
• Body worn cameras / facial recognition.
  • History of the technology.
  • Precedence, issues, legalities.
• Adopting technology.
• A.I. / Deep Fakes - are police ready for the criminal side?
• Private sector partnerships - getting the right person f...

Original Recording Date: 2024JAN15. 

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TOPICS:

• Dustin’s story.
• Meaningful basics and developing competency.
• Input then output - building the shooter.
  • Being a better teacher and student.
  • Memory, the short and long of it.
  • Operating under stress and recall.
• NURO Shooting Systems.
  • Brain circuitr...

Original Recording Date: 2024JAN12. 

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TOPICS:

• Garry’s story.
• The REAL impact on organized crime.
  • Go after the $$$ and assets.
• Can cops do it all?
  • Partnerships matter (taxman, journalists, municipal and federal).
  • Effectiveness and efficiency of resources.
  • Addressing the superficial vs root c...

Original Recording Date: 2024JAN04. 

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TOPICS:

• Serge capacity.
  • Too many functions?
  • Generalists or specialists.
• Federal or contract policing.
  • Cannibalization of resources.
  • Priorities and politics.
• Bail reform.
  • Meeting of the Premiers.
  • Bill C-48.

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REFERENCES...

Original Recording Date: 2023DEC19. 

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TOPICS:

• Joe's story.
  • The downward spiral to a fortuitous conversation.
• Exposing the good done by first responders.
• Walking 9,000 Kms - A Push For Change.
• Paying-it-forward through leadership and mentorship.
• Picking up on potential.
• Solutions.
  • A new view...

Original Recording Date: 2023DEC15. 

Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.

Views and opinions of the participants are their own, unless otherwise stated.

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TOPICS:

• Gunny’s story.
• Skydiving lessons.
• Moral injury - the hurt from within.
• Leadership and emulation.
• Close protection for Alberta’s Premiers.
• Stress hits when you least expect.
• Solutions
  • Skydive...