Briefing with The Chief

Briefing with the Chief will be joined by two guests for today’s show. The first guest will be Judicial Candidate for Los Angeles County, Tracey Blount. Tracey has been endorsed by Law Enforcement, the Los Angeles County Democratic Party and the Los Angeles Times. She is making her final push to the voters on the show. My second guest is Author and Retired Homicide Detective Danny R Smith. Detecti...

Briefing with the Chief will be joined by two guests during this episode. The first guest will be Judicial Candidate Renee Rose, who is making her final push to be elected Judge in Los Angeles County. Renee has worked for over three decades as a Prosecutor in Los Angeles and needs your help to be elevate to Judge. Her opponent is supported by area progressives who launched the failed, "Criminal Ju...

With election day quickly approaching, I will be joined to two former members of the Law Enforcement family who are now running for political office. Both have been guests on Briefing with the Chief in the past. They will make their final pitch on the show, for voter’s support. My first guest will be Sharon Ransom, a former Dispatcher the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and now a Deputy Di...

I will be joined by Dr. Alex Balekian. Alex is a Candidate for the 30 District of the House of Representatives. We will discuss his effort to replace Adam Schiff who has relinquished his House Seat in a bid to become California’s next US Senator. I will ask Alex about a variety of policy issues including; crime, the border and term limits for Federal Office holders. Following the discussion with D...

One of the most stressful jobs in society today is that of a Police Officer. Whether you work for a City, County or State Law Enforcement agency, the pressures of the job can lead to an addition to alcohol or other substances. My guest, retired Lieutenant Eric Castano of the Los Angeles County Sheriff and I will discuss the issues of alcohol abuse in the ranks of Law Enforcement. We will also disc...

Charitable Bail funds have existed for decades. Follow the death of George Floyd these funds received an infusion of cash, specifically to bond out demonstrators protesting Floyd’s death. Vice President Kamala Harris posted on X, encouraging donations to a charitable bond fund, the Minnesota Freedom Fund. The fund raised $41 Million Dollars. Little of this money was actually used to assist demonst...

On a previous episode of Briefing with the Chief, my guest Harris County Texas District Attorney Kim Ogg, advised my audience of a shadowy organization that is funded by Soros and enforces expectations of progressive prosecutors he financially supports. This episode will address that organization, Fair and Just Prosecutions. I will discuss current and former District Attorneys listed on the organi...

Earlier this summer President Donald Trump selected Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate in the ongoing race for President.  Vance, who grew up poor, from a broken home which included substance abuse and domestic violence, overcame a sense of hopelessness and despair to graduate from “The Ohio State University” and Yale Law School.  Immediately upon being selected as Trump’s Vice-Presidenti...

The City of Oakland is located on the West coast of the State of California. It is the county seat and the most populated city in Alameda County, with a population of 440,000 in 2020. The voters in the City of Oakland and Alameda County have successfully qualified two recall petitions for the ballot on November 5, 2024. One petition is for Billionaire George Soros’ funded Alameda County District A...

In 2022 over 58 million Americans will be over the age of 65 and that 7 million will be under threat of Elder Abuse. It is widely understood that this crime is woefully underreported. I will be joined by Judicial Candidate, for Los Angeles County, Renee Rose. Renee is a veteran of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. She has experience in prosecuting hardcore gangs, narcotics dealers...

Briefing with the Chief connects with the Hosts of New York’s Finest: Retired and Unfiltered, Ret. Lts John Macari and Eric Dym. We will find out what is happening in the Big Apple. How are the migrants and Fentanyl impacting New York City? NYPD appears to be reembracing aspects of the Broken Windows policing strategies. Is it working? 

We will be joined by retired Chief of the Westminster Police Department, who was also a former Commander on the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Ralph Ornelas. Chief Ornelas lead the LA County Sheriff’s narcotics Bureau and traveled extensively overseas investigating Transnational Narcotics and Criminal Gangs. He continues to be active in his community warning students about the deadly nar...

Harris County Texas District Attorney Kim Ogg, partially funded by George Soros in 2016 and elected on a platform of Criminal Justice Reform, pushes back on reforms and gets pushed out. D.A. Ogg pushed back on Bail Reform in the face of increasing crime and data indicating much of the increase was the result of changes in the Bail System. She also had the gall to ask for an increase in her budget...

The Tennessee Star, an online news site, obtained documents that are part of the Nashville school shooting at The Covenant School in March of 2023, that resulted in the death of six victims, including three children. The shooter, Aiden Hale, a transgender man, formerly known as Audrey Hale, left behind hand written notes, commonly referred to as the Nashville Shooter Manifesto. Although some docum...

California, New York, New Jersey and Illinois are among the top State people are leaving. High housing costs, taxes, cost of basic food items along with a reduction in the quality of life in these States, contribute to the population outflows. I will talk with a former Candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Kevin Dalton, about this phenomenon. I will ask...

What do you look for when picking a Judge? As the Host of Briefing with the Chief, I have taken on the burden of exploring what to look for when pick a Judge. Sharon Ransom is running for Judge in Los Angeles County. We will explore her background, experience and her endorsements

The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held during a year of riots, political turbulence, and large-scale civil unrest. Anti-Vietnam War demonstrators converged on the City of Chicago demanding an end to the war. With wars in Gaza and Ukraine and other issues, the 2024 Democratic Convention could be echoes from the past. I will discuss this issue with the Editor and Chief of The Chicago Contr...

Recently a Los Angeles politician stated, she did not feel safe riding the LA Metro Transit System. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass quickly echoed the concerns. Ironically, it was the political leadership who pushed disastrous "Criminal Justice Reform" policies that caused the spike in transit crimes. I will be Joined by two guests, Dr John Sullivan and Ret. Chief Matt Rodrigues, both Transit Policin...

I will be joined by Patrick Gipson, Republican and 40th Assembly District Candidate. He is in a tough race with Democrat Pilar Schiavo who recently proposed a bill to protect children from the burdens of homework but killed a bill to protect children from pedophiles. Shocking I know but its California. We will discuss how Democrats have killed bills that would reform failed Criminal Justice Reform...

On today’s show I will review the book, Criminal (in)Justice, What The Push For Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most, with the Author Rafael A Mangual. Mr. Mangual is the Nick Ohnell Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, and a member of the Council of Criminal Justice. His book challenges the dishonest narrative of the political left and...

I will be joined by a former Minneapolis News Anchor and Author of the book They’re Lying, The Media, The Left and The Death of George Floyd. We will discuss George Floyd’s death and its aftermath. The book is chalked with information that was kept from the public and sheds new light on the life altering events for all involved including the citizens of Minneapolis. I will also be joined by Republ...

We hear complaints from big city Mayors from Chicago, New York and Denver but we don’t hear much reporting regarding how the unprecedented migrant crisis is impacting communities along the Southern Border. I will be joined by the former Sheriff of Jackson County Texas AJ Louderback . We will discuss the impact on border residents and communities and his candidacy for the Texas House of Representat...

On September 11, 2012 the U.S. Diplomatic Mission is Benghazi was attacked causing the deaths of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and U.S. Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith. This attack was quickly followed by an attack on a nearby, well defended, CIA Annex, which resulted in the deaths of CIA Security Personnel Glen Doherty and Tyrone S. Woods. Initially the Obama Adminis...

I will be joined by two guests on this show Ret Supervisory Deputy US Marshal Robert Ledogar and a Candidate running for Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman. With Deputy US Marshal Ledogar I will discuss the recent murder of a Deputy US Marshal and three other Peace Officers during the service of an arrest warrant in Charlotte North Carolina. Peace Officers murdered: Deputy US Marshal Tom...

Today’s episode will focus on the shocking antisemitism on College Campuses. Since the attacks visited upon Israel by Hamas on October 7, 2023, we have experienced an explosion of antisemitism by students and staff at scores of universities across the country. I will discuss this issue with Thomas Elias a noted syndicated columnist for the Los Angeles Daily News. I will also discuss the Heterodox...