Hey Chaplain: The Police Wellness Podcast

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail Welcome to the Daily ICPC; My name is Jared Altic, and I'm a chaplain with the police department.  This is a limited podcast series from Hey Chaplain, which follows police chaplains Jared Altic and Ward Jenkins to Little Rock, Arkansas to attend the annual training seminar of the ICPC, the international conference of police chaplains.  This series will provi...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail Welcome to the Daily ICPC; My name is Jared Altic, and I'm a chaplain with the police department.  This is a limited podcast series from Hey Chaplain, which follows police chaplains Jared Altic and Ward Jenkins to Little Rock, Arkansas to attend the annual training seminar of the ICPC, the international conference of police chaplains.  This series will provi...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail Welcome to the Daily ICPC; My name is Jared Altic, and I'm a chaplain with the police department.  This is a limited podcast series from Hey Chaplain, which follows police chaplains Jared Altic and Ward Jenkins to Little Rock, Arkansas to attend the annual training seminar of the ICPC, the international conference of police chaplains.  This series will provi...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail Welcome to the Daily ICPC.  This is a limited podcast series from Hey Chaplain, which follows police chaplains Jared Altic and Ward Jenkins to Little Rock, Arkansas to attend the annual training seminar of the ICPC, the international conference of police chaplains.  This series will provide a daily, behind the scenes look at the convention, and this is our Day 2...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail Welcome to the Daily ICPC. This is a limited podcast series from Hey Chaplain, which follows police chaplains Jared Altic and Ward Jenkins to Little Rock, Arkansas to attend the annual training seminar of the ICPC, the international conference of police chaplains.  This series will provide a daily, behind the scenes look at the convention, and this is our Day 1 e...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail Today we're talking to Dan Nash from the Human Trafficking Training Center and he's going to talk about the difficult encounters officers have with prostitutes who are controlled by traffickers and how they can be helped.  In fact, right off the bat Dan is going to lay out the paradox that many trafficking victims find themselves in:  they didn't w...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail Welcome to the Daily ICPC; My name is Jared Altic, and I'm a chaplain with the police department.  This is a limited podcast series from Hey Chaplain, which follows police chaplains Jared Altic and Ward Jenkins to Little Rock, Arkansas to attend the annual training seminar of the ICPC, the international conference of police chaplains.  This series will provi...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail Today we're talking to Jake, the International Security Specialist Guy… which may or may not be his real name.  Jake has 25 years experience in law enforcement as an American cop; now he lives in Thailand and trains people who are traveling internationally into high threat environments.  Jake trains them and helps to manage crises while they're in-count...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail Today we're talking to Jim Bontrager.  Jim is a police chaplain in Elkhart, Indiana, but he is also the president of the International Conference of Police Chaplains.  I got closer to attending the annual training seminar of the ICPC, I thought I'd ask the guy in charge if he had anything he wanted to share.  And boy did he!  Like a lot of chaplains, JI...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail In this episode we're listening to a portion of a podcast episode where podcaster and police officer Chad Campese interviewed Jared Altic. This part of Chad's episode focuses on the stress that first responders endure and how a chaplain's understanding of philosophy, psychology, and theology contributes to officer wellness. Music is by Wes Hutchins...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail In Kansas City, Kansas we had 4 officers murdered in three separate events in the span of just two years.  Two from the police department and two from the Wyandotte County Sheriffs Office.  Captain Stephen Smith, a returning guest and friend of the show, had a connection to all four and was on scene when the two deputies were killed.  We're going to hear him...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail Today we are returning to our conversation about self-doubt and imposter syndrome with Tim Eggebraaten. In this part of the conversation we're moving into areas of leadership and encouragement. Tim was a police chief in Minnesota and we'll discuss how NOT to reprimand an officer and what role awards and award ceremonies play in how an officer may feel a...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail One of the most commented on and most frequently requested guests we've ever had on Hey Chaplain is Tim Eggebraaten.  In fact whenever someone says, "I really liked the one guy but I can't remember his name," my first guess Tim Eggebraaten and I'm almost always right.  This actually happened again just the other day.  I love Tim's pa...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail START HERE:  Welcome to the fifth year of Hey Chaplain, the police wellness podcast. Music is by Chris Haugen Hey Chaplain Episode 000.5 Support the show Thanks for Listening!  And, as always, pray for peace in our city. Subscribe/Follow here : Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hey-chaplain/id1570155168 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail This episode marks our fourth anniversary and I wanted to go back and do follow ups and business checks, checking in on some of our past guests to get updates.  In this episode we get an update from Vinnie Montez, Compassion Alliance, recently retired detective Stuart Littlefield and previously unaired excerpts from recent guests Kelly Enos and Joe Smarro. Links...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail Today's guest is chaplain Mark Femmel.  Mark is a friend of mine who is a chaplain in St Louis, Missouri.  I brought Mark on today because he's a kindred spirit and I know he has a lot of great experience to share.  Today we're talking about chaplaincy generally and how it's the same and different between St Louis and Kansas City.  We're...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail This is both our annual salute to mothers in the law enforcement family and also another episode on the Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS). Cheryl Railsback is the surviving mother of Deputy Shane Detwiler, EOW July 13, 2009. Her story of loss, grief, and her path back to helping others is a story you need to hear. Concerns of Police Survivors website: https://w...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail Today's episode should probably have a sensitive content warning but it would take me too long to list all the ways our guest might upset you… and frankly the reason I brought this guy on the show was to hit every sensitive topic he could and then drop a truth bomb on us… so… our guest today is Joe Smarro.  You might recognize him from the award winning HBO...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail It's mailbag time! Use the link above to leave a comment or a question and we might use it on a future show! Music is by LesFM Hey Chaplain Update Episode 2Q 2025 Tags : Mailbag, Chaplaincy, COVID, Debriefs, Fire, Internal Affairs, Isolation, Police, Relationships, Suicide, Update, Wellness, Kansas City Support the show Thanks for Listening!  And, as always,...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail Today our guest is Kelly Enos and he's here to talk about making a successful career change from law enforcement to teaching criminal justice and police science at the college or university.  Kelly made that very career change unexpectedly less than ten years into his career but he found success in academics as his second chapter and he wants to share with y...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail This is the second part of our story of Detective Dana Gouge , who handcuffed the BTK serial killer, Dennis Rader .  If you haven't heard part one which told the story of a narcissistic serial killer who couldn't stop talking… then what are you doing?! Go back and listen to Ep 110 right now!   We left off with Detective Gouge putting the handcuffs on De...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail Today is a crime history episode on the BTK serial killer, Dennis Rader .  Rader is known to have committed at least ten murders between 1974 and 1991, communicating with the media about his crimes but not getting caught.  He called himself BTK, for "bind, torture, kill," and had disappeared for 13 years when suddenly he began communicating with the med...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail Today we are talking about the hotline for police officers called COPLINE.  COPLINE provides 24/7 confidential services to active and retired law enforcement officers and their loved ones.  Today's guest is Carmine Czapla, who is a veteran and a retired cop, and is one of the active listeners on the other end of that life-saving phone call.  In this episode...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail This is your Quick Guide to Bagpipe Tunes.  I'm anticipating that there will be two distinct camps among my listeners, those who love bagpipes and those who don't yet.  But please give this a chance.  First, this is fairly short, and there's not a single tune here that lasts more than 2 minutes.  Second, I really do understand.  I'm not natura...

Text the Show or Leave a Voicemail Today we have a returning guest, Jim HIggins.  Jim plays the bagpipes and teaches police officers and firefighters to play the bagpipes for our ceremonies and parades.  Jim often plays with them and is obviously an accomplished musician and expert in all things bagpipes related.  I was pleased to get Jim to come in and talk to me about the bagpipes, the tunes tha...