Mic’d In New Haven

Retired FDNY Deputy Chief Joe Jardin, whose career spanned 37 years and multiple levels of operations in New York City, joins the program for Volume 83 of The Best of The Bravest: Interviews with the FDNY’s Elite. Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecolo... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeC... LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/mikecol...

Bianca Peters, longtime news anchor for FOX 5 in New York City with previous stops in Oregon, California, and Miami, joins the program. Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecolo... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeC... LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/mikecol... TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/mikecol... Website: https://mike-colon-medi...

For another edition of The Best of Both Badges, returning guests in retired FDNY Firefighter Garrett Lindgren and retired NYPD Detective Bill Ryan once again re-join the program as we revisit the Brooklyn St. George Hotel Fire of the summer of 1995. Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecolo... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeC... Link...

Retired Battalion Chief Nick Esposito, who served 25 years in Bridgeport, Connecticut as a career firefighter with extensive experience on the volunteer side, joins the program for Volume 10 of The Best of The Bravest: Nationwide Edition. Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecolo... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeC... LinkedIn: http:...

Battalion Chief Anthony Gonzalez, a Long Island native currently serving with the Coral Springs, Florida Fire Department for nearly 30 years, joins the program for Volume 9 of The Best of The Bravest: Nationwide Edition. Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecolo... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeC... LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/...

Deputy Chief Robert Cobb, who helmed Special Operations for the Jersey City Fire Department in a career that spanned 34 years, joins the program for Volume 8 of The Best of The Bravest: Nationwide Edition. Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecolo... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeC... LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/mikecol... TikT...

Retired NYPD Detective George Sichler, a veteran of units like SCUBA and the Gang Unit, rejoins the program to discuss his latest post NYPD pursuits. Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecolo... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeC... LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/mikecol... TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/mikecol... Website: https://m...

For the final show of 2025, retired FDNY Lieutenant Anna-Schermerhorn Collins, a 28-year veteran, joins the program.  In Memory Of: Lieutenant Kevin Pfeifer Firefighter Brian Bilcher Firefighter Robert King Firefighter Robert Evans Firefighter Michael Boyle Firefighter David Arce Firefighter Keithroy Maynard  Firefighter Jeffrey Walz Firefighter Gerard Baptiste Firefighter John Tierney (Killed in...

Retired Passaic County Sheriff’s Office Corporal Anthony Damiano, a 25-year veteran featured in multiple episodes of the television program COPS in the early 2000s, joins the program for Volume 22 of The Beat: Profiles of Police Nationwide. Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecolo... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeC... LinkedIn: htt...

Lieutenant John Sheehan, a near 30-year veteran of the old New York Fire Patrol, joins the program for Volume 81 of The Best of The Bravest: Interviews with The FDNY’s Elite. In Memory Of: Fire Patrolman Keith Roma (End of Watch: September 11, 2001) Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecolo... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeC... Link...

For a special edition of Tales From The Boom Room: Profiles of the NYPD’s Arson and Explosion & Bomb Squad, retired NYPD Detective Bill Ryan once again joins the program for a look back 30 years later at the shocking attack on Freddy’s Fashion Mart in Harlem, NYC, on December 8, 1995. Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecolo... Facebook...

For the milestone 80th Volume of The Best of The Bravest: Interviews with The FDNY’s Elite, Bob Pressler, who served in the FDNY from 1979-1998, joins the program. Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecolo... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeC... LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/mikecol... TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/mikecol... Webs...

Joe Badalamente, who balanced both comedy and cop life as a New York City police officer for 20 years, joins the program. Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecolo... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeC... LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/mikecol... TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/mikecol... Website: https://mike-colon-media.com/ Busines...

Retired NYPD Lieutenant and author David Goldstein, whose law enforcement career began originally with the LAPD, joins the program. Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecolo... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeC... LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/mikecol... TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/mikecol... Website: https://mike-colon-media.co...

Current FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker, the 35th person in the New York City Fire Department’s history to hold the post, joins the program for the 79th volume of The Best of The Bravest: Interviews with The FDNY’s Elite. In Memoriam: Paramedic Salih Abdur Rahman (End of Watch: October 29, 2025) Firefighter Patrick Brady (End of Watch: November 8, 2025) Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com...

Retired FDNY Captain Nick Gaudiosi, whose career fighting fires in New York City spanned nearly a quarter century from 1979 until 2003, joins the program for Volume 78 of The Best of The Bravest: Interviews with The FDNY’s Elite. Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecolo... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeC... LinkedIn: http://linkedi...

Captain Steve Elliott, a 33-year FDNY veteran who also fought in the Gulf War as a member of the Marine Corps, joins the program for Volume 77 of The Best of The Bravest: Interviews with The FDNY’s Elite. Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecolo... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeC... LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/mikecol... TikTo...

Bert Gonzalez, a retired 37-year veteran Sergeant of the Miami-Dade Police Department, joins the program for Volume 21 of The Beat: Profiles of Police Nationwide. Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecolo... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeC... LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/mikecol... TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/mikecol... Websi...

Craig Monahan, who began his public safety career as a New York City Transit Police Officer before lateraling to the New York City Fire Department in 1993, joins the program for Volume 76 of The Best of The Bravest: Interviews with The FDNY’s Elite. In Memory Of: Firefighter James Young (End of Watch: March 28, 1994) Firefighter Chris Seidenburg (End of Watch: March 28, 1994) Captain John Drennan...

Alex Lee, a longtime former reporter and host across various New York City media outlets and current spokesperson for Verizon, joins the program. Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecolo... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeC... LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/mikecol... TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/mikecol... Website: https://mike-...

In a special ‘Best of Both Badges’ edition of the Mic’d In New Haven Podcast, retired NYPD Emergency Service Unit Officer Jose Guerra and retired FDNY EMS Emergency Specialist Chris Ebdon join the program to discuss the response to and aftermath of the June 5, 1995 Williamsburg Subway Crash. Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecolo... Faceb...

23-year veteran NYPD Lieutenant Glenn Daley, whose stint in the department’s Special Operations Division included stops at both the Emergency Service Unit and Aviation Unit, joins the program for Volume 54 of The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit. Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecolo... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/M...

Assistant Chief Dan Coughlin, tasked with helming operations for the New Haven Fire Department, joins the program for Volume 7 of The Best of The Bravest: Nationwide. In Memory Of: Firefighter Patrick Reardon (End of Watch: April 21, 2009) Firefighter William McMillan (End of Watch: May 6, 2021) Firefighter Ricardo Torres (End of Watch: May 12, 2021) Firefighter Thomas Mieles (End of Watch: Novemb...

Tom Von Essen, whose 31 years in the FDNY included 13 years as its Union President from 1983-1996 and another five as its 30th Commissioner from 1996-2001, including during and after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, joins the program for Volume 75 of The Best of The Bravest: Interviews with The FDNY’s Elite. Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://insta...

Carl Russo, who spent 16 of his 20 years in the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit, his tenure ranging from 1985-2001, joins the program for Volume 53 of The E-Men: Inside The NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit. Connect With Mike Colón: X: https://x.com/mikeinnewhaven Instagram: https://instagram.com/mikecolo... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeC... LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/mikecol... TikTok:...