Street Cop Podcast

On today's episode, Dennis is joined by Founder/lead instructor ACE Interdiction, Bauer Brown. Bauer started his Law Enforcement career in 2013. In 2016, he started as a full-time interdictor/K9 handler with the Apache County Sheriff's Office Special Crimes Enforcement Team.  In 2016, Bauer was nationally awarded for conducting a traffic stop that resulted in a seizure of 34 pounds of hero...

On today's episode, Dennis speaks with author, businessman, co-founder of RSEVentures and guest on the hit show Shark tank, Matt Higgins. Matt Higgins is a noted serial entrepreneur and growth equity investor as Co-founder and CEO of private investment firm, RSE Ventures. He is also an Executive Fellow at the Harvard Business School where he co-teaches the course “Moving Beyond Direct-to-Consu...

On today's episode, Dennis speaks with 22+ year law enforcement veteran, national law enforcement trainer and writer for police publications, Lt. Kory Flowers. Lt. Kory Flowers is a 22-year veteran with the Greensboro (NC) Police Department. Flowers trains law enforcement officers nationwide on various subversive criminal groups, leadership, and tactical communication. He is a frequent contrib...

On this episode, Dennis speaks with Founder and Owner of VanEss K9 Academy, Eric Stanbro. Eric, worked as a K9 handler and trainer from 2005-2018, recently retired as the head trainer from Canton Police Department K9 Unit, along with the Police K9 Association. Eric spent time as a trainer for Naval Special Warfare Group 1 (SEALs) training, America’s elite Multi-Purpose Working Dogs. He is also the...

On this episode, SCT Intructor of Mastering Pennsylvania Search & Seizure, Dan Foster sits down with retired LEO's Mike Arena and Larry Bolchune. Today, Dan, Mike and Larry discuss how the job changes who you are, having a life outside of law enforcement, how LEO's suppress the realities of the job, tips for maintaining morale within a department and the importance of having strong rel...

On this episode, Dennis speaks with Alabama Police Officer and wife of former Huntsville Police officer, Ben Darby, who was convicted of murder, Keelin Darby. Officer Ben Darby responded to a suicide-by-cop scenario in 2018. After recognizing that his partners were not utilizing sound officer safety tactics by placing themselves in a potentially deadly situation without cover and concealment withi...

On this episode, Dennis speaks with Founder of AARDVARK Tactical and host of The Debrief Podcast, Jon Becker. Jon Becker is an expert in tactical equipment with over four decades of experience working with some of the world’s top law enforcement and military units. After founding AARDVARK at just seventeen years old, Jon built the company into one of the largest providers of tactical equipment in...

On this episode, Dennis speaks with former Navy SEAL and CEO and Co-Founder at Protekt, Nick Norris. Nick began his career in the military as a graduate of both the United States Naval Academy and Basic Underwater Demolition / SEAL (BUD/S) Class 247. Upon completion of SEAL training in 2004, Nick assumed progressively higher positions of leadership within Naval Special Warfare. His deployed roles...

On today's episode, Dennis is joined by Survivor, Mark Priebe. Mark joined the police force at the age of 21 and considers his work in law enforcement a calling. Hoping to make a difference, Mark graduated the police academy and started serving the community of Aurora, Missouri. There, he met his future wife, Heather, who was working at St. John Hospital in Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Wa...

On today's episode, Dennis speaks with Survivor, Steve Cantara. December 31, 2020, is a day that changed the life of Officer Steve Cantara forever. While working third shift, Officer Cantara was assisting the NCSHP by blocking a lane of travel in his marked police car, due to an accident on Interstate I-85. As Officer Cantara was sitting in his police car, with all emergency lights on, a drunk...

On today's episode, Dennis is back with USMC Veteran and Texas Law Enforcement Officer, Ann Carrizales. Officer Ann Carrizales began her career in the Military with the United States Marine Corps. In 1997 Ann made history as she became the first female to represent the USMC in amateur boxing.  In 1999 she became the U.S. Women’s National Champion in her weight division and was ranked #1 in the...

On this episode, Dennis speaks with Best Selling Author, National Speaker and Thin Green Line Warrior, John Nores. John, a California native, grew up in a small town in rural Santa Clara County. The eldest of four, he and his brothers and sister (the wolf pack as their mom coined them) developed a love for nature and the outdoors at an early age. He initially began college with the goal of becomin...

On this episode, Dennis speaks with Special Forces veteran, CEO & Owner of Fieldcraft Survival, podcast host and entrepreneur, Mike Glover. Mike spent 18-years in the US Army and as a government contractor for OGA. He served as a SGM in 
Special Forces in various positions and deployed multiple times to combat theaters. As a Special Forces soldier, Mike completed at least 10 combat tours and every...

On this episode, Dennis speaks with fear management expert, self-defense expert and mindset educator, Tony Blauer. Coach Blauer has been in the martial art, self-defense, defensive tactics, and combatives industry for almost four decades and is one of the only combatives experts who has successfully affected training across all the combat related communities: self-defense, combat sports, and the m...

On this episode, Dennis speaks with Training Supervisor and Officer with Faulkner County Sheriff's Office, Arkansas, Landon Rappold. Commander Rappold was raised in Bigelow, AR, and he spent much of his youth and young adult life in Faulkner County. He has made his home in Faulkner County for decades, and he always wanted to serve this community. He has accrued 11 years of Law Enforcement experien...

On today's episode, Dennis speaks with OIS Survivor, Steve Scholten. In 2019 while working for a small town 6 person police Timberville police department Steve was involved in an OIS where he responded to a domestic in which he had to force entry and stand toe to toe with a man wielding a samurai sword. Knowing Steve had no place to retreat with this man less than 10 feet away, he was struck...

On this episode, Dennis sits down with SCT Instructor of The Brick Wall – Stopping Crime on Our Roadways, Brian Konopka. Brian Konopka is a Highway Criminal Interdiction officer that works a series of our nation’s Interstates. Konopka brings ten years of law enforcement experience and has invested over seven hundred hours continuing to train in his field. He has personally seized dozens of kilogra...

On this episode, Dennis speaks with former Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Tom Homan. Tom Homan is a former police officer and government official who served during the Trump Administration as Acting Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from January 30, 2017 to June 29, 2018. Since his retirement from government, he has been a Fox News contributor. Today...

On this episode, Dennis sits down with SCT Instructor of Human Sex Trafficking for Law Enforcement, Tom Stack.  Today, Dennis and Tom talk about human trafficking in massage parlors, what to look for when seeking out traffickers, stories of catching traffickers, staying pro-active in the field and the reality of human trafficking happening all around us. Check out Tom Stack's classes here: ht...

On today's episode, Dennis sits down with Sports Chiropractor and mental and physical chemistry researcher, Dr. Carmen Romano. Dr. Carmen Romano received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Bridgeport University in December of 1999. After earning his degree, Dr Romano spent a year practicing in Italy before returning to New Jersey. Since 2003, he has owned Madison Medical & Sports Rehabilit...

On today's episode, Dennis speaks with Inspirational Speaker, Performer and Purple Heart Recipient, J.P. Lane. J.P. joined the Army at the age of 20, In 2008. He joined the U.S. Army as a Combat Engineer and was deployed, in 2010, to Afghanistan to search for IED’s (Improvised Explosive Device). He was blown up 3 separate times, and the 3rd one got him causing severe injury that almost took his li...

On today's episode, Dennis has Bridget Truxillo, Founder and CEO of Protective Wellness, back on the show. Bridget knows the challenges law enforcement officers face, both outside and inside their agencies based on her experiences as a Deputy Sheriff in Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida. Bridget started out in Patrol, but very quickly transferred to the  Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit...

On today's episode, Dennis speaks with Marine veteran and America's first active double-amuptee LEO, Matias Ferreira. Matias was born in Uruguay, and immigrated to the U.S. (Atlanta) with his family when he was six, joining the Marines at 19.  He took his oath to become an American citizen in September 2010, days before he deployed to Afghanistan as a machine gunner with the 1st Battalion, 8t...

On today's episode, Dennis speaks with retired LEO, Health Coach & Public Speaker, Emily Henderson. In April 2020, Emily fought for my life as a police officer, and in the fight, she sustained a traumatic brain injury and broke all the bones in her dominate hand. Within her recovery, she became suicidal thinking that her life was over because, “all she was ever good at was being a cop.” B...

On today's episode, Dennis sits down with good friend, mentor and leader of the largest real estate team in New Jersey, Rob Dekanski.  Today, Dennis and Rob discuss their long friendship, how Rob and his brother Dave impacted and changed Dennis's life, how Rob created his success, principles of making money, getting into real estate, being self accountable to get further in life and finding your w...