That LEO Guy

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Happy Friday! During the interview released Tuesday, January 6, 2026, Robert went into a general overview of use of deadly force investigations. During this interview we will go further into the topic. The knowledge you take away from these two episodes could save your career, freedom and financial security.  Read and understa...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Between homicide investigations, homicide supervision and state level investigations, Robert has spent considerable years collecting facts following violent crimes.  If you wear a badge and carry a gun, there is a chance that at some point you will pull the trigger while aiming at a human.   Doing this without a justifiable re...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Good morning! I want to take two minutes to share my goal for this new year and to thank the listeners for your time.  Stay safe! -LEO Support the show Please follow on FB and Substack at links below!  Substack contains true stories from my perspective.  Follow / subscribe on your favorite platform to continue to get my perspe...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. In the first of several interviews with CIA Paramilitary Operations Officer (OO) and Marine / Silver Star recipient Adam Sikes, Adam will introduce himself and delve lightly into his background. We all know the Central Intelligence Agency is a thing and that they tinker in the global intel realm.  We've seen some TV shows...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Let's continue to analyze the best practices to safely take structures as LEOs.  Christmas being in two days does not reduce the danger of this job.  Continue to develop in order to go home safe. When civilians watch videos of building clearing, they see the physical movement.  They largely analyze with an untrained eye. ...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. If you carry a gun to work - police & military, I'm looking at you - you've been trained in CQB.  Were you trained well?  Perhaps.  Were you trained badly? I have been.   Although CQB is subjective, we can learn from the mistakes and blood of others.  We don't have to get blood on our own hands due to poor (...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Knowing the streets can make or break a case. The 1960s are gone where cops just run around with a 4-cell mag lite flashlight and thump folks.  We're a quarter way through the 21st century, so let's learn to communicate with our lovely communities.  That may mean knowing what people are talking about when they say th...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Good morning! Dr. Hoar and I will discuss his membership in an intentional, invite only personal and professional development group with other like-minded people from around the country. He has grouped with 15 other ambitious professionals to work through personal and professional issues and ideas on a regular basis. Start imp...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Can one teach an advanced fitness and diet class in 30 minutes via Podcast? "You damn right!"  -Shaft (if you haven't seen this police classic with Samuel L, get it together) Have previous episodes loosely cover these topics? You damn right. Upon review, was more detail needed? You damn right. Listen for a detai...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Good morning! In a couple weeks, I will be featured as a guest on the podcast Badges Bullets and Blunders.  Pasted one of their previous episodes below. I have begun publishing some stories of mine on the app Substack. See below. Here are some hobbies that might keep you sane while managing the street and your life. I kept the...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Law enforcement is generally pretty subjective and we as LEOs are given ample discretion on how we perform our duties. Over the last few years, I've seen some LEOs rise, I've seen LEOs fall.  Same with attorneys on both sides, jailors, etc.  Heck, my original Chief of Police got federally indicted while I was working...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. The holiday is over, you've over-eaten, not worked out, neglected sleep and done everything else wrong. Forgive yourself! Being consistent to family, friends, co-workers and you means applying discipline over a period of time.  This last episode before December will help you get through the holiday season without neglecti...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. We've all heard in training that domestic disputes / assaults can be soooooooooo high risk.  Then we get on patrol, ride 10 of them a week, and complacency sets in.  We're arresting husbands in front of wives and brothers in front of brothers and nothing is happening... This episode will provide you with some ideas o...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. The obvious follower to the weapons episode - LESS LETHAL! From pepper spray to super socks, from tasers to flashbangs.  Let's discuss a great variety of less lethal weapons - weapons not designed to kill a person - and how to use and deploy them effectively. Know your policy, know your less lethal tools, and become more...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Your agency likely tells you what to carry as far as weapons - rifle, pistol, shotgun . This episode is designed to get us thinking about the options we DO have, and to get management thinking about how choosing the correct weapon systems will make police officers safer and more effective. We will not only be discussing what w...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. I have harped on the 4th Amendment to the point that we're all ready to throw up.  So let's do it some more! An episode on Consensual Encounters released last month, and it's a gamechanger.  Knock and Talks are simply an extension of this - it is a consensual encounter, but at someone's home. Why would you...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. If you've been in law enforcement more than 15 minutes, you have dealt with someone with a severe mental condition.  You may realize there's something off with this individual immediately, or it may be later in the interaction that they mention the aliens listening in on their phone or the FBI hiding in their attic a...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Today is the birthday of the United States Marine Corps. The greatest fighting institution that the world has ever seen is 250 years old. Founded in a small bar in Philadelphia in 1775. It has evolved with every conflict and served as the tip of the spear all over the world. First to fight! I wish a happy birthday to all the M...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Over the past couple decades, I've seen a shift from more "old school" police tactics to a desire by upper management to utilize intelligence led AKA intelligence driven policework. What this means from 1,000 feet up is often similar - using various types of intel to do the job better. The way it is applied on t...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. As supervisors you will be expected to evaluate your employees and you will be evaluated by higher level supervisors. As employees and police officers, you can expect to be formally evaluated on your performance.  Your boss may be asked to put a number 1-5 on how you have performed in different areas from job knowledge to comm...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Welcome to November! I have so much content already recorded that I was planning to only use that this month. However, an old friend, that is a new police sergeant reached out to me and asked me to do an episode on employee evaluations. That will drop tomorrow! I hope this helps him and others to make employee evaluations less...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. Good morning, good morning! The last couple months have been interesting around the country and the world. Troops on the streets of DC, troops on the way to Chicago / Portland and then diverted, troops on the streets of Memphis. Several interviews this month with a career attorney and soldier lead me further to believe that th...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. 21 minutes of easy tips and guidance to make you a better report writer.  If you think you're already the best you can be...you're lying to yourself, but OK. But seriously, if you take one or five things away from this episode that will strengthen a case, protect your job or make the most boring part of the job easie...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. "Leadership is Service" sounds cool and like it'll always be easy. Serve your people, they'll serve you, they'll get ahead, you'll feel good. Not everyone is easy.  Some folks make it hard to be a supervisor.  This episode will get into the dark underbelly of supervision. When do you transition fr...

Please message us! We’ll pin to the episode, and would love a dialogue. The 4th Amendment - which protects US citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government - has exceptions.  One of these exceptions is CONSENT!  Most police think of the 4th Amendment to apply to searches.  Think also of seizures of persons. If you forcibly stop someone - blue lights, sirens, commands, handcuff...