The Comm Center with Drew Breasy

A sitting sheriff was diagnosed with an acute psychological breakdown by his own doctor — 24 hours before he walked into a courthouse and shot a judge nine times on camera. The doctor documented it. The people closest to him had already warned the Kentucky Bar Association. The system had every piece of information it needed to act. And it had no mechanism to do anything with it. This is the comple...

Something in this 911 call didn’t line up—and it started almost immediately. This case involves Caleb Flynn, a former American Idol contestant, who called 911 reporting a home invasion before being charged in his wife’s murder. At 2:31 AM, a husband calls 911 claiming someone broke into his home and shot his wife. But from the very first moments of the call, details begin to conflict with what res...

A North Andover police officer was shot in the chest by a colleague serving a restraining order. He says she pointed the gun at his face. She says she put it to her own temple. There's no bodycam. But there are calls to the police department that tell a story the courtroom hasn't fully told.

Drew was inside the Georgia Supreme Court on March 18, 2026 as justices heard oral arguments in Hannah Payne's appeal. Her appellate attorney argued that her trial lawyer made two fundamental legal errors — mistakes even the state doesn't dispute — that eliminated the only defenses that could have led to acquittal. The result: a jury that was told, even if they believed Hannah's entire...

In the Kouri Richins murder trial, one witness may have changed the trajectory of the entire case. On cross-examination, Todd Gabler’s testimony was supposed to help the defense challenge the prosecution’s narrative about Eric Richins’ death in March 2022. Instead, the exchange exposed key weaknesses in the defense strategy and reinforced several of the prosecution’s central claims about fentanyl...

Two weeks after Eric Richards was buried, Kouri Richards met her boyfriend in the mountains. What she asked him that day — and what he testified about it on the stand — may be the most damning moment of the entire trial. This week: Josh Grossman testifies. No immunity deal. No protection. Just a man compelled by his conscience to tell a jury what happened between him and Kouri Richards — from the...

Three weeks before Eric Richins died, he survived what investigators now believe was a first attempt. He told his sister. He told his friends. He told multiple people the same thing: if anything ever happens to me, Kouri did it. He was right. He just couldn't testify. This week, jurors heard those prior statements — and a drug dealer's testimony about who was buying what, and when. A retir...

The Austin Police Department released bodycam footage and 911 calls today from the West 6th Street mass shooting that killed three people on March 1, 2026. Every other channel is covering the terrorism angle. We're covering something nobody else can: what an active 911 dispatcher heard in those first seconds, and what a retired police commander reads in a response that neutralized a mobile sho...

Eric Richins died with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in his system. The prosecution says Kouri Richins poisoned him. The defense says he had a hidden drug problem. Tonight, we break this case down the way investigators and supervisors would:• The 3 strongest pillars of the state’s case• The 3 weaknesses that could create reasonable doubt• What actually survives cross-examination• Why miss...

The online debate over FBI involvement in the Nancy Guthrie case has escalated quickly. Is this a federal takeover? Did the Sheriff lose control? Or is the public misunderstanding how jurisdiction actually works? In this livestream, we break down: • When and why the FBI becomes involved • What “taking over” really means • How jurisdiction is determined in major cases • Lab submissions and evidence...

While the nation’s eyes are fixed on Arizona and the heartbreaking search for Nancy Guthrie, another critical incident in the desert has left the community reeling. Tonight, we break down a tragic "friendly fire" shooting in Phoenix that highlights the absolute chaos law enforcement and dispatchers are facing across the state right now. As officers arrived at a scene of reported gunfire...

An Uber pickup spirals into a fatal encounter when a homeowner believes he’s under siege. Retired Police Lt. Drew Breasy and active 911 Dispatcher Jon break down the tactical, legal, and communication failures behind the William Brock conviction. Moving past “scam gone wrong” headlines, the episode asks a critical question: would you convict William Brock, a puppet in a highly orchestrated scheme?...

The acquittal of Adrian Gonzales on all 29 counts has reignited the debate over accountability and the reality of the 2022 Uvalde shooting. Today, we step inside the Comm Center to analyze the evidence that the media often overlooks and the trial has brought back to the surface. We tackle the 10 massive myths that continue to obscure the truth: Was the classroom door actually locked? What did the...

A recent 911 call in Flagler County is being hailed as a textbook example of a citizen doing the right thing. After noticing a man driving with two young boys under suspicious circumstances, a caller followed the vehicle, stayed on the line with dispatch, and helped deputies intervene. During the call, the caller even threatened to step in personally—yet the outcome was widely praised, and the cal...

In December 2025, Columbus dentist Dr. Spencer Tepe and his wife Monique Tepe were found shot to death inside their home while their two young children were left unharmed. This episode examines the frantic 911 calls that preceded the discovery, the routine welfare check that led officers to the scene, and why those early moments drew public attention. Welfare checks are among the most common calls...

Episode Notes: In this episode, Drew sits down with Ginny Jamz, Lydia, and Tuesday from the FOURensic Room podcast to bring a veteran law enforcement perspective to the Karen Read trial. We strip away the conspiracy theories and look at the hard data, the dispatch protocols, and the reality of police investigations. Topics Covered: ​ The 911 Calls: Why the "calm" demeanor of the dispatchers and wi...

The Denise Amber Lee case is often described as a tragic failure of the 911 system — but most coverage stops at the outcome, without explaining how emergency communications actually work or why critical information failed to reach police in time. In this episode of Comm Center, we examine how information moved — and failed to move — inside the North Port Communications Center while officers were a...

In this episode, we break down the newly released bodycam footage of the Massachusetts State Police executing a search warrant at Karen Read’s home. While officers waited outside for nearly 40 minutes, was the delay due to trauma, or was something else happening inside? We analyze the timeline, the police procedure, and the digital forensic evidence that suggests a factory reset may have occurred...

We are joined by Boston legal analyst and creator of Youtube's "Note My Objection," Katherine Loftus . We are moving beyond the criminal verdict to discuss the civil trial, and a phenomenon we’ve termed the "Karen Read Effect"-- where her cult-like followers refuse to acknowledge that there was no conspiracy to frame her for the murder of John O'Keefe. Despite a Federal...

real first responders with decades of on-the-job experience give their honest breakdown of the new streaming documentary that showed the tragic 2023 case of Ajike Owens, struck down by her neighbor Susan Lorincz. We dive into the prior calls Lorincz made to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office complaining about neighborhood children playing near her home—calls that ultimately failed to prevent a dea...

In this episode authentic cop Drew Breasy, actual 9-1-1 dispatcher Jon and special guest longtime Firefighter/Paramedic Jason Kiefer watch your favorite first responder show-- but how realistic is it? Well it's a trainwreck, but you'll be surprised to find a few specks of truth buried deep in the script. Enjoy this entertaining and informative takedown of Big Hollywood, trying its best to...

A Florida domestic dispute turned chaotic after a young girl dialed 911 to report her parents fighting inside a moving vehicle. Deputies tracked the car down as it sped along SR-79, and the suspect allegedly jumped out while it was still moving. As a real 911 dispatcher, I break down the call, the response, and what really happens when a child becomes the caller in a dangerous domestic-violence si...

Not guilty. We all remember the Karen Read verdict. The criminal trial may be over, but the damages continue. The FKR movement looks like it’s cracking from the inside and even post-conviction, Karen Read is still being sued for wrongful death. We will break down these flashpoints:• Kelly Dever vs. Alan Jackson: a defense witness engaged in the same behavior attributed to Dever—yet Alan Jackson ch...

Before a home-and-garden reality TV show could be filmed, a late-night 911 call from a half-renovated house set off a chain of events no one expected. What began as a routine welfare check led to an interrogation, a confession, and finally a trial that shocked everyone involved. In this episode of The Comm Center, former dispatchers break down the entire case — from the chilling 911 call, to the s...

Ellen Greenberg’s case has haunted the true crime community for over a decade — but it all starts with a single 911 call. In this breakdown, two seasoned 911 professionals — one a retired police officer — dive deep into the infamous call, the controversial scene, and the Hulu documentary that reignited the debate: was it suicide or murder? With over 20 stab wounds, a locked apartment door, and a n...