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Send us Fan Mail Diane & Rochelle Holland join us in the Muster Room in honor of their husband & father, NYPD Police Officer, Richard Holland. Richard was a member of the NYPD and responded to the attacks on the World Trade Center and the months & years following for the cleanup efforts. Richard was diagnosed with 9/11 cancer and quickly succumbed to his illness on March 23rd, 2012. Di...

Send us Fan Mail Dechia Gerald, the widow of slain Baton Rouge Police Officer Matthew Gerald, joins us on the pod with her new husband, Officer Garret Reeves, for a discussion many people see as taboo, finding love after losing your spouse in the line of duty. In this episode, you’ll hear about the incident which took the lives of 5 officers, and how Dechia and Garret connected through tragedy. 

Send us Fan Mail After a gunman opened fire in suburban Colorado, killing five and injuring numerous others, including a Lakewood Police Agent. The agent, Ashley Ferris, was shot in the belly and lost the use of one of her legs. Critically injured and facing down a mass shooter, Agent Ferris was able to engage and eliminate the threat. Her pathway to recovery has not been a linear one, this week i...

Send us Fan Mail Sergeant Russ Tourangeau of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office is originally from Orange County, New York, where prior to graduating high school he witnessed a heroic justified officer-involved shooting. During his college years, Russ would take the Baltimore City Police exam, which would forever change the course of his life. While attending the City of Baltimore Police Academy,...

Send us Fan Mail Lieutenant Rob Corbett of the NYPD worked in New York City for over 20 years. Not only a Lieutenant, but a husband, father, President of a nonprofit, and successful lawyer. Although Rob has recently retired, his calling to serve the public was too great to hang up his hat. After moving down to Florida, Rob yet again raised his right hand and took the oath to once again become a Po...

Send us Fan Mail Into the Muster Room is Gordon Spitler, current Key Biscayne, Florida Police Officer, and former Hialeah, Florida homicide detective. Spitler talks about his time as a Florida cop and his former gang case that was featured on the A&E’s “The First 48.”

Send us Fan Mail This week in the Muster Room we have former NYPD Harbor Officer Ben Reiver.

Send us Fan Mail Sergeant Terrence Carraway was shot and killed while responding to assist three Florence County Sheriff's Office deputies who had been shot and wounded while serving a sexual assault warrant in South Carolina. His widow, Allison Carraway joined the Muster Room to talk about the pain of losing her husband and the purpose she’s found since his death.

Send us Fan Mail In this week's return to the Muster Room, the guys talk to Johnny Moore, a retired Irish police officer, about his time as an officer and how it's prepared him for the current phase of his life as a New Yorker bar owner.

Send us Fan Mail Law Enforcement Officers Weekend (LEO Weekend for short) is a national 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to help the families of fallen law enforcement officers. In the six years of operation, the organization has assisted nearly 50 families affected by line-of-duty death or critical injury. In this episode, we sit down with vice-president Zach Grunther.  The orga...

Send us Fan Mail Today in the Muster Room we have something a little different than normal. Eric Potts is solo today discussing his background as a police suicide prevention counselor and his struggle with suicidal intentions during his time as a police officer and how he overcame it. September is suicide prevention month and this episode is especially timely given that the NYPD is currently deali...

Send us Fan Mail On the morning of 9/11, Scott Strauss was on the train home when he heard over his Walkman that a plane struck the World Trade Center. Strauss said. He grabbed some clothes, said goodbye to his wife, and raced back into Manhattan. Assigned to a rescue team, Strauss reached the World Trade Center moments after the North Tower collapsed. For the next several hours, he joined in the...

Send us Fan Mail On the morning of September 11, 2001, Will Jimeno, a rookie officer with the Port Authority Police Department, was just beginning his shift in midtown Manhattan when news of the terrorist attacks broke. Just nine months earlier, the former U.S. Marine had graduated from the police academy during a ceremony held at the World Trade Center’s Marriot Hotel. After seeing the towers afl...

Send us Fan Mail Today on the Muster Room Podcast we welcome Jessica DuLong, the former chief engineer of the retired 1931 New York City fireboat, John J. Harvey. After the boat was sold into private hands in 1999 for preservation, DuLong joined the crew in February of 2001. As the events of September 11, 2001, were unfolding, the John J. Harvey was again pressed back into service to help rescue p...

Send us Fan Mail Today in the Muster Room we have the Acting Nassau County Commissioner of Emergency Management, Richard Corbett. Commissioner Corbett is previously the Chief of Department of the City of Long Beach Fire Department. Among his many challenges in emergency service was Superstorm Sandy. The storm wreaked havoc on Long Island and the entire New York City metro area. Being on the barrie...

Send us Fan Mail Today in the Muster Room we have Marine Corp Veteran and current Suffolk County Police Officer Matias Ferreira. From serving our country on the Afghanistan battlefield to protecting the residents of Suffolk County, Matias has overcome the loss of both of his legs to become the first double amputee Police Officer in the United States. Matias is a role model for disabled youth acros...

Send us Fan Mail This week in the Muster Room we have Charo Lopez, sister of slain Nassau County Police Department Officer Arthur Lopez who was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a hit-and-run driver on the county’s border with New York City. Officer Lopez was killed on October 23, 2012, and since then Charo has worked to keep her brothers memory and legacy alive. Officer Lopez was a belov...

Send us Fan Mail While responding to a domestic violence call on August 1, 2019, Police Officer Paulie Lewis of the Weare, New Hampshire Police Department was shot in the line of duty. Paulie received multiple gunshots to his right arm, starting a years-long recovery process that continues to this day. Paulie has chronicled his recovery on Tik-Tok, amassing over a million followers, and serves as...

Send us Fan Mail The New York City Police Department’s Employee Assistance Unit was created to promote officer wellness to the department's nearly 36,000 uniformed members and 15,000 civilians. Detective Ron Thomas is at the front lines of the department's efforts to promote mental health care and wellness. His partner though is the one who steals the show! K9 Piper is Det. Thomas’ four-...

Send us Fan Mail Today in the Muster Room we have something a little bit different for you. Every so often we’ll be dropping shorter bonus episodes, and today we have a great conversation with John “JB” Bellico, the president of the Smoking Shields . John has been a great friend of the Podcast and has supplied his Cigar club to be used as our recording location for our first season. Enjoy this fir...

Send us Fan Mail The Muster Room is a Podcast for First Responders and the critical incidents they deal with every day.  Each week, we feature guests that have survived the most challenging of circumstances, the survivors of First Responders who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, and individuals from mental health awareness and treatment programs.  The podcast's goal is to be a sounding board,...