The SHIELD Armory

Retirement, an incredible accomplishment but also a major life adjustment. Officers, on average, work 20 years or more to reach the goal of being able to retire and move into their next phase of life. The question that is raised with retirement is, "What's next?" Have you thought about it? Have you started any kind of planning? Are there things you would like to accomplish in retirement? Are you t...

Every human being has to deal with stress, trauma and traumatic events. However, the statistics paint a very sobering difference between the general population and the law enforcement world. The average person, who works a regular job, generally experiences 2 traumatic events in a lifetime. However, the average police officer, in a 20 year career, will experience around 800 traumatic events. That...

At the end of January, Reagan National Airport in Arlington, VA experienced an enormous tragedy when an American Airlines Passenger Plane and a Military Blackhawk Helicopter collided. During the early stages of that incident, SHIELD Chaplaincy was requested to provide support to all of the First Responders who were on site at the airport. The question is, why SHIELD? Why would SHIELD be asked to r...

This week's episode is our very first interview. He grew up as a police officer's son, living the life of dad being gone because of work. Now that young boy is all grown up, he's a police officer at the same department as his father, and now he's a dad to two children of his own. The question is, what did he learn when growing up that's impacting his life now? How has it impacted his career? How h...

Now that we've had some discussions about the importance and health of relationships, how do we put that into practice in our daily life? That's where the discussion begins but then we move on to how that affects our relationships with supervisors and command staff in our own agencies. Join Chaplains Potter, Stephenson & Hughes for this very important conversation on how to make relationships...

Let's just face it, in the Law Enforcement and First Responder world, we develop deep relationships with the people we work with. Part of that is due to the amount of time we spend together and part of it is due to the things we experience together. Question is, what separates Healthy vs. Unhealthy relationships with those we work with? Join Chaplains Potter, Stephenson and Hughes as they dive int...

One of the most important things in our life are the relationships we have. That's why we are kicking off a multi-week series on the different types of relationships in our lives. When you think about the word "friend," who comes to mind? Are they people you are close to? Are they more like acquaintances? Are they "friends" on social media? We were never meant to do life alone. We were made to hav...

Join Chaplains Potter, Stephenson & Hughes as they sit down and discuss why now is the right time for the SHIELD Armory Podcast. You will hear their heart for why this Podcast matters and get a glimpse of the things you'll hear about in the future.

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