The Bomb Squad and The Longest Prison Hostage Crisis: Prison and the State Police
West Palm Beach, Fl - When retired Arizona State Trooper Ken Emerson looks back on his decades of service, few moments stand out as vividly as the prison hostage crisis that shook Arizona and the nation. A seasoned member of the Arizona Department of Public Safety Bomb Squad and the door-entry SWAT team, Emerson found himself on the front lines of the longest prison hostage crisis in U.S. history. This gripping special episode, titled Prison and the State Police: Bomb Squad in Arizona, is available for free on the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show website , and streaming on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube , and other major platforms. “It was unlike anything I’d ever experienced,” Emerson recalls in a special episode of the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast. “We were trained for chaos, but nothing prepares you for a standoff that lasts fifteen days.” The Arizona Prison Hostage Crisis The ordeal began in January 2004, when two inmates at the Arizona State Prison Co...