Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast Blog

  West Palm Beach, Fl -  How He Survived a Table Saw Accident Alone in a Remote Montana Cabin, The Marion Miracle. Severely injured and losing blood, he needed his phone and truck keys. They were on scaffolding 16 feet above him. Chad Stock was alone when an ordinary construction project became a fight for his life. Read more or listen to the podcast, all are free.   Working at a remote cabin near Marion in Northwest Montana, Stock suffered a devastating table saw injury to his right arm. He needed urgent medical attention, but no coworker was nearby to help. His phone and truck keys were out of reach, on scaffolding approximately 16 feet above him. Before he could begin the journey to a hospital, he had to retrieve them. Stock eventually reached his belongings and drove himself to medical care. His survival, and the difficult recovery that followed, became known as The Marion Miracle. Now a motivational speaker, Stock shares his experience on the Law Enforcement Talk Rad...

  West Palm Beach, Fl - After seven days in a coma, approximately a year in a wheelchair, and years of rehabilitation, the former police commander returned to professional service. A vehicle deliberately driven into a police team at high speed changed Roberto Ortiz’s life forever. During an operation in Chihuahua, Mexico, the former police commander suffered catastrophic injuries. He lost both legs above the knee and a tremendous amount of blood. For approximately seven days, he remained in a coma. Read more listen to the Free Podcast here. What followed would take years: hospital treatment, a year in a wheelchair, rehabilitation, and extensive training with prosthetic legs. Today, Ortiz serves as an Intelligence Coordinator with the State Attorney General’s Office in Chihuahua. He also shares his experience as a motivational speaker known as Roberto Ortiz REVIXI. On the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast, he discusses the attack, his recovery, and the family and faith tha...

  West Palm Beach, Fl - Five Police Officers Shot. Three Killed. Behind Her “I’m Fine.” Moncton Shooting: Tammy Ward’s Hidden Struggle After Five Officers Were Shot. Three RCMP officers were killed. Two were wounded. Retired Sergeant Tammy Ward helped lead a grieving team while concealing her own distress, and the running she used to cope eventually took a serious physical toll. Read more or listen to Tammy Ward’s free podcast interview.   Five police officers were shot. Three never came home. Tammy Ward was off duty, just around the corner. The June 4, 2014, shooting in Moncton, New Brunswick, devastated a Canadian community and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers who served it. For Ward, the aftermath brought leadership responsibilities, additional heartbreaking losses, and a private struggle behind an outward appearance of composure. She continued working. She supported colleagues. She appeared to be managing. But her familiar answer, “I’m fine”, left much of he...

Childhood loss, international trafficking, and the threat of decades in prison shaped a journey through South Florida’s drug world. Read more or listen to the Free Podcast here. Ken Behr spent years helping move drugs across borders. Then he agreed to help the DEA investigate the world he knew. His journey began with teenage marijuana dealing in South Florida and grew into operations involving boats, aircraft, remote landing areas, and large quantities of marijuana and cocaine. After multiple arrests, Behr says he faced the possibility of spending decades in prison. Cooperation offered another path, but it brought the pressure of working around trafficking networks while assisting federal investigators. As a guest on the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast, Behr discusses that transformation, his approximately two years as a confidential informant, and life afterward. His book, One Step Over the Line: Confessions of a Marijuana Mercenary, follows the longer story. Childhood Los...

  West Palm Beach, Fl - The former paramedic, firefighter, and corrections officer shares the story behind her book, “13 Days of Silence,” and the difficult work of rebuilding a life after devastating loss. Teri Busse spent more than 25 years helping people through emergencies. Then she became the mother waiting for a phone call that would change her life. Read more or listen to the #Free #Podcast.  Her son, Rylee James, was missing. Investigators had discovered a burned vehicle near Leavenworth, Kansas. Human remains were found inside its trunk. Questions about a car were followed by a request for dental records. For thirteen days after her last contact with Rylee, Busse waited for official confirmation. She knew how emergencies unfolded. She understood the responsibilities of public safety professionals. But none of that experience could prepare her to hear that her own son had been murdered. Years earlier, her husband had died in a motorcycle accident. She had struggled wit...

  West Palm Beach, Fl -  Before He Became a Police Officer, He Fought to Save a Convoy in Iraq. The Silver Star recipient helped bring every soldier and civilian driver home. The effects of the battle followed him into his next career. Twenty trucks were moving through Iraq when the attack began. Read more or listen to the #Free Podcast on the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast website. The soldiers protecting the convoy were outnumbered. Civilian drivers were caught in the danger with them. Then Staff Sgt. Chad Malmberg, a Minnesota National Guard soldier from St. Paul, led 15 soldiers in the fight to get everyone through. For roughly an hour, his unit defended the convoy south of Baghdad. Three times, Malmberg left the protection of his armored vehicle to fire a rocket or throw grenades at the attackers. The convoy escaped. No soldier or civilian driver was killed or wounded, and not one vehicle was lost. Malmberg’s actions earned him the Silver Star for gallan...