Perspective on Policing, Pressure, and a Riot: An Officer Speaks
West Palm Beach, Fl - Most people encounter riots through a screen. A burning car loops in the background of a news segment. Lines of police in riot gear stand shoulder to shoulder. Crowds shout, sirens echo, and a narrator summarizes the chaos in under a minute. What rarely makes it into the headlines is what it feels like to stand inside that chaos, especially when you're a young police officer with only weeks of experience on the street. In a special episode of the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast , former Charlotte, North Carolina police officer Bill Broadway offers a rare, unfiltered look at what policing during violent riots was really like. His account isn't political. It's personal. And that's what makes it unsettling. Thrown Into the Fire He was only weeks removed from field training when he was called in to help control violent riots in Charlotte. Like many new officers, he expected a gradual learning curve, traffic stops, routine calls, building...