Beside the Badge

It's hard to believe that we've completed season 2! In this episode we recap season 2, some of the cool things that have been happening off camera and talk about how offering retention bonuses instead of sign on bonuses could help departments keep their best talent.

Unwinding, relaxing, winding down after a shift, what to do on the weekend, and before and after shifts. How do we find ways of enjoying ourselves away from work, and what kinds of hobbies are healthy and don't take us away from our families for too long?

If we find out entire identity in what we do for a living, whether that is serving in the military, as a police officer, fire fighter, paramedic, police officer, etc, etc, and something happens that ends our career, we can easily end up in an emotional tailspin, fall into depression, or worse. Let's talk about it.

Our Fire Fighters, EMT's, Paramedics, and Police Officers see things that no human being was ever meant to see. Let's talk about it.

The few, the (hopefully) humble, the chaplains. What is it exactly that we do?

Let's talk about a little perspective. Do we need reform in certain places? Absolutely. But we are letting the Media tell us what to think and how to feel and act and react instead of thinking for ourselves. It's time to wake up America.

When our Veterans returned home from Vietnam, many of them faced attacks in airports and at the pier by people how felt entitled to label them baby killers, and the harm that inflicted on an entire generation of our servicemen and women is still echoing today. We run the risk of doing that same harm to an entire generation of our nations police officers.

How do you respond when someone says thank you for your service? Let's talk about it.

We shouldn't do life alone. In fact, we can't, it's as simple as that. Let's talk about some ways of doing life better.

Getting out of our own heads, away from our jobs, realizing that not all of the world is filled with bad guys, finding fulfillment in doing for others and more, in this episode.

It's amazing what a little forethought can do for our day, and how fulfilled we feel at the end of it.

Unfortunately there are an increasing number of people who want to make false claims against Law Enforcement, and those folks, where their claims are proven to be criminally false, should be held accountable. Let's talk about it.

Young drivers often find themselves unprepared for the realities of driving and in the case of traffic stops and interacting with Police Officers, I think that there is much left to be desired.

Life comes at us fast and hard and often has more than its fair share of pain, disappointment, even betrayals, but how can we position ourselves to think, to handle these situations, to overcome, and to life fuller, happier lives? Join Chaplain Paul Buckner while he discusses this.

Life comes at us hard, and we need to be able to cope with tragedy, whether it be something that happens to us or someone close to us, to be able to warp our mind around it. In this episode chaplain Paul Buckner talks about some ideas for coping with major life events.

You will learn many things in the Police Academy, but oftentimes, these will not be among them:

In this episode we discuss some simple things that we can do to change how we think, and thereby, change how we view and ultimately interact with the world.

The second part of our discussion on how we can keep good cops behind badges during tough times, this episode covering what admin and the private citizen can do to help.

In this episode Paul Buckner talks about personal responsibility, what we can do for coworkers, for those working in admin positions, and as private citizens to help keep good cops behind badges.

We should all be striving to be the best version of ourselves and in this episode, chaplain Paul Buckner concludes the discussion of books that he recommends for Law Enforcement to read.

We should all be striving to be the best version of ourselves and in this episode, chaplain Paul Buckner discusses some of the books that he recommends for Law Enforcement to read.

Our FULL interview with Pastor, speaker, author and marriage expert Mark Gungor, where he talks to First Responders about having better marriages. https://markgungor.com and https://www.facebook.com/markgungor

There is power in the prayers of a fervent believer in Christ and that is in no way diminished when that person is a police officer. Join us for a powerful episode where we talk about the power of prayer and the police officer.

I have had the honor and the privilege of being a civilian police chaplain for over ten years now, and in this episode I talk about many of the things that I love about it.

In today's episode Police Chaplain Paul Buckner talks about some exciting news in store for 2021.

The conclusion of our two part series talking about taking that long, hard look in the proverbial mirror and deciding to change the things that we don't like that we see there.

Sometimes in life, uncomfortable as it may feel, we need to take a long look in the mirror and see what it is that we don't like and what it is that we need to change. Join Civilian Police Chaplain Paul Buckner while he talks about some of his own moments taking a long look in the mirror and how we can make decisions that will help us to change for the better.

We all face trauma in life, some worse than others, and survivors guilt and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) are faced by people both in and out of Law Enforcement and the military. How can we identify it, face it,come to grips with it and even overcome it?

Sadly, we have all been somewhere, met someone or lived in an area that someone has been trafficked, either for slave labor, or for sex slavery. On today's podcast we talk about the realities of human sex trafficking.

Mindset, how we view the world, how we process what happens to us, around us and to others is incredibly important. Let's talk about developing and maintaining a healthy mindset.

People often ask if veterans should become Law Enforcement, or if they make better Law Enforcement than someone who hasn't served or suggest that people be required to serve in the US Military before they can become a Police Officer. Is that a good thing? Let's talk about it.

What are the three things that can and will kill your marriage and how can you avoid them?

The conclusion of our two part conversation about INTEGRITY and the badge.

What does integrity look like in life and especially behind the badge? Let's talk about it.

If you have to choose between Mindset and Skillset, choose Mindset, but if you can combine the two and you will see how many times this is what prevents an officers from losing the fight, even losing their life.

War Ready. It's health, regular exercise, mental fitness and so much more. Are you War Ready?

It is so easy to get off track, to not get our priorities in order as people, and I think, in particular as men. In this episode we start the finish the fourth installment of our four part series talking about getting our priorities right, finishing up with being our Brother's Keeper.

It is so easy to get off track, to not get our priorities in order as people, and I think, in particular as men. In our third installment of the Priorities series we are talking about getting our priorities right, moving on to being the kind of Father or Mother that we should be.

It is so easy to get off track, to not get our priorities in order as people, and I think, in particular as men. In this episode we continue our series of four episodes talking about getting our priorities right, in this case, being the kind of Husbands and wives that we should be.

It is so easy to get off track, to not get our priorities in order as people, and I think, in particular as men. In this episode we start the first of a series of four episodes talking about getting our priorities right, starting with our relationship with God.

A quick recap of last weeks training, getting to visit with two of our sponsors, some events put on to help a police widow with medical bills, an upcoming series I will be doing here on the podcast and more.

You can't train too much for a job that can get you killed. Chaplain Paul Buckner talks to Law Enforcement and motivated private citizens about the need for training and ways we can help officers not only to train but to get equipment.

There are few times that a house of worship is safer than if a police officer is in the parking lot, or the congregation and there are few places, in my humble opinion, that are as healthy for a police officer as when they are surrounded by God fearing men and women. We should all be working to build a close relationship between our churches and our local Law Enforcement and in today's episode we talk about that very thing.

Verbal deescalation skills can mean the difference between life and death. The power of life is in the tongue. A taser or hand to hand skills are power tools, our mouths, body language and how we handle ourselves are more powerful.

What can cities and mayors and city councils do to get (and keep) better police officers? What can private citizens do to help?

Veteran police chaplain makes a passionate plea to our nations Law Enforcement to stay with us, and to hold the line in the coming weeks and months. Without our veteran cops the next generation of officers will not have quality Field training Officers to teach them how to protect us.

When everyone thinks they can do it better, regardless of training, experience or even a modicum of understanding of how the law works. Yep. That's what our police officers face. Let's talk about it.

Veteran Police Chaplain Paul Buckner reveals the things that our Law Enforcement see, sometimes on a daily basis, many of them truly terrible. Things that linger with an officer, sometimes throughout their career, things that few people ever see outside of war, things that those officers wish the public could understand.

The episode that started it all, the very first podcast from the Beside The Badge Series!

Most American's want good, solid Law Enforcement provided by quality Police Officers. In our current, Media driven political climate, with paid rioters targeting major cities, we need now more than ever for the good citizens of our great country to stand by our Law Enforcement. Find out how on this podcast.