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Darren discussed these topics:New York City Police continue searching for the suspect in the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.Pete Hegseth's nomination to be the next Secretary of Defense may be in trouble after allegations of sexual misconduct and excessive drinking have been exposed.Trump is trying to take credit for the Biden brokered cease fire between Israel and Hezbollah.Outgoing North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (D) vetoed legislation that would put more power in the hands of Republicans.Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) signed bills restricting bathroom access for transgender students all the way through college age.And conservative radio host Mark Levin is launching a new podcast with the president of Hillsdale College. Darren believes it's time for a commercial progressive broadcast network.

Episode 230 :     Welcome to this week's episode of PI-perspectives. Today we have a special episode. Matt welcomes back Jim Gagliano. Jim had an amazing career with the FBI and then worked for CNN as a law enforcement analyst. The guys discuss the state of Law enforcement, investigations and the struggle to continue to operate in private practice as the political environment effects our professional relationships. Recently the Mayor of New York City was indicted and this has affected the New York City Police department. This episode touches on how to navigate as an investigator in these politically tense times. Please welcome Jim Gagliano and your host, Private Investigator, Matt Spaier  Links:      Matt's email: MatthewS@Satellitepi.com   Linkedin: Matthew Spaier       www.investigators-toolbox.com   Jim on Linkedin: James Gagliano Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund www.policedefense.org 
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AP correspondent Jackie Quinn reports on the resignation of New York City's police commissioner, in the wake of a federal probe.

AP correspondent Jackie Quinn reports on the resignation of New York City's police commissioner.

Join me this week as I have a conversation with Brian Johanson, Director of the Erie City Mission, about September 11th! Brian grew up and lived most of his adult life in New York City. On the events of September 11th, 2001, he was a director at Bowery Mission, which is 12 blocks from ground zero. He was also a chaplain for the New York City Police. He takes the opportunity to talk through what that day and the months to follow were like for him in that position.

Today on America in the Morning   Trump & Harris Debate Night Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump meet tonight for their widely anticipated debate on ABC. As correspondent Steve Futterman reports from the debate site in Philadelphia, it's expected to be a make-or-break night for each candidate as polls show a dead-heat in many key battleground states.     Remembering James Earl Jones One of the most recognizable voices in Hollywood has passed away. America in the Morning's Kevin Carr reports on the passing of the legendary actor James Earl Jones.     Sniper Manhunt In Kentucky Grows The manhunt and a motive for Joseph Couch, the 32-year-old suspected sniper accused of shooting 5 people on a Kentucky interstate highway remains ongoing. Correspondent Haya Panjwani reports what police do know is that he vowed to 'kill a lot of people.' Audio courtesy WHAS News 11.     “Trump Train” Trial Begins A trial is now underway surrounding a confrontation involving a "Trump Train" on a Texas highway in 20-20. Correspondent Clayton Neville reports.   Remembering 9-11 Tomorrow we will remember the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks in 2001. Correspondent Julie Walker reports how one New Yorker recalls that day.    Kohberger Trial Moved A new trial location has been granted for the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022. Correspondent Jackie Quinn reports.     Trump & Harris Debate Preview Tonight is a critical moment in the 2024 election as Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump square off in a televised debate on ABC. Correspondent Rita Foley reports that ahead of the debate, both Trump and Harris have been talking on the campaign trail on a number of topics including the top issue on the minds of Americans: the economy.    Congress Dealing With A Potential Shutdown Lawmakers have returned to Capitol Hill and the first order of business - Congress has just three weeks to avoid a government shutdown. Correspondent Clayton Neville reports.    Francine Heading To Louisiana A tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to become a hurricane, and it's making a direct path to the coast of Louisiana. Correspondent Jackie Quinn reports people in Texas are preparing for rain and flooding, while those in the Pelican State are paring for much worse.    Police Interviewed The GA Shooter & Father Last Year Police have released bodycam footage of officers interviewing alleged Georgia school shooter Colt Gray and his father last year regarding social media messages posted about shooting up a middle school. Correspondent Norman Hall reports on that meeting, and how the high school appeared to not know about the potential threat before classes started.     Wildfires In The West Fast-moving wildfires in Nevada and California have placed tens of thousands of people under mandatory evacuation orders. California Governor Gavin Newsom has activated the National Guard to help with the Line Fire in San Bernadino County. Investigation Into NYC Officials Intensifies There are growing calls for the New York City Police commissioner to resign as the FBI continues an investigation into a number of top officials of Mayor Eric Adams. Sue Aller reports from New York that the mayor also tested positive for COVID.    RFK Removed From NC Ballots The North Carolina Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that orders former Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy's name off of statewide ballots.    Finally   Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was rushed from prison to a New York City hospital where he underwent emergency heart surgery. The details from entertainment correspondent Margie Szaroleta.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Nationwide police shortages continue, as violent crime in major cities has become a front-page issue. This past week New York City Police officer Jonathan Diller was shot and killed on duty by a repeat offender, highlighting the issue of recidivism in criminal justice. Pittsburgh is one of the cities that has had to make department-wide shifts due to a drop in officers, losing nearly 250 employees since 2020. Chief of Police for the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Larry Scirotto joins the Rundown to discuss what changes he has made to assure major crimes are being pursued, the challenges they have faced with recruitment, and how they are addressing the issue of repeat offenders in their city. Today is Opening Day for nearly all Major League Baseball teams however, the usual excitement has been clouded by suspicions of foul play. Los Angeles Dodgers star pitcher Shohei Ohtani is accused of racking up millions of dollars in debt with an illegal bookie. The famed player has claimed his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was stealing his money to use on illicit sports wagers. Co-host of FOX and Friends Weekend and host of The Will Cain Show, Will Cain joins the podcast to discuss how gambling may be damaging professional sports, what we know exactly about the Ohtani allegations, and he touches on how prop bets are damaging the "integrity of the NBA." Plus, commentary from FOX News contributor Joe Concha. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nationwide police shortages continue, as violent crime in major cities has become a front-page issue. This past week New York City Police officer Jonathan Diller was shot and killed on duty by a repeat offender, highlighting the issue of recidivism in criminal justice. Pittsburgh is one of the cities that has had to make department-wide shifts due to a drop in officers, losing nearly 250 employees since 2020. Chief of Police for the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Larry Scirotto joins the Rundown to discuss what changes he has made to assure major crimes are being pursued, the challenges they have faced with recruitment, and how they are addressing the issue of repeat offenders in their city. Today is Opening Day for nearly all Major League Baseball teams however, the usual excitement has been clouded by suspicions of foul play. Los Angeles Dodgers star pitcher Shohei Ohtani is accused of racking up millions of dollars in debt with an illegal bookie. The famed player has claimed his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was stealing his money to use on illicit sports wagers. Co-host of FOX and Friends Weekend and host of The Will Cain Show, Will Cain joins the podcast to discuss how gambling may be damaging professional sports, what we know exactly about the Ohtani allegations, and he touches on how prop bets are damaging the "integrity of the NBA." Plus, commentary from FOX News contributor Joe Concha. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nationwide police shortages continue, as violent crime in major cities has become a front-page issue. This past week New York City Police officer Jonathan Diller was shot and killed on duty by a repeat offender, highlighting the issue of recidivism in criminal justice. Pittsburgh is one of the cities that has had to make department-wide shifts due to a drop in officers, losing nearly 250 employees since 2020. Chief of Police for the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Larry Scirotto joins the Rundown to discuss what changes he has made to assure major crimes are being pursued, the challenges they have faced with recruitment, and how they are addressing the issue of repeat offenders in their city. Today is Opening Day for nearly all Major League Baseball teams however, the usual excitement has been clouded by suspicions of foul play. Los Angeles Dodgers star pitcher Shohei Ohtani is accused of racking up millions of dollars in debt with an illegal bookie. The famed player has claimed his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was stealing his money to use on illicit sports wagers. Co-host of FOX and Friends Weekend and host of The Will Cain Show, Will Cain joins the podcast to discuss how gambling may be damaging professional sports, what we know exactly about the Ohtani allegations, and he touches on how prop bets are damaging the "integrity of the NBA." Plus, commentary from FOX News contributor Joe Concha. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another ridiculous New York judgment against former President Donald Trump. Joe Biden has another bad weekend. Trump derangement syndrome is real, and it's picking up steam again as the election nears. Hollywood is very nervous about Trump's potential return to the White House, and here's the plan to stop him. Admiral Rachel Levine says that climate change affects black Americans more than white Americans. Ranking the U.S. presidents on this Presidents' Day 2024. Pat's Mount Rushmore of presidents. Former attorney general: “Russian roulette” and “national suicide” are on the ballot in November. A black professor explains his research into police officers and their use of force, and the blowback is intense. No free speech when challenging the climate narrative. Even Democrats are upset with Joe Biden's border policy. New York City Police have a new dance squad. NYC residents are getting fed up with illegal aliens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live from STUDIO G- in the heart of America- I'm STEVE GRUBER- saying the things you wish you could -every day- Fighting for you from the Foxhole of Freedom and defending this great nation— This is THE STEVE GRUBER SHOW!   Here are 3 big things you need to know right now—   Number One— Donald Trump drops two names that he says could be on the ticket with him come this fall—and they are both ones that have been getting noticed lately—so I am guessing you can figure it out—   Number Two— The illegal aliens that beat up New York City Police officers—are likely enjoying all sorts of free perks in California—with no punishment at all for what they did—   Number Three— Well the border is the biggest issue—that never goes away—and it is camouflaged by a dishonest national media—and that goes on every single day too—   So this hour—I want to give you some specific examples of the failures of the media to do its job—while spreading dis-information—the very thing it claims it is trying to prevent from getting spread—

New city data shows nearly 30,000 cases for faulty apartment doors that are supposed to automatically shut to prevent fires spreading are unresolved since a deadly Bronx fire two years ago. Meanwhile, New York City Police are issuing tens of thousands of tickets for fare evasion in the subway. Tickets up by 160% since Mayor Adams' rook office. Plus, some New Jersey residents have been forced out of their homes several times over the last few months due to devastating flooding. WNYC's Mike Hayes reports that making repairs could be complicated and expensive. Finally, this Black History Month, WNYC's Community Partnerships Desk is visiting Black-owned bookstores in our region. Today, we head to a children's book and toy store in Central Harlem that's deeply rooted in education.

AP correspondent Julie Walker reports on New York Pedestrians Struck

In this lively episode of The Amanda Seales Show, Amanda brings the energy as they navigate the latest on December 8, 2023. They kick off by highlighting "National App Day" and the astonishing fact that there are over 7 million apps in existence. Amanda dives into significant stories, beginning with the censure of Congressman Jamaal Bowman for pulling a fire alarm during a congressional session. Next, the controversy surrounding Nick Cannon's show, "Bad vs. Wild Las Vegas," is explored, where 'dark skin' and 'light skin' women were pitted against each other. In the 60-Second Headlines, a range of news is covered, from former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's resignation to Time Magazine naming Taylor Swift the 2023 Person of the Year. The episode also includes engaging phone calls from listeners. The special guest, Attorney Gerald Griggs, joins the conversation, providing an update on the Kenneth Herring case. The Big Up/Let Down segment features Jonathan Majors facing assault charges, and a surprising case of attempted arson at Dr. King's house. Amanda shares more thoughts in the "And Another Thing" segment, and the episode continues with a group chat about gift-giving etiquette for the holiday season. The Small Doses segment addresses the side effects of Alabama voting rights. Amanda also gives a glimpse into their weekend. As the episode wraps up, Amanda delivers the word of the day, "INTREPID," and highlights politicians saying the darndest things. The show concludes with gratitude for listeners, thanking them for tuning in to The Amanda Seales Show. Listen, Laugh, and Learn on The Amanda Seales Show! FOLLOW ALONG AS WE COVER:   (3:15) - The House voted on Thursday to censure Congressman Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) for pulling a fire alarm while Congress was in session to vote on government funding. Rep. Bowman previously admitted to pulling the fire alarm, although he said it was an accident. He pleaded guilty in October to one count of falsely pulling the fire alarm and had to pay a $1,000 fine and issue an apology to the U.S. Capitol Police.   (8:57) - Nick Cannon and Zeus Network have been slammed over a competition which pitted 'dark skin' and 'light skin' women against each other. Cannon and Zeus collaborated on a live show,  Bad vs. Wild Las Vegas, which saw Wild 'N Out stars from the host's side take on 'Baddies' from Zeus' side.   (14:19) - 60 Second Headlines:   STORY 1: Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is resigning from Congress early and will not run for reelection next year,   STORY 2: In Alabama– two white boaters have pleaded guilty to harassment (misdemeanor) charges in connection with the Montgomery riverfront brawl. A judge also dismissed an assault charge against the riverboat co-captain.   STORY 3: A bill known as the Democracy Act has been introduced by Democrats Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Sen. Peter Welch that would guarantee convicted felons the right to vote in federal elections… regardless of their criminal record.   STORY 4: Time Magazine has named its 2023 person of the year, and it's Taylor Swift. Time says she found a way to give people around the world hope in some seriously dark times. They say no one else on the planet today can move so many people so well.   (17:01) - We'll go the phonelines.   (18:58) - COMING UP THIS HOUR…. OUR SPECIAL GUEST, ATTORNEY GERALD GRIGGS WILL JOIN US WITH AN UPDATE ON THE KENNETH HERRING CASE PLUS, THE BIG UP, LET DOWN!!  WHICH INVOLVES JONATHAN MAJORS AND DR. KING. I'LL MAKE IT MAKE SENSE! AND I'VE GOTTA TELL YOU ABOUT MY WEEKEND.   (21:29) - AND NOW I WANT TO WELCOME OUR SPECIAL GUEST, ATTORNEY GERALD GRIGGS. He's also an Advocate, Activist, and Justice Fighter. He's here with us today with an update on the Kenneth Herring Case. For those who may not know about the case   (26:35) - Our conversation with Attorney Gerald Griggs continues.   (31:32) - BIG UP - to the ART of keeping receipts! Actor Jonathan Majors is currently on trial facing multiple charges of assault against former girlfriend – Grace Jabbari. Texts messages were recently revealed in court, and they are damning! LET DOWN - TO ALL OF US WHO JUST KNEW IT WAS A WHITE PERSON TRYING TO BURN DOWN MLK'S HOUSE! Laneisha Shantrice Henderson, 26, was charged with attempted arson and interfering with government property. Poured gasoline on the window and porch. Two off-duty New York City Police officers, joined by Utah tourists, were able to stop the perpetrator.   (36:51) – And another thing! Amanda has more to say!   (38:28) - COMING UP THIS HOUR…. KICK OFF OUR GROUP CHAT TOPIC OF THE WEEK… AND THIS WEEK… IN HONOR OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON…  WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GIFT GIVING… WHEN YOU GIVE SOMEONE, A GIFT DO YOU GET THEM WHAT THEY WANT, OR WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE… AND IS GIVING GIFT CARDS THOUGHT-FUL OR THOUGHT-LESS?? SMALL DOSES SEGMENT - (SIDE EFFECTS OF ALABAMA VOTING RIGHTS) AND I'VE ALSO GOTTA TELL YOU ABOUT MY WEEKEND…   (41:11) - IT'S TIME TO KICK OFF OUR GROUP CHAT TOPIC OF THE WEEK. IN HONOR OF CHRISTMAS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GIFT GIVING… WHEN BUYING SOMEONE A GIFT, SHOULD YOU GET THEM WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO HAVE OR WHAT THEY WANT? LISTEN TO FOLKS' DESIRES!! RUDE TO SAY YOU DON'T LIKE A GIFT?! ARE GIFT CARDS THOUGHT- FUL OR THOUGHT-LESS GIFTS? IT DEPENDS ON THE STORE! (SPA)   (46:28) – It went down over the weekend! Amanda shares her weekend with us.   (51:21) - THIS WEEK ON THE SMALL DOSES PODCAST EPISODE (SIDE EFFECTS OF ALABAMA VOTING RIGHTS)   (54:23) – And Another Thing! 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The New York City Police seized a billion dollars worth of counterfeit goods in the largest bust in history.

“You can't do this” Today's guest is an artist with the Dallas Police Department. He's not an artist that uses an easel, paint brush, or canvas, instead he uses his personality, drive and natural adaptability as his tools to present his own form of artwork. He treats undercover work as a form of artwork…. he uses his tools to gain to win the target's admiration and trust, then betray them for the greater good. The cat and mouse game of police undercover work, in the United States, goes back to the early 1800s when the New York City Police created the Italian Squad to combat the crime in the poor Italian neighborhoods.  Clandestine work has become a major tool against the war on drugs as this trade is global.  The narcotic trades breeds violence, corruption, theft, homicide, terrorism, and ruined families and lives. Today's guest joined the Dallas Police Department after the tech collapse after 9/11 and hit the Northeast Division, The other God's Country, streets and quickly began chasing dope. He ventured off to other Investigative Units but found his niche as a Narcotics Detective ten years ago. His resume is as follows: Logged about 500 dynamic entries. Received clan lab training at Camp Dodge in Johnston, IA and DEA Academy in Quantico, VA / received Level A training at classified DEA facility in California. In the FBI Task Force, I conducted federal investigations on transnational organized crime groups including various cartels, syndicates and mafia organizations.  I was certified as an FBI undercover employee.  I began travelling the United States extensively to work undercover on domestic terrorism, counter terrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering cases.  At the same time, I was tasked with running the FBI drug interdiction/bulk currency smuggling operation at Dallas Love Field with FBI SA Perez.  During my time with the FBI, I was awarded the United States Attorney's Award of Excellence for helping prevent a terrorist event on U.S. soil.  After 4 years with the FBI Task Force, I was given the opportunity to transfer to the IRS Money Laundering Task Force. In the IRS Task Force, I conduct federal money laundering investigations.  The nature of these cases is highly classified. The ATO Family will get to know Steve Hodack up close and personal and even hear characteristics that most of his close friends do not know. Steve chose us to open up on his personal life, professional drive and how a psychological profile made his life and career make sense. Detective Hodack the stage is yours………   Critical Incident: November 24th, 2009, Officer involved shooting in the Northeast Division while Hodack was working in the Deployment Unit.

Cindy Kaza is the new co-host of the successful Travel Channel series, The Dead Files. Handpicked by Amy Allan, the former series co-host, and confirmed by the network, Kaza describes her show role as if she were playing a combination of Pictionary, Charades, and Telephone. She receives zero information on the episode scenario and specifics of each show. Locations are kept completely from Cindy until moments before she is driven to each site. Kaza uses her keen senses: clairaudience (hearing voices), clairvoyance (seeing images), clairsentience (recognizing feelings), and claircognizance (knowing) to pinpoint bits of information pertaining to the circumstances of each case and then compares notes with her fellow co-host, Steve DiSchiavi, a retired New York City Police detective. Psychic medium, Cindy Kaza's school mate died in a tragic accident when they were 10 years old. She showed herself in spirit form at Cindy's bedside that same evening. Cindy never told a soul. She shied away from her otherworldly abilities until her early 20's when she could no longer deny her talents.

Cindy Kaza is the new co-host of the successful Travel Channel series, The Dead Files. Handpicked by Amy Allan, the former series co-host, and confirmed by the network, Kaza describes her show role as if she were playing a combination of Pictionary, Charades, and Telephone. She receives zero information on the episode scenario and specifics of each show. Locations are kept completely from Cindy until moments before she is driven to each site. Kaza uses her keen senses: clairaudience (hearing voices), clairvoyance (seeing images), clairsentience (recognizing feelings), and claircognizance (knowing) to pinpoint bits of information pertaining to the circumstances of each case and then compares notes with her fellow co-host, Steve DiSchiavi, a retired New York City Police detective. Psychic medium, Cindy Kaza's school mate died in a tragic accident when they were 10 years old. She showed herself in spirit form at Cindy's bedside that same evening. Cindy never told a soul. She shied away from her otherworldly abilities until her early 20's when she could no longer deny her talents.

Bill Bratton joins Sid to discuss crime in NYC and what exactly is going wrong. Also the job of Eric Adams and other high ranking officials within New York City.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former NYC Police Commissioner Ray Kelly joins Sid to discuss Eric Adams and crime in NYC. He also gives light into what transpired in his most crucial moments as commissioner.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this captivating podcast episode, retired New York City Police Detective Vic Ferrari takes us on a thrilling journey through his 20-year career. From battling the mafia to busting car theft rings, Vic shares firsthand accounts of his encounters with notorious criminals. He also shares unforgettable and often humorous stories, including running out of confession from an angry priest. With his unique perspective, attention to detail, and sarcastic flair, Vic offers a rare glimpse into the world of law enforcement within America's largest police department. Join us for an unforgettable exploration of Vic Ferrari's remarkable experiences and stories.Here are links for you to bookmark, save, follow, memorize, write down, and to share with others:https://amzn.to/3Nt5hOoFacebookVic Ferrari (@VicFerrari50) / TwitterVic Ferrari (@vicferrari50) • Instagram photos and videosVic Ferrari - YouTubeThis episode is sponsored by Tar Heel Construction GroupSince this recording, Vic has started his own podcast titled - NYPD Through The Looking GlassGet your story told and book written. Schedule a call with Mike Ulmer at Select a Date & Time - CalendlyTar Heel Construction Group Harford County Living Stamp of Approval for Roofing, Siding and Exterior Services Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showFollow the Conversations with Rich Bennett podcast on Social Media:Facebook – Conversations with Rich Bennett & Harford County LivingFacebook Group (Join the conversation) – Conversations with Rich Bennett podcast group | FacebookTwitter – Conversations with Rich Bennett & Harford County LivingInstagram – Harford County LivingTikTok – CWRB (@conversationsrichbennett) | TikTok Sponsors, Affiliates, and ways we pay the bills:Recorded at the Freedom Federal Credit Union StudiosHosted on BuzzsproutRocketbookSquadCast Contests & Giveaways Subscribe by Email ...

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Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law Professor, host of "The DerShow," and the author of "Get Trump: The Threat to Civil Liberties, Due Process, and Our Constitutional Rule of Law" Topic: Trump arraignment Howard Safir, former New York City Police and Fire Commissioner, and Chairman of Safir Intelligence and Security Topic: Resignation of Keechant SewellSee omny.fm/listener for privacy information.

In our new series, Through the Looking Glass we will be interviewing the top minds in the true crime game- from criminal profilers, investigators, police officers, homicide detectives, true crime authors, and even experts on deviant desires- we will be covering it all. Join Matt, Lisa and Jules as we interview one of our most intriguing subjects to ever grace our sound waves. Vic Ferrari is a retired New York City Police Department Detective and Author, who served in the force during some of the most controversial and historical events in our countries history including but not limited to- dealing with the aftermath of 9/11, the height of stop and frisk, and much more. Vic openly discusses his time sharing in vice and auto theft, as well as his life in New York, and as a successful author, following his illustrious career. With NYPD tell all books with titles like- The NYPD's Flying Circus: Cops, Crime & Chaos, Dickheads & Debauchery: and other ingenious ways to die, and Confessions of a Catholic High School Graduate— Ferraris books are on our must read list. This is an episode you are not going to want to miss. Make sure you check out Vic's books below: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Vic-Ferrari/author/B01IIQXLBC?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true Special thanks to the producers of todays show, your support means the world! : Michael and Carolyn Y. Matt M.  Kimbrough's Coaching *Please note all opinions in the show are our own and solely in regards to the specific case we are discussing in this episode* We made a one stop shop for all the Eye for an Eye links our listeners might want to check out whether its where to listen, our merch shop, all of our socials, our email, or ways to support the show, we'd love for you to visit the link below!  https://msha.ke/eyeforeyepod/ Tired of Ads? Want to support our show? Please consider supporting Eye for an Eye with as little as $1 a month via patreon.com/eyeforeyepod Enjoy today's show? Don't forget to rate (those 5 stars are waiting to be clicked), review, subscribe and tell your friends!  Want in on the discussion?Join us on our Facebook page or group, Instagram @eyeforeyepod, twitter @eyeforeyepod or shoot us an email at eyeforeyepod@gmail.com and let us know your thoughts- does the punishment fit the crime? __ Cover Art Created by: Rachel Gregorino, dollbambino@gmail.com Music: GarageBand Mix made by Lisa  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this latest episode of NHB, Susan is joined by Bill Bratton, former New York City and Boston Police Commissioner and former Los Angles Police Chief. He is the only person to have led the police departments of the United States' two largest cities – New York and Los Angeles. Bratton, known for his "broken windows" policing philosophy, takes us through the state of crime, the legislation he believes is affecting the levels of crime, and how it should be addressed. As well as taking us through his perspective, he takes us through the history of policing in the US in the past 50 years. All this and more on No Holding Back with Susan Estrich.Sign up to receive updates by email when a new episode drops at: www.noholdingback.fm/Produced by 1985 Productions

A major cable news shakeup is on #TheUpdate this Tuesday. Fox News has ousted Tucker Carlson less than a week after settling a lawsuit over the network's 2020 election reporting. Meanwhile, Longtime CNN host Don Lemon has been fired by the cable news network a little over two months after apologizing to viewers for on-air comments about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley. A hearing is being held to determine whether two New York City Police officers should face disciplinary action for their involvement in the shooting death of a Black man in his apartment. A hearing is being held to determine whether two New York City Police officers should face disciplinary action for their involvement in the shooting death of a Black man in his apartment. And an intense solar storm has the northern lights gracing the skies farther south than usual.

Episode 128: This week on the “Dan's Talks” podcast, Dan speaks with William “Bill” Bratton, who served as the New York City Police Commissioner … Read More

Retired New York City police officer turned writer, Vic Ferrari gives us a behind the scenes look at the life of a cop. Stories of pranks, organized crime, auto theft and more.Vic's books can be found on Amazon:https://tinyurl.com/vicsbooksVic's Socials:https://twitter.com/VicFerrari50https://www.instagram.com/vicferrari50/https://www.facebook.com/vicferrarinypd/Donations are appreciated, if you would like to help support the show, use the link below and buy me a coffee:http://Ko-fi.com/crimeatoriumAll of Crimeatorium's links:https://linktr.ee/CrimeatoriumIf you have a case suggestion, a comment about a case or a business inquiry, leave a voicemail message. If you would like me to get back to you, please leave your contact information.https://www.speakpipe.com/CrimeatoriumReviews are very much appreciated, please take a minute to leave one for Crimeatorium on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.Thank you for listening!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/crimeatorium9009/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this episode we have two members from the New York City Police department paintball team  Vinny Siraco and Tim Finn joining us.  We dive into why Vinny started the club and how he hope officers can use it to help cope with the stresses of the job. Tim being the leader of the woodsball team we have a long conversation about what its like playing against some of the legends of game when playing 10 man. This one as always was blast and if you wanna join the program reach out to Tim or Vinny below.TIM     VinnyCheck out the sponsors for the podcast below:https://vulcanousa.com (Use code overshot10 for 10% off)https://www.dyzanasports.com/overshot (Use code overshot for 10%)https://www.evilgerbilpaintball.com (Use code overshot for 10%)Please support the show below:https://www.patreon.com/Overshotapaintballpodcast 

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Ride along this week as retired NYPD detective, Vic Ferrari, takes us on a high speed ride through his time on America's largest police force. He shares fascinating, funny stories from busting one of the largest cockfighting rings ever (and why he should not have gotten involved), to paying a nun's parking tickets, and even a story of a lazy cop getting very very lucky with some Albanian hitmen. It was quite the adventure and it is only a small piece of his life and stories as we talk also about the 6 books he has written that share even more tales. Buckle up for this one!_____________________________________Vic's Amazon Author Page to Pick Up His Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Vic-Ferrari/author/B01IIQXLBC—————————————————————Link to all things Not in a Huff Podcast: https://linktr.ee/notinahuffpodcastPlease follow/subscribe to the podcast to get the new episodes when they come out each week and rate us on Apple Podcast and Spotify! :)

Retired NYPD detective turned author Vic Ferrari joins the podcast this week to share his experience working for the largest police department in the U.S. He's written four books that give us a humorous behind-the-scenes look at the New York City Police department, and his latest book, Confessions of a Catholic High School Graduate recounts colorful stories from his high school years growing up in the rough-and-tumble borough of the Bronx. Learn more about Vic: Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Vic-Ferrari/e/B01IIQXLBC/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 https://www.instagram.com/vicferrari50/ https://twitter.com/VicFerrari50 https://www.facebook.com/vicferrarinypd/ Listen & subscribe to We've Got a Problem wherever you get your podcasts— https://link.chtbl.com/problempodcast I'm hungry for feedback! Let me know what you'd like to hear more about by connecting with me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/bodsillian/, by leaving a review on iTunes, or by leaving a comment below!

In this episode of Crime Over Cocktails, I talk with Vic Ferrari, a retired New York City Police detective. He shares different stories while during his career working in the narcotics unit, chop shops,  and delaing with domestic violence calls. https://www.amazon.com/Vic-Ferrari/e/B01IIQXLBC%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_shareSupport the showhttps://www.crimeovercocktails.comhttp://calendly.com/crimeovercocktails https://www.instagram.com/crimeovercocktails/https://podmatch.com/signup/crimeovercocktailshttps://www.patreon.com/crimeovercocktailsshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crime-over-cocktails/id1527939841?uo=4https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu1f3cHWYhG4vWEwRcmkTmghttps://paypal.me/crimeovercocktails?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US

This is the afternoon All Local for Monday, October 24, 2022

Today on Cats at Night with John Catsimatidis, Bill Bratton joins the show. He takes a deep dive into the Buffalo shooting, including how and where did the shooter get his weapons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1909, New York City Police discovered the corpse of a white woman stuffed into a trunk. Because cops found the corpse in a Chinese man's apartment, the murder ignited a ‘war' against Chinese Americans, who the press claimed were out to steal and spoil white women. This episode is the story of the Chinatown Trunk Mystery, the ‘Yellow Peril,' and the destruction it caused for America's immigrant communities.This episode is in honor of Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month.......#history #herstory #historian #historylover #historybuff #historicaltruecrime #truecrimehistory #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #historypodcast #americanhistory #ushistory #newyorkhistory #newyorkcityhistory #chinatown #chinatownhistory #manhattanhistory #chineseamerican #aapiheritagemonth #elsiesigel #chinatowntrunkmystery #chinatowntrunkmurder Sources:Bovsun, Mara. “The Chinatown Trunk Mystery.” Daily News. 25 March 2008. https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/chinatown-trunk-mystery-article-1.269236Chow, Kat. “How The White Establishment Waged A ‘War' on Chinese Restaurants in the U.S.” GBH. 16 June 2017. https://www.wgbh.org/news/2017/06/16/how-white-establishment-waged-war-chinese-restaurants-usFuchs, Chris. “The Chinese railroad workers who helped connect the country: Recovering an erased history.” NBC News. 22 April 2019. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/recovering-erased-history-chinese-railroad-workers-who-helped-connect-country-n991136Lui, Mary Ting Yi. The Chinatown Trunk Mystery: Murder, Miscegenation, and Other Dangerous Encounters in Turn-of-the-Century New York City (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007).“The Murder of Elsie Sigel by her Chinese Lover, 1909.” Historical Crime Detective. https://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/ccca/the-murder-of-elsie-sigel-by-her-chinese-lover-1909/Powell, J. Mark. “The Body in the Trunk: Who Killed Elsie Sigel?” 29 October 2015. http://www.jmarkpowell.com/the-body-in-the-trunk-who-killed-elsie-sigel-2/“Why Social Workers in the Slums Become Depraved.” The Star Company. 1914.Newspapers:Day Book. 6 January 1912. P. 23.Evening Star. June 20 and 25 1909.Los Angeles Herald. 27 June 1909.New York Times. June 19 to 28, 1909.New York Tribune. 23 June 1909.Orange County Observer. 1 July 1909.Palestine Daily Herald. 21 June 1909.Princeton Union. 8 July 1909.San Jose Mercury News. 23 June 1909.Spokane Press. 26 June 1909.Music: Dellasera by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.comFor more information, visit www.oldbloodpodcast.com

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Bob speaks with Ken Solosky Retired Lt. with the New York City Police Department on the police officers mudded by Anthony Bottom.

Reports coming in on one of Ukraine's first major cities falling to Russia. This, as several videos online show explosions in eastern Ukraine and in Kharkiv. Russia says it has lost 500 troops, as their massive convoy reportedly closes in on Ukraine's Capital, Kyiv. More than a million Ukrainian refugees have escaped the country since the beginning of the war just a week ago. Several Russian oligarchs speak out against the war after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken threatens to "freeze and seize" the oligarchs' yachts, private jets and opulent mansions. President Biden reveals his test-to-treat plans at U.S. pharmacies. New York City Police continue their investigation into the hate crimes against seven Asian women in the span of two hours. And how one Broadway show displayed their solidarity with the people of Ukraine.

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Guests: Michael Steele, Angelo Carusone, Tristan Harris, Torie Gibson, Rep. Ritchie TorresTonight: The anti-vaxx crowd roars in South Carolina as the destructive, deadly disinformation campaign continues. Then, the Facebook whistleblower faces Congress. Plus, what we know about why the FBI raided the offices of a New York City Police union—and the home of that union's president. And as the Department of Justice steps in, how one Republican Senator is pretending school board harassment and intimidation aren't off the charts.    

Episode 76 Paranormal & Paranoid News 15Summary: A mysterious time machine shows Carol a huge monetary balance in her bank account with enough to travel to Harry Potter world in New York and question creative ways to die. Holly instead prefers to just watch Tiktok and shop at Home Depot for some paranormal entertainment.Credits:  TikToker dreams of little girl hiding necklace in house and finds it next day | 'Tragic Fate Ball' is a Magic 8-Ball that Predicts How You Will Die | Tragic Fate Ball: DIY digital Magic 8-Ball predicts how you're going to die | The Legend Of The Chronovisor, The Vatican's Secret Time Machine | What is the Chronovisor? (with pictures) | The Chronovisor: A device used by the Vatican to look into the future and past | Alleged Vatican Time Travel Device Lets You See Past Events | Next Pegasus Project | Chronovisor and Time Travel Experiments  | Top 10 Things Possibly Hidden In The Vatican Secret Archives | Harry Potter Store New York | Harry Potter fans flock to new flagship store in New York City | Police stop 'exorcism' in Home Depot lumber aisle Police stop | Exorcism at Home Depot in Pennsylvania gets group kicked out of store | Chase Did it Again - Gave Couple $50 BILLION In Their Bank Account by Mistake - Running with Miles | Chase accidentally deposits $50 billion into Louisiana family's bank account | Bank Error Leaves Woman $50 Billion in Debt After Night Out | Grandson getting calls from couple missing in Florida building collapse Jake Samuelson told local news that | Mysterious Phone Calls From Miami Condo Rubble Puzzle Family | Life and Teaching Of The Masters Of The Far East Series by Baird T. SpaldingTarot: Hush Tarot by Jeremy Hush Hush Tarot — TarotArts and The Rider Waite Smith Tarot Deck by Arthur Edward Waite with artwork by Pamela Coleman Smith

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Joe Cirillo An Offer I couldn't Refuse: Growing up in the Bronx, Bellmore's Joe Cirillo used to pitch pennies on the street corner, and when he amassed enough money, he'd go straight to the movies. So in the mid-60s, fate seemed to be following when he found himself a New York City Police officer on the beat outside a Manhattan complex where stars such as Phil Silvers and Red Buttons lived. "They knew me as Joe the cop," he said. Making acquaintance with these celebrities led to more than just getting a glimpse of their starlight. "How would you like to be an actor," he said were the words of director Mike Nichols that embarked him on a film industry career. Of course, the New York City cop was definitely skeptical, but eventually succumbed to Nichols' assurances that they would simply turn him into one. Soon enough, Cirillo interviewed with Paramount and landed a role in The Godfather. Unfortunately his scene was cut, but he can be seen throughout one of the film's most famous sequences. Still, nothing was going to keep him away, especially since the presence of Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and James Caan didn't affect his ability to remain professional. "It was inspiring," he said. He later found a voice in several smaller projects, but the next phase in his career began when he was hired to provide security for Telly Savalas on Kojak. Taken with Cirillo after a year of service, the star told him, "Once you retire, come to California and you've got a job." "I retired and became his right hand man," Cirillo said. Initially he obtained work as a technical advisor, before moving on to writing. With the show's scribes coming to him for ideas, he realized his personal experiences could be put to better use. "I'm in production meetings, I read the scripts, I make adjustments. [I thought] why can't I write myself," he said. Unfortunately, a script approved by Savalas never was shot because the show was canceled. The writing went on hold, as Kojak was spun off into Eischeid, and he nabbed a co-starring role next to Joe Don Baker as Detective Malfita. After its short life and speaking roles in Splash and Ghostbusters, Cirillo sold a screenplay in 1990, which was never shot. Today, he partners with fellow screenwriter Marc Baron for Oroloro Entertainment. With mostly romantic comedies looking for backers, they inked a three-picture, $20 million deal with investors from Dubai in 2001. This time, the September 11th attacks put a hold on all business relations with Dubai, thus killing the projects. Since then, the bad economy has slowed things but he knows one break can open doors on everything else. "You get one going, they all go," Cirillo said. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/otcpod1/support

On this episode of #ReflectionArtist Live we have Eric Joseph of Gtechniq. ⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ We are happy and excited to have Eric Joseph on the next episode of Refection Artist Live!⁣⁣⠀ Eric started detailing professionally in 1999 while working at a body shop on the south shore of Long Island. After the world was impacted by the attacks of September 11th, he decided to join the New York City Police department. The big city was fun while it lasted and he was eventually transferred to Rochester NY in 2006. The detailing itch however, never left.⁣⁣⠀  ⁣⁣⠀ Detailing on the side became too much and in 2010 he opened his first shop as a non for profit teaching the inner-city youth detailing skills. Eric enjoys training and completed the Smart Detailing University and The Esoteric Elite Academy early on (Rupes was just showing up in the US at this time). In 2015 he assisted in launching the IDA-SV program, hosting one of the first in-person events. Eric has certificates from XPEL, Colourlock, IDA-RT, SV, CD, Gloss University and Detailwise proudly displayed on the wall of his office!⁣⁣⠀  ⁣⁣⠀ Eric worked with CAR Products launching the Bulletproof Line before landing with Gtechniq in early 2017. He has trained detailers across the United States, Canada, The Caribbean as well as Central and South America.⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⠀ Don't miss this one folks!....see you then!!! This is going to be a fun one folks....see you then!!!⠀⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣ Buff and Shine Mfg social media pages: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BuffandShineMfg​ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/buffandshinmfg​ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLcJ...​ To learn more about Buff and Shine Mfg please visit us at www.buffandshine.com⁣⁣⠀⠀

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Tonight we bring back the nation's leading expert on the topic of Medicare and Medicare Supplemental policies, Ms. Diane Daniels.Diane, Founder and Host of Medicare Nation, and the Medicare Nation podcast, works with a political organization, social organizations, companies, and individuals answering their questions and solving the Medicare needs.Recently, the Medicare nation podcast was named the #1 podcast in the Country on this incredibly relevant subject.Tonight we discuss which insurance carriers are doing right by their clients, and which are doing wrong, during the COVID 19 crisis.And as a former New York City Police officer, we are going to discuss the current attitude towards this nation's great police.And believe me, Diane isn't going to hold back!!!!Michael L. BannerPresident & CEOProfessional Mortgage Alliance, LLC.E-Mail – mbanner@pmanow.comCell – 727-224-3859NMLS# - 386692Ms. Diane Daniels.1645 Sun City Center Plaza,#6067, Sun City Center, FL 33571http://themedicarenation.com/Call: 813-731-1237 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tonight we bring back the nation's leading expert on the topic of Medicare and Medicare Supplemental policies, Ms. Diane Daniels.Diane, Founder and Host of Medicare Nation, and the Medicare Nation podcast works with a political organization, social organizations, companies, and individuals answering their questions and solving the Medicare needs.Recently, the Medicare nation podcast was named the #1 podcast in the Country on this incredibly relevant subject.Tonight we discuss which insurance carriers are doing right by their clients, and which are doing wrong, during the COVID 19 crisis.And as a former New York City Police officer, we are going to discuss the current attitude towards this nation's great police.And believe me, Diane isn't going to hold back!!!!Michael L. BannerPresident & CEOProfessional Mortgage Alliance, LLC.E-Mail – mbanner@pmanow.comCell – 727-224-3859NMLS# - 386692Ms. Diane Daniels.1645 Sun City Center Plaza,#6067, Sun City Center, FL 33571http://themedicarenation.com/Call: 813-731-1237 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Joan Blumenfeld, Design Principal at Perkins+Will, discusses the land on which the Police Acadmey was built. The site was previously a brownfield and flood zone, thus the architects had challenges with creating the infrastructure since everything had to be built above ground.

President Trump floats the possibility of a COVID-19 vaccine by Election Day, despite his own health officials discussing a later date for a possible vaccine. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has tested positive for COVID-19, as at least 10 areas across the country considered at serious risk of a surge. New York City Police now stopping out-of-state drivers at a major entry point, and warn of fines for those violating quarantine. Joe Biden facing criticism after saying in an interview all African-Americans are "uniform in their views," and the fugitive caught after more than 46 years on the run.

In this weeks Snippet Shay and Weebs recap a story about an Ohio weather man whom plead guilty to child porn charges, and some weird crime stories that took place during the Covid-19 Lockdown.  They also dive deep into an amazing Documentary titled "Crime and Punishment" detailing the corruption in the New York City Police department.   www.paranormalwarehouse.com www.patreon.com/paranormalwarehouse "Serial Snippet theme" and Intro music created by Annie Weible 2019 all rights reserved. "The Serial Spirits Podcast" created by Brendan Shay and Annie Weible 2018 all rights reserved.   Edited and Produced by Brendan Shay Mike Davis news story Courtesy of NBC4 News Columbus, Ohio May 2020 "Crime and Punishment-Trailer (Official) Hulu Documentary" Amidst a landmark class action lawsuit over illegal policing quotas, Crime + Punishment chronicles the real lives and struggles of a group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and the young minorities they are pressured to arrest and summons in New York City. A highly intimate and cinematic experience with unprecedented access, Crime + Punishment examines the United States' most powerful police department through the brave efforts of a group of active duty officers and one unforgettable private investigator who risk their careers and safety to bring light to harmful policing practices which have plagued the precincts and streets of New York City for decades. www.crimeandpunishmentdoc.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4WfaaJi_fQ

Police Unions across the nations have been roundly criticized during the past two weeks for their role in protecting police officers with a history of violence.  On June 9, 2020 the Police Benevolent Association of New York City held a press conference — I believe it’s important to listen to what they said in the […]

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Since the pandemic started. They have used Covid-19 against us by harassing us for not wearing the mask. We must be vigilant when we out there. We must be on code . Secondly many people have lost their jobs and domestic violence have gone up. This COVID-19 PANDEMIC its a hoax. U must know and understand this truth. Ten years from now when we look back at this pandemic. We will realised this pandemic was a hoax. We lost trillions of dollars in revenue and millions of jobs for nothing. Only people who will gain from this pandemic is Big Pharma, CDC, China ,and Bills Gates foundation. Get knowledge understanding and wisdom --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/johnrosemberg/support

My good friend Cagney and I talk about the Original True Crime type show, Gang Busters! It is one of the earliest crime shows on radio, was created by actor-producer Phillips Lord. Deemed as the only radio program that featured authentic police cases, it debuted on NBC Radio on July 27, 1935, under the title G-Men and Lord himself as the narrator. He was later replaced by Colonel Norman Schwarzkopf, the New Jersey Police superintendent during the investigation of the infamous Lindbergh case, along with Commissioner Lewis Valentine of the New York City Police. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richard-templeman/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/richard-templeman/support

The Bureau of Labor and Statistics reports in 2018 the goods and service producing industries had a hand injury incidence rate of 30.8 per ten thousand full time workers. And these are only the injuries that got reported.  Think of all the times when you hit finger, got a paper cut, a splinter, or another small injury to you hand. That time, it might have hurt for a moment, but there is always the chance it could have been worse. The human hand is one of the most delicate and dexterous instruments we have to interact with the world. With them we can feel the heartbeat of another person, create art and music, pick a flower, or grasp a tool, adjust a machine, and pick up stock. Without them or without full use of them, we lose a big part of our sense of touch and how we interact with everyday things.    According to the stats, it’s at the workplace where our hands are most at risk.  If they are such an important part of our lives, why don’t we treat them with more care. In this episode, Pete explores what makes safety work using someone’s hands as the focus with Joe Geng, Vice President of Superior Glove and author of the book, “Rethinking Hand Safety: Myths, Truths, and Proven Practices”.  It’s not a book that you would expect, it really is about how to rethink safety from the perspective of your hands, the pitfalls you will see on the way, and examples of how to move forward. Check it out on your favorite podcast platform or at www.memic.com/podcast. Peter Koch: Hello listeners and welcome to the MEMIC Safety Experts podcast, I'm your host, Peter Koch. Today, we're recording from the studios of Portland Pod. They have a full service podcast, recording and production studio right here in South Portland, Maine, and if you like this podcast and the way it sounds. Go ahead and get a hold of Tanner at PortlandPod.com. Today, we're taking an interesting look at hand safety through the eyes of Joe Geng, author of Rethinking Hand Safety and vice president of Superior Glove. Joe grew up among the tanneries of Canada, helping his father make gloves, and he has spent his entire life studying industry hand safety, doing glove R&D and consulting with leading companies like Toyota, Honda, Space-X, General Motors, Bombardier Aircraft and Shell Oil. The Geng family business Superior Glove is considered one of the world's most innovative glove manufacturers. Joe, welcome to the podcast today. Joe Geng: My pleasure, Peter. Peter Koch: Yeah. So it's really great to [00:01:00] have you here on the line. So I just want to kind of give you a little background here. When you first approached us to come onto the Safety Experts podcast, I thought, I'm not really sure about this we're really not about endorsing a particular safety product or service. And while it's important to innovate, at MEMIC, we believe that safety is not really about the newest tech or better piece of PPE. Then I read your book, Joe. And for our listeners, you might figure that a book on hand safety written by a glove guy would be just chock full of gruesome stories of mangled digits, missing limbs, stacks of regulations and requirements and endorsements to use a particular type of glove. Well, while they're stories, they focus the reader on the event chain. And while there are endorsements to use gloves, it's more about how and why to pick the proper one. There aren't any regulations in the book, and it's all about an exploration of what makes safety work using someone's hands as the focus. But what you describe [00:02:00] in the book can be applied everywhere, not just in your hands, but all over the place. It's not just a book that you would expect. It's really about how to rethink safety, using your hands and the pitfalls that we might see on the way and examples of how to move ahead. So, Joe, tell me about growing up in the glove industry and what inspired you to write this book? Joe Geng: Sure so, yeah. I grew up in the business. My dad bought the business in 1961. And my brothers both worked in it. And then growing up kind of through high school and earlier on, I worked part time in the business and more or less every lunchtime and dinner conversation was shrouded by gloves. So I was kind of in your blood in a way that just by osmosis, I learned a lot whether I wanted to or not. And this whole community, it's kind of interesting. We're just in a small town outside of Toronto, and the town to its core is a glove and leather town. I remember being at a, just a funeral [00:03:00] for some older gentleman. And then outside there was a bunch of older guys talking. And you think like in most small towns, they'd be talking about how their high school was their football record or something like that. And these guys were talking about how many gloves they would make after school and how much money they would make in the different club shops growing up. You know, and there's just kind of it's really part of the town’s culture. So it's an interesting place to grow up. It's just a lot of history and glove history for a couple of hundred years kind of thing. So then what inspired us to write the book is we just deal with a lot of customers and factories and construction companies and even when we recommend the right gloves, we found that sometimes they're still struggling with hand injuries and we really didn't know what else to do other than recommend that they buy more gloves or more expensive gloves or something like that. So we thought we got to take a step back and look at what are the other things we can do to try to help those customers. And then writing a book we thought would be an interesting way to just create the discipline that we would have to go through. And if we're going to write a book about it, we have to learn about it. And so that we thought was a good process to go about getting a better understanding of how to help those customers. Peter Koch: Well, it certainly shows reading through the book. You know, like I said initially, I was a little. Well, I didn't know what to expect, honestly. I've read a number of books on safety and some of it can be very regulation based and some it can be very specifically based on like behavioral based safety or metrics or something else. And you really did a really good job, I think, of journeying you or the reader through safety overall and really through the focus of your hands, which is your expertise. Like you said, it's in your blood. So it's a really interesting way to look at safety overall, but look at it specifically from the point of somebodies hands. And you made a point in the book right at the beginning to talk about sort of how you marvel at the hand itself and then what we take for granted. So in a past [00:05:00] life, we were talking just before about skiing. In a past life, I was as a full time paid ski patroller and we saw numerous injuries in some of the most challenging weren't always the worst. They were the hand injuries, the shoulder injuries. And I remember reading the book, what came to mind was a particular person, a grown man who we had just sent over to the clinic. He had an x ray and it had his hand set and casted after multiple digit fractures from a fall. And we were sitting and talking finishing up paperwork. And I just watched his face, go white and I'm like he's going to pass out. He must be in a lot of pain. We started talking to him and what his realization was. He wasn't going to be able to play piano at his daughter's wedding. And so just that piece about that fall, the injury on his hand, it changed a portion of his life that he was really looking forward to. So hands are a big deal. Hand safety is a big deal. And I [00:06:00] think you did a good, really good job at getting us to understand safety through that through focus. So tell me a little bit about the book. First, describe it first. If you had to describe this book to a safety manager and you describe three different types of companies and we could talk a little bit about that later. But in that third type of company, a company where that safety manager is working, he wants to get better at safety. And you think this would be a good book for him to read? How would you describe that book to him, how would you describe this book to him? Joe Geng: Well, I think the short version of that would be just it's kind of a summary of the best practices that companies use to reduce hand injury. So we went in there, really, we had a blank slate. We didn't know anything about safety, we knew gloves, but that's about it. So we went in and just researched. We did a lot of academic research. And it was really surprising how much academic research there is about hand injury reduction. And then we interviewed dozens of safety managers that we've seen at companies that have reduced their hand injuries. [00:07:00] And then we talked to safety experts that work with those companies. And then the final piece is we just talked to our sales team because we have a field sales team that are around these customers all the time. And they had a lot of interesting and colorful stories that add a lot to it. And so when you kind of put that all together, it was okay, this is what we know or what we've uncovered as some of the best practices for reducing hand injuries. Peter Koch: Right on. So you said you did a lot of research for the book. What sort of things did you learn as you went through the research and what was maybe surprising to you as you did that research? Joe Geng: Yeah, there was a lot of surprising things. Some of them are odd and some are funny. I remember there was one academic study that that dug into the factors that led to the likelihood of hand injury in the construction industry and so they've done this really thorough study and there was all kinds of interesting factors that you would not have thought of. So they said, for example, being a smoker puts you had an increase odd of a hand injury and I’m [00:08:00] not really exactly sure why that is. Maybe if you're smoking on the job, you're not paying attention or something. Not having played sports as a youngster made you more likely to get injured overall. Oversleeping, under-sleeping and oversleeping were both factors that led to higher rates of injury, which I would not have anticipated that sleeping more. It was more than nine hours a night made you more likely to be get a hand injury and then time of day. So there was a higher frequencies at certain times of day. So it was like mid-morning on Monday I think was one of the most likely times to get injured. And then also kind of the things that you would, I guess, think that maybe like Friday before a long weekend, there was higher injury rates, things like that. So there's really when there was attention lapses. So that was just one study, right? There was a whole lot of interesting things uncovered from that, just that one study. But overall, yeah, there was interesting practices around behavior based safety. That were found to be very effective. And I mean, I can I can talk for a long time about all the interesting and weird stuff. [00:09:00] And another one that really stood out that was kind of funny in a sense was there was an oil drilling company in western Canada. And they rolled out a campaign where they gave all the drillers, they gave them a pair of pink gloves. And they trained them on hand safety and said, if you see one of your co-workers doing something unsafe for their hands, we want you to go up and give them the pair of pink gloves. And they have to wear that for the rest of the day. And then for every incident or a pair pink gloves that you guys give out, they'll donate $5 to breast cancer research. And that campaign was a lot of fun. They had a good time with it. And there was it was taken, you know, in the right spirit of reducing injuries. And they saw a huge reduction in hand injuries and it maintained their hand injuries. I mean, stayed low even after the campaign was over. So that was kind of one of those interesting studies where they're engaging in effective peer pressure to reduce injuries. Peter Koch: Yeah. Right. And you had talked about gamification within your book as well. And that's one of those examples of trying to make safety almost competitive where because it comes [00:10:00] down to people together have the responsibility for each other's safety. So you've got to be paying attention. And if you know someone's watching, you're going to pay more attention. And that was, I thought that was really neat idea. And then tying it into the breast cancer donation really makes it almost fun. So it's not like I'm trying to get you. I'm watching. And if I do see it a I'm not just giving it to you because I want to show that you're doing something wrong. But the companies behind us in such a way that they're even going to donate money to a great cause. So fantastic way for that great example. Joe Geng: Yeah. The more that a company is able to make everybody the safety manager as opposed to just having one person with that title and do it in a good spirited way, then that really multiplies the effect of the safety program. Peter Koch: Yeah. Let's riff on that theme for just a minute so everyone being the safety manager, let's flip it around. Early on in the book, you talked about this concept of fatalism and how fatalism is immoral both at the management level [00:11:00] and at the worker level. So let's start there and talk about that for a little bit as kind of the start of the barrier to having the safety culture of everyone being the safety manager. So tell me a little bit about the concept of fatalism. Joe Geng: Yeah. So the most interesting story that illustrates that point that we came across, it was really powerful story. It was from Alcoa, the steel manufacturer. And it was when they had a new CEO that came in, Paul O'Neill. And pretty early on in his tenure, there was a fatality. So a young guy, I think he was like 20 years old. He'd hopped over this barrier to unclog this production line and he unclogged it successfully. Then a boom came around and killed him instantly. And then so Paul O'Neill brought all his plant managers and safety managers in. And he said they were all grieving for the loss of this kid. But at the same time, it was like, well, that's really unfortunate. It's an unfortunate part of the workplace that it's dangerous. And Paul O'Neill took a step back and he said, no, that's not the right answer. The [00:12:00] right answer is everybody in this room killed this kid. You killed him. I killed him. We're responsible for his death. And they said, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. That's going too far. It's not our fault that he did something stupid. And Paul O'Neill said, actually, yes, it is your fault and my fault that we didn't train him well enough. There's all kinds of steps we could have taken. And basically that it was our fault and that we can't take the attitude that. This is just a part of the workplace that needs to be fixed. So he had a hill to climb there, but he did change that culture from one that accepted injuries as a part a part of everyday life in an industrial setting to one where he said, no, we're going for zero. And then when he said that they were like, you are crazy, that's not possible. It's going to be financially too expensive to do that. And he just wouldn't take that as an answer. He said we're going for zero injuries. Peter Koch: Yeah. That kind of leads into that safety attitude of the entire [00:13:00] company starting right at the top. Like if Paul hadn't said that as the CEO at Alcoa. I think someone would have said that, yeah, we're responsible. But if the top dog doesn't get behind it and doesn't realize that he has just as much responsibility for the injuries, whether it's a splinter or a fatality, he has just as much responsibility for those injuries as the supervisor, the manager, the director, the foreman or the brand new person who comes on. You'll never make a change. And that that's a great I mean, it's a truly unfortunate example that it has to happen sometimes. It has to happen that way for a company to realize how challenging the problem is. But in that case, he was able to turn it around. He had great success at Alcoa during his time there. So he was able to, as you said, climb that hill and really get beyond the fatalism [00:14:00] piece and making safety something that is culturally accepted, not just culturally acceptable, but something that everybody just does not something extra. Joe Geng: And kind of further to your point on fatalism. A lot of times when you look at an accident that is seemingly random, but if you if you actually kind of brainstorm like what are the things we could have done to prevent this injury? And there's actually a lot that you really can do to minimize those options or the risk of that happening again, whether it's training or guards in place or when you sit down with a team and brainstorm, you can really come up with some interesting ideas and then there's a lot more that's under your control than maybe you would have thought otherwise. Peter Koch: Yeah. And having actually having sat through those both in business prior to my working for Maine Employer's Mutual Insurance and now working for MEMIC sat through those meetings, they can be incredibly productive. When you sit and brainstorm what are all the potential [00:15:00] conclusions or causes that you find when you're going through a post-accident or post-incident analysis. But you've got to stick through them because the first time that you do it. Can you just imagine the conversations that happened after the next injury that happened at Alcoa after that? So they've just went through. Everybody's responsible. You're all responsible. Everybody's responsible. So now you sit down and of course, with responsibility comes accountability. And everybody's thinking, well, if I'm responsible am I going to get fired if I talk about this? So you really have to work through those cultural challenges of the barrier for people, to be honest with you, with those conversations, especially the post-accident conversations. But the fruit that it bears, if you can do that, is amazing. But you've got to stick with it totally you have to stick with it. Joe Geng: Yeah. Yeah those kind of accidents and then also the like, the near misreporting that is really challenging for a lot of companies to get, to encourage honesty [00:16:00] in those situations. It can be really tough. What we see is a lot of companies that just kind of go through the motions, checking the boxes, but they're really not getting at the core and trying to find what those real issues are. They're kind of afraid of uncovering those problems. Peter Koch: Yeah totally. So let's give a hand safety example where there's been a hand injury and it can be something small or can be something major that maybe you've seen or been involved with where you've actually helped the company sit down and go through that process to come to the conclusion of what caused the event to occur. Do you have any examples that you could share? Joe Geng: Yeah, ok one example from the book and those kind of a startling example is one of our sales guys in Quebec. He went into pulp and paper mill and they just recently had a bad accident where a guy was holding a doctor Blade. So these heavy blades that they used for cutting rolls of paper and slipped and then cut [00:17:00] his belly and the safety manager product sales guy, and he said, OK, you're going to need these highly cut resistant gloves or you need to cut resistant aprons. We're going to cut resistant pants all this sort of stuff. And the sales manager just took a step back and said. Or the sales guy said, why is this guy walking around the plant with a blade in his hands? Why don't you just build a cart out of plywood or box out of plywood? Put the blade in there, put it on a cart and you eliminate that hazard altogether. And that's something the safety manager should have known and taken that step back. But it took somebody from the outside looking at the problem and thinking about it a little bit of a different way. So That's the kind of thing where ok you're jumping to a solution. But maybe you need to kind of uncover what are the other possible solutions to that issue that are much more effective and much less costly. Peter Koch: Yeah, that's a great actually lead in to talking a little bit about the hierarchy of controls, which you discussed [00:18:00] in your book there fairly extensively. So I'm going to just I'm going to describe it for a second. But you had two amendments to that, which I think are pretty important. So, of course, there is elimination at the Top and the suggestion of personal protective equipment that the supervisor gave in that particular or the safety manager gave in that case that you described, would have helped a little, but would might not have prevented the event from occurring again. So the cart eliminates the need to carry. So that's the best solution. And then you've got substitution, engineering, administrative controls. And then finally, at the end of this is personal protective equipment. And I thought it was really interesting that your sales guy. Right. So that the glove guy who's going in to sell more personal protective equipment provides the solution of elimination. So and a much better solution overall. So you provided two amendments to that hierarchy of controls. Can you describe what those two amendments are and how they fit into the safety [00:19:00] culture philosophy you have? Joe Geng: So I think when a company is trying to reduce injuries like hand injuries specifically or injuries overall like that, the first thing you want to do is that hierarchy of safety controls. That's the most effective thing for sure. And but it shouldn't stop there. And so there's lots of other things that can be done. So for example, behavior based safety, which in some safety circles has gotten a bad rep, but it's actually very effective when done properly is where you're looking at the behaviors that that people do. Recording this behaviors, reporting how often they happen and then working to eliminate them and where it's gotten a bad rap. So we've seen some stuff from some unions and things like that where companies are using behavior based safety instead of using the hierarchy of safety controls. And they call it blame the worker safety. But done properly and done with workers is actually a very effective way of reducing injury. So an example that I give just from one of the workplaces that we saw using this is they were doing a job where they had box cutters at a table and they were cutting some [00:20:00] product, they're kind of like trimming the product. And when they looked at where their injuries were coming from, a lot of the hand injuries coming from just somebody grabbing the knife or putting their hand on the table by accident and then getting cut on an open box cutter. And then so all they did was they created sheets for the box cutters to be put away. And then they had somebody in the workplace just one day a week. They would take 10 minutes and record how many box cutters were left open and then they put a chart up. And then they said, OK. This is how many we're seeing in a week, what can we do to eliminate that? And then every week they would have that person recording. OK. Now there's sort of ten this week, there's five this week and then the following week there's two. And they were really able to reduce those injuries. And then when you kind of multiply that across all the different injuries you're seeing, that's when you see some really good injury reduction. So in addition to that hierarchy of safety controls, behavior based safety is very effective as well as basically anything at your disposal that you can add to that. And the way we look at is like. Ok. It's like if you're getting in a car, you're not going to say, OK, I'm in a safe car and I'm driving on a good highway, [00:21:00] I don't have to buckle up my seat belt. You're going to buckle your seatbelt. You can do everything that you can to try to be safe. So anything you can add to that mix that helps reduce those injuries. Definitely use that. And then the no broken windows. That was from a New York City Police is where they took the attitude to try to clean up the city and to not look past the little crimes. And then they found that when they did that, the major crimes like murder were dramatically reduced. So it's kind of this odd thing, like we're going to stop the jaywalker and then in the end, that's going to result in a reduction of murders or serious crimes. But it was very effective. So this same kind of principle applies a workplace if you overlook the little things and then those bigger accidents tend to happen. So it's kind of paying attention to the small details and having a tidy workplace in addition to that. Housekeeping can be surprisingly effective injury reduction as well. Peter Koch: Oh, totally. I completely agree with that. I go [00:22:00] back to my grandfather when he was alive and he was a school teacher and he was a woodworker. And in the basement was his shop. And when I was younger, he died when I was eight. So when I was very young, I would go down into the basement. And when he wasn't there, well, when he was there, I would watch him work and he would make furniture and tables and things for my grandmother. But when he wasn't there, I would go take tools off his bench in the workshop and I would play with them. And of course, then I'd get distracted and I wouldn't put it away. Well, of course, when he walked down to the shop, he knew because every tool had a place. Once I figured out that he could look at the workbench and know if anything was missing because every tool had its place. I realize that if I took it off, I had to put it back because there was a gap. There was a hole. Something was missing so that no broken windows is a I think a really great thought process to help you to ensure that safe [00:23:00] culture throughout the workplace. So watch pay attention, have a process, make sure that the little things are taken care of. And I almost think that goes to your description of right at the beginning of the book, which really caught my attention of the three different types of companies that you'll walk into or work with. Can you describe those three companies and kind of how that no broken windows kind of fits into this description of those three companies? Joe Geng: Sure. Yeah. So the first kind of company is those companies that have a great safety culture. And you just know when you walk into a place like that, it's typically brightly lit, the floor is clean. And just like you said, every tool has a place and you just get a sense of order when you walk in. And it reflects on the people's attitudes. You know, that people are engaging, they're not suspicious, that sort of thing, because they know that management has their best interests at heart. And so you just walk in and you kind of know right away what the safety culture is without even having to do very much investigation. Then [00:24:00] the third kind of company is those companies where it's more or less the opposite. So things are dimly lit. It's grimy. And I mean, that's relative, right? Like some industries are just like you're not going to go to an oil company that's going to be spotless or something. But you get a sense of that there's order. So those places there's that lack of order things are lying about unnecessarily. And then typically they're using the wrong personal protective equipment as well, they're using the cheapest thing that they could get away with. Peter Koch: Or none, right? Yeah. Joe Geng: Or often none. Yeah. Or it's not worn or something like that. And then there's those companies that are kind of in the middle that they're struggling between the two. They're trying to get to be the first. But maybe they have a history of some of the behaviors of the third type. And so it's sort of a spectrum, I guess. Peter Koch: That concept of no broken windows, you look at that best type of company and there are no broken windows, or if there is a broken window, it's identified and it's corrected. Right off the bat. Peter Koch: Let's hit pause for a moment. To take a quick break to [00:25:00] consider how hand safety can be an indicator of your workplace safety culture. Look around your workplace or if you're not there, think about it. What are the jobs that put hands in danger? What's the condition of the gloves that the workers are wearing or are they wearing any at all? If you needed to get a pair of gloves from a supervisor, would you be supported or questioned for needing them? Do you see some indicators that there could be some gaps in your safety process? Well, in this podcast, Joe shares some interesting ways to see hands in your safety culture. Do you need some help figuring out how to move your safety culture ahead? Or maybe you got that wired, but you're looking for some different ways to assess your workplace for PPE. So check out the resources at MEMIC.com under the workplace safety tab where you can find free written resources. Our safety net blog and our podcast archive. And if you're a policyholder with MEMIC, you can log into the MEMIC safety director to dig deeper into the online resources that MEMIC has [00:26:00] to offer. Now let's get back to today's conversation. Peter Koch: On the opposite side of the spectrum. There's broken windows everywhere. So there are things that could be fixed, but it becomes normative for the people working there. And they don't expect the change. They don't think there should be a change. They've tried to change, but they're not getting anywhere. So they've just they're at the fatalism place where injuries are going to happen. It's a dangerous job. We're not going to fix it. Let's just keep going until we can't anymore. And then that middle company where there's you're going to have broken windows, they identified that and they're trying to keep up with it and they're doing the best they can to manage it. But they might not have all of the answers or all the tools that they need. Like they might not know how to choose the right glove or the right PPE or eliminate the hazard because they just don't have the experience or they haven't [00:27:00] engaged the employee into that. Joe Geng: Yeah, exactly. Yeah. To kind of reinforce that point. There was a study done at a shipyard and they engaged in this basically just to have a very thorough housekeeping process where every tool had a place. Previous to this, it was disorder and chaos. And then they did this where they tidied everything up, every tool had a place and created a much more orderly environment. And the safety manager was involved in that. They just estimated maybe a 10 percent reduction in injury because they attributed 10 percent of the injuries to like tripping on stuff and that kind of thing. But instead, they saw a 70 percent reduction in injury. So it was like a really effective safety program. Just by tidying up. Peter Koch: Wow. Well, it's just from the housekeeping. Really focus on housekeeping. Everything has its place that they were able to realize a 70 percent reduction in injuries. Joe Geng: Yeah, exactly. So can you imagine if you're applying, you know, effectively applying the hierarchy of safety controls, working on your safety culture, and then you [00:28:00] add a housekeeping program, you know, like you're kind of put all those things together and then you're going to see some pretty good results. Peter Koch: Right. Yeah. And that talks about the sort of how when you start a program and you gain people's respect about the particular process that you're going to use. And they can engage in the program that it really will go beyond just housekeeping, because I would imagine that, yeah, if I'm going to not trip on stuff, we're going to have a 10 percent reduction. But in order to deal with all of the hand injuries and the injuries that are caused by not paying attention and the injuries that are caused by having to go walk 30, 40, 60 paces to go get something and then come back. Those causalities will be captured in the housekeeping piece because it's just going to it's going to translate from one place to another. Joe Geng :Exactly. Yeah, surprisingly effective. Peter Koch: Yeah. You also talked a little bit about this concept of what's normal and [00:29:00] trying to look at your business, your company as like you're going to look at it and you're going to understand that this is normal. But sometimes it takes a fresh set of eyes or the safety manager to look at it with a fresh set of eyes to understand that things aren't normal. Can you talk a little bit about that? Joe Geng: Sure. Yeah. So kind of goes back to that, the earlier point of fatality that or fatalism where you're thinking oh this is inevitable, but with a fresh set of eyes like what we've seen in a lot of companies, that they've dramatically reduced their hand injuries or basically eliminated them. So that's kind of the point we're trying to get across, is that you're having hand injuries. You don't have to accept that as an everyday reality, that with the right programs and tools in place, you can. You can go for zero injuries kind of thing. And so the challenge sometimes from the safety manager, is that if you have employees that have been there for a long time, they accept that, oh, I'm just going to get injured or the cuts and that kind of thing [00:30:00] that's part of working here, that to kind of overcome that, it can be challenging and then it can be also challenging if you have a lot of employees that are born in other countries. So if they're from Latin America or really anywhere else that doesn't have a great safety culture, that they will be more prone to engage in behaviors that are dangerous and then not bring up those things that said maybe somebody born in Canada or the US would consider as dangerous. When we talked to one safety manager at a construction company and had some workers that were from Syria and he had a tough time getting the wear PPE and do other things safely and they more or less told him. We're used to being, we're coming from a wartime environment and this construction spot is the safest place I've ever set foot in. So I think it's no big deal that I'm not wearing my hardhat. I'm used to being shot at. So like you have that extra step to overcome, right. That their attitude was all right. I'm fine. Everything's going to be OK. Peter Koch: Right. And if he hadn't had that conversation with those workers, he might never have understood what the reason is. I mean, he probably told [00:31:00] them 100 times to put your hard hat on, but they keep forgetting because it's just not part of their culture. It's not they don't see it as a hazard or a danger. It's not like their normal is very different than his normal. Joe Geng: Yeah. And even more like their outlook on the world was that from certain cultures was that this is in God's hand. So I don't really need to act safely because what will happen has already been predetermined by God where you're like Americans more than anybody. Let's take ownership from outcomes in my life and that kind of thing. But not everybody's grown up that way. So they really have to take a step back and look at our assumptions, right? Peter Koch: Yeah, absolutely. And there's a phrase that you had in the book that I think sums it up pretty well. As a manager, you have a vital responsibility to get as far inside a worker's head as you can. And I think that story that you brought up highlights that really well, you've got to know where your employees are coming from. You got to know what their backgrounds are, at least in general. You might not need to know exactly [00:32:00] what they do when they leave the construction site. But to get an idea of what their normal is can really help you not just encourage, but teach and train them so that they can see a new normal. Joe Geng: Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that's easier said than done too, right? Especially if you're meeting somebody from another culture that maybe their English is not perfect and then they might not be that open with their boss. That kind of thing. So as much as you can do it, that's great. But it's not always so easy. Peter Koch: Yeah. And then you get some pushback certainly from managers and supervisors and safety managers like, oh no, I got this. These are all my people. I get it. No problem. You know, I used to do this a long time ago. These are my people. And really if you don't step back and take stock of what's really happening and look at the workplace and the activities and the behaviors with a fresh set of eyes, you're going to miss something. And when you miss something, you're really putting your workers at risk. Go [00:33:00] back to that example of in the paper mill where they just had an injury where a guy carrying a really heavy and a very sharp blade by hand from point A to point B cut himself. And then the solution is, well, we're going to have more PPE. Well, if we can look at it with a fresh set of eyes, we can look at it from a very different perspective. And sometimes that's getting the workers involved. Right. So I can't just do it by myself. I actually have to get the workers involved in it. Joe Geng: Yeah, we spoke to a guy at the University of Colorado, Matthew Hollowell, and they've done an interesting study where they had safety managers kind of walk through workplace and safety managers who are trained only identified about forty five percent of hazards. So you mean they're missing 60 or so? Fifty five percent of hazards and missing more than half. And that's just are human nature, right? That if we walk through, we quickly see what we think is hazardous. But we really miss a lot. And so it's a challenge. How do you go from that forty five to trying to get to ninety [00:34:00] five or hundred percent? It's kind of bringing in that fresh set of eyes or a couple different sets of eyes, you know, not only for your own safety manager, but somebody on other workers or maybe somebody that's not in that environment at all, you know, or an outside safety consultant. The more you can do that and more of those hazards you're going to identify because they're just with our eyes. We're just going to we are really going to miss so much and overlook some of those things. Peter Koch: Sure. Because we definitely come into this with some biases. Right. We're going to have cultural biases, will have different biases that will see the world through which we might end up turning a blind eye on to something. We might not recognize it as a hazard. So, yeah, a fresh set of eyes. And you do talk quite a bit about biases in the book. You have a whole section on that. Can you describe a little bit how bias can either help or hinder us as we assess the environment for hazards? Joe Geng: Yeah, there's all kinds of biases that that affect our ability to objectively judge really anything. [00:35:00] So workplace or any other thing. So one example was there was a mine that had caved in on some workers and then they went back and looked at the like the pre-work analysis. And they said they had inspected the mine shaft and they said, everything's in order. Everything's in place. Everything's perfect. And then when they actually looked at it, I think it was like one hundred and twenty bolts were missing from this one structure. And so really, it was in bad shape, but they had checked it off as all the bolts are in place. So just in that case, you kind of have confirmation bias, you're going in with it assuming that everything's fine and then checking the boxes quite quickly then. To give you an example, if you have two drills or two like augers drilling into the ground and one is moving from our human nature, we'll judge the moving auger as dangerous. But then the reality if the other auger is stuck and not moving. That's the one that's building up energy and is about to blow up. And so there's like this potential energy that just from the way our human mind is structured is we see something that's not moving, we consider it [00:36:00] safe, when really that could be the thing that's much more dangerous. So we have a bias when we're doing hazard assessments to see some things as dangerous and other things as not. So like that kind of potential energy that's being built up like an electrical box that could blow up and kill you. It could be turned off and be totally safe. Or it could be about to let out an arc flash. But those are the kind of hazards that we don't typically identify because it doesn't from our mind. It doesn't look dangerous. Peter Koch: Yeah. That's the reason why people put their hand in a snowblower. Right. Because it's the impeller get stuck because it's plugged up with snow. Nothing's moving. I'll be fine until they lose a finger doing it. Yeah, I totally get it. Yeah. Joe Geng: Yeah. Embarrassing stories. I did that exact thing with a blender. So I was blending up food for my son who was quite young at the time. And I without thinking, just like there was a total lapse of thought. I put my finger into to unclog this blender and then cut my finger quite badly and had to go get stitches and [00:37:00] then come to work. And I can imagine the hard time you're given as a cut resistant glove expert who has a stitches. Peter Koch: Yeah. Oh, my goodness. Joe Geng: Yeah. But it's a couple of lapses in attention. Peter Koch: Yeah. Absolutely. So there's so much in this book that we can talk about, and I really would like you to come back at some point in time and we can go into depth and some more of these subjects. But I do have one more question for part of the book, and it comes from the section that's titled For the Want of a Proper Glove. And you have a description of a proper glove, and I'm going to quote it here, "the proper glove is the one that meets the minimum requirements and that people will actually wear." So and you then you go through and you describe what that statement actually means. So can you take me through what that definition means? And maybe we can actually look at that not just as it applies to gloves, but as it applies to safety over [00:38:00] all. Joe Geng: Sure. So what we see, a lot of safety managers making this mistake is that when they're specking a glove, they will over spec. So if they need a certain level of protection, they might go two or three levels higher than that just to make sure that no injuries happen. But what the downside of doing that is you're getting something that's less comfortable. So we advocate for really. I mean, you have to have something that's actually going to protect your hands. You don't want to wear nothing. But as long as you're meeting those protection requirements, that comfort really has to be a huge factor in glove selection, because comfort is what's going to mean somebody's wearing the glove or not wearing gloves. And where there are there are studies done by Liberty Mutual where they show that 70 percent of hand injuries are the result of people not wearing gloves in the workplace. So it's like the gloves are too cumbersome. They're taking them off to do some fine motor tasks. Then likely forgetting to put them back on, and then they're getting a hand injury. That's what we see a lot in the workplace. So that's where we really advocate for really choose comfort, get workers involved [00:39:00] in the selection to make sure that they can actually do the job wearing those gloves. So given the choice of over protection or erring on the side of comfort, we'd advocate for erring on the side of comfort. It's going to be compliance because the best glove is one that someone actually wears and not one that's going to sit in the tool chest or chest or somebodies back pocket. Peter Koch: Yeah, that's a great thought process. So like it meets the minimum requirements. So if it's got to be cut resistant, it has to be able to resist, at least at a minimum, what the worker is going to be handling and that it's got to be it's got to fit well enough, be made of the right material and comfortable enough so that the people will be able to wear it to do the rest of their task. You had a couple of descriptions in there where, you know, you had a company that was working with metal all the time, but they had a touch screen that they had to use after they handled the metal. So what would happen they'd handled the metal? They take their gloves off to touch the touch screen and then they may or may not put the gloves back on to handle the metal. So [00:40:00] in the book you described that your company was actually able to come up with a solution so that they could have touch capacity through the glove with the fingers so that they could they didn't have to take the gloves off anymore. So, again, minimal requirement. So there's numerous examples in the book that you go through that talk about the wrong piece of PPE, or the wrong glove versus what makes the right glove for this particular situation. Joe Geng: Yeah. And luckily, material science is getting a lot better. There's just some more materials coming out and better and better engineering in place. Gloves are getting more and more comfortable over time. So what people who are 20 years ago would be considered really bulky, to what they're wearing now and then hopefully five or 10 years from now, you'll be able to get those really high levels of protection and barely feel like you wearing a glove at all. Peter Koch: Yeah. And even now the difference between what I was wearing 20 or 30 years ago versus what I can wear now for cut resistance. The tactile sense that I have, the agility that I have with my hands because of the different [00:41:00] fabrics that are there is just amazing the difference. So if you are 20 years ago in technology, there's something new that can do the job and even better than the old glove could. So, you know, I always, always look forward, but understand what your hazards are and don't try to overthink it too much. Joe Geng: Yeah, that's sure. Yeah. The gloves are one of those interesting things where they're really personable. Right. So it's hard, sometimes hard for people to make a change because they like what they've been using for 10 years or something like that. But it's remarkable how emotional that decision can be sometimes. Peter Koch: It really is. That's a it's a it's a good point. We're coming right to the end of our time here. Joe, is there something that you would like to leave our listeners with before we close? Joe Geng: Yeah, I guess it's just that knowledge for the safety manager or that encouragement that if you stack up those small wins, it can really lead to big results so that a safety manager can sometimes get overwhelmed or discouraged that they're not having success. But if you can kind of stack up those wins, so even if it's picking a better glove or getting a better house keeping program in place, [00:42:00] if you can start headed in the right direction. And make those improvements. That over the long haul, that's going to have a huge impact on the safety culture of that company. Peter Koch: Yeah, definitely. Cause safety sometimes is that elephant in the room. And if you eat the elephant one bite at a time, it's not going to choke you. So that's a great piece to leave us with there, Joe. So that really wraps up this weeks Safety Experts Podcast. And thanks for sharing your expertise with us, Joe. Where can people find out more about you and about your book, Rethinking Hand Safety? Joe Geng: So we have a Web site for the book, RethinkingHandSafety.com Or just superiorglove.com as well. Peter Koch: If someone has a specific question for you, what's the best way to get a hold of you? Joe Geng: Probably Linked-In or my email address is Joe J-O-E at Superiorglove.com Peter Koch: Today, we've been speaking with Joe Gang, vice president of Superior Glove and author of the book Rethinking Hand Safety. If anyone would like to find more information about hand safety or like to hear more about a particular topic on [00:43:00] our podcast. Email me at podcast@MEMIC.com. Also check out our show notes at MEMIC.com/podcast Where you can find links and resources for a deeper dive into the hand safety topic. Check out our web site www.MEMIC.com/podcast where you can find our podcast archive. 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Clinician, retired New York City Police lieutenant. and researcher Deborah Moore, ph.d., discussed mental health awareness and efforts of the New York Police Department to curb the incidence of suicide.

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New York City Police have arrested an MS-13 gang member in connection with a deadly shooting on the subway. Alice is on the scene.

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Show Notes Interview with 20 year NYPD veteran Vic Ferrari who has a never ending supply of hilarious stories. Check out his new book NYPD: Through the Looking Glass. To an outsider, the New York City Police Department is a mysterious well-oiled machine responsible for maintaining law and order in the world's greatest city while looking brilliant in blue. However, things are not always what they appear to be and may surprise you. New York City has over eight million people residing in its five boroughs, covering over three hundred square miles. To run this three ring circus you need a thirty-five thousand member police department with a sense of humor. After a memorable twenty-year career, New York City Police detective Vic Ferrari shares his colorful stories while pulling no punches about the funnier side of the world's largest police department. You might be surprised to learn that moving a corpse to avoid working late is not a good idea. Or how hiding a gun in your oven can ruin an evening. And, what about the time there was gunfire inside a crowded cemetery during a funeral procession? Or the practical jokes that went too far. And, all the NYPD Precinct nicknames! The unofficial NYPD glossary and much more! NYPD: Through the Looking Glass is a behind scenes look into the NYPD filled with action, suspense, and nonstop laughs! A must read for cop buffs, true crime readers and anyone with a sense of humor!   Law of Self Defense Case of the Week   Short Weekly NARCs   As always, thank you to our music sponsors FAZETONE and EARTH JONES

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New York City Police are investigating a scuffle that happened on a subway train Thursday morning after a man kicked a woman who was nine months pregnant in the stomach. The fight began when the man, Michael Lee, jostled the 28-year-old woman, who was holding onto a pole, and when Natasha Rodney pushed him away from her, he fell down. According to police, after Lee had fallen, he got back up and kicked her in the stomach twice. Read More: http://thegrio.com/2017/03/10/man-kicks-pregnant-woman-in-the-stomach-during-subway-scuffle/ Join us in our uncensored adult conversation as we go in hard on the hot topics of the day! Call in live at 888.575.3769. Text Lance at 407.924.8793 if you have any inquiries about the program or desire an interview. As always, please like, comment, share & subscribe! DOWNLOAD MY FREE APP: iPhone - https://goo.gl/iv3qKA | Android - https://goo.gl/AhdIiL GET YOUR SCURV ON: http://bit.ly/ScurvTube LanceScurv is an Insightful Culture Critic, Entertaining Podcast Host, Relentless Blogger, Talented Cartoonist & Omnipotent Social Media Activist who focuses on the issues that the Mainstream Media is deathly afraid to touch and living an interesting productive life to the fullest! Subscribe! --Connect With Us Further-- Join Our Facebook Discussion Group @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/LanceScurvShow/ TWITTER: twitter.com/lancescurv/ FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/lancescurv INSTAGRAM: www.Instagram.com/LanceScurv BLOG: www.lancescurv.com/ PHONE/TEXT: 407.924.8793 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lancescurv/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lancescurv/support

Yael Bartur is the Digital Strategist for the NYPD and you can bet that with 116 Twitter Accounts and a massive community she has her hands full but she takes it all in stride. With a solid strategy and a plan for growth that includes proper training, monitoring and management of the department's social media accounts the task she has comes with a great potential for many agencies to follow.  Yael chats about the wins, challenges and who she looks to for inspiration as she looks for new and innovative ways to promote the department and the men and women who serve and protect North America's biggest city. Yael even teases about a test Facebook account that the department is using as the pioneer for growth on the world's biggest social network... and because you are reading this, you get to see it for yourself. Like https://www.facebook.com/NYPD34pct/ and see how the community of Washington Heights is being served on Facebook by their police.  Follow Yael on Twitter https://twitter.com/yaelbt

Back when men were men and railroads were railroads, Charles M. Murphy challenged a locomotive and lived to tell the tale. He rode behind a Long Island Railroad locomotive in 1899 and clocked a mile in under 58 seconds, earning him the immortal nickname Mile-a-Minute Murphy.   On today's episode we look back at Murphy's accomplishment through the eyes of Si Tannhauser. Who was Si Tannhauser, you ask? Only the “poet laureate of Long Island” circa 1934. That's when he published his ode to Murphy in the Leader Observer. Si was a ticket agent for the Long Island Railroad by day, poet by night. The lives of both men brim with anecdote and pathos. Tannhauser survived the San Francisco earthquake as well as hardscrabble times that left him near blind, lame and half-deaf. Murphy went on to Vaudeville and the New York City Police department where, among other things, he wrestled down a runaway horse. This episode is part of our celebration of National Poetry month and the reader of this particular Long Island power ballad is Rick Jackofsky of the Home Grown String Band. Many thanks, Rick! And check out our past ballads for more poetry/history mashups. Further Research Rhymes of the Sunrise Trail by Si Tannhauser (find in a library via WorldCat) Songs of Horticulture by Si Tannhauser (find in a library via WorldCat) “Mile-a-Minute Murphy,” Sports Illustrated, Sept. 5, 1955 Long Island Railroad History San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 Homegrown String Band Audio Credits Steam Whistle by Bidone CC 0 License Music: Razzle Dazzle Crowd cheers by jessepash CC 0 License Peak rails by konakaboom CC Attribution-NonCommercial License Bicycle by DamianMinnie CC Attribution-NonCommercial License Heavy breathing by Under7dude CC 0 License Grunts by mattgarkusha CC 0 License Wheezing by thedapperdan CC 0 License Man saying OMG by dcaval1@towson.edu CC Sampling Plus License Ooh females by AudioRichter CC Attribution License

New York City Police have successfully reduced crime and improved public safety. The Citizens Crime Commission, founded in 1979, looks to new ideas to further reduce criminal activity. President Richard Aborn, reviews some of CCC's initiatives.

One woman's passion to protect basic human rights. Interview with Barbara Handschu, Family Lawyer Click the play button, wait a few seconds and start listening to this Podcast. My guest today is New York family lawyer Barbara Handschu, who I have invited to speak with me today not only because of the fact that she has had an outstanding family law career and has contributed greatly to the practice of family law, but also because Barbara has been an activist for change.  We’ll be talking with her as a family lawyer, but also as a criminal lawyer and as an activist. Before we get started, I want to give you just a brief little history about Barbara’s background.  She has been very active in both the national and state bar associations.  She was the first female national president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a prestigious family law group with about 1,700 lawyers across the US, and she’s one of the most respected family lawyers.  In researching who to interview next Barbara’s name has come up a number of times, and I’m glad to have finally grabbed a hold of her. To start at the beginning, Barbara, what got you interested and how did you get into the practice of law? Well, anyone who knows me knows that if you say I can’t do something, that’s going to be the incentive enough for me to do it.  In fact, in 1963 I had just about finished an undergraduate degree in 2½ years at NYU and was getting ready to figure out what I’d do with the rest of my life.  I had a political theory major, which I decided was probably worthless because women weren’t getting college teaching degrees even if they could obtain a PhD.  And then I said, “well, maybe I’ll go to law school” and everyone looked at me and said, “no, you can’t go to law school, there’s not going to be a job for you, you’re going to be taking a guy’s spot.”  I had trouble getting money to attend law school, but thankfully the University of Michigan gave me money and I was able to go.  So I went basically because I was told I wasn’t supposed to go. That was enough of an incentive? That was the absolute incentive, and I arrived in Michigan to discover that I couldn’t live in the law quadrangle where all the law students lived because I was a female and we were six women out of almost 350 in my class. Wow. So there was one of us in each and every section, and needless to say that one woman would always get called on for big questions like the rape case in criminal law. I learned those lessons very quickly, but I adored the law.  To me it was just fascinating to think about any issue from both sides and to be able to come up with arguments for them and just grapple with the concepts.  So I decided being a lawyer was good now.  Of course, back in those days (and I finished law school in 1966), I was told when I said I want to be a trial lawyer, “No.  You’re too little, and besides women are only going to be able to do corporate law or estates.”  And I said that’s not fun.  I don’t want to be a lawyer if I can’t help people, if I can’t make a difference in this world.  And if you think back to the 1960s they were incredibly exciting times.  It was the beginning of the second wave of feminism, and the anti-war movement actually started at the University of Michigan with the first sit-in. Concepts of racial equality were being hard-fought all over the country and to me these were important issues, so I decided I was going to be a people’s lawyer as quickly as I could.  That’s what compelled me into the practice of law and what made me think about being a lawyer. So while you were challenged by people saying that you wouldn’t get to be a lawyer- A trial lawyer. A trial lawyer.  You probably would have been in the background.  Female lawyers at that time would have been doing the paperwork and the research. Women were not even being hired on that level.  Basically, women were being hired by corporations or to do estate work or government jobs.  I mean, there was very little out-front work for women in those days. It sounds like they weren’t really acting as lawyers, just more as administrators who had a legal background. Yes. You’ve come a long way. In fact, for a long time I hid the fact that I knew how to type because I was so afraid somebody was going to ask me to be a secretary. I don’t think that would have suited you too well.  Nowadays everybody types. Now it helps on the computer. Absolutely, we’re all our own secretaries now.  So when did you get into your own practice or were able to go to trial?  How did that happen? In the late 1960s I was in my own practice.  I had worked for a judge before.  I worked writing some law books even before that because I had student loans to pay off and I had to find jobs.  At the same time I was still staying politically active, so by the late 1960s I had my own practice in New York City.  That was the exciting time. So your first goal was to obviously become a lawyer, and your second goal was to be in your own practice.  After those two did other goals pop up that you wanted to achieve? I think my main goal throughout was always to be the best lawyer that I could be and to do my best.  That practice, for me, just evolved and evolved.  My original days in private practice were criminal defence because those were the main things going on.  I handled a few divorces, calling all my friends saying how do you do this and that, and suddenly I realized that I was doing more criminal work than I thought. Then came 1971.  I went up to Buffalo for what I thought was going to be a week to handle the Attica Prison cases because they needed legal help.  I was active in the National Lawyer’s Guild and volunteers were needed to handle all the things that were going on at the Attica Prison after the rebellion in September of 1971.  And that one week turned into 35 years or so. Just tell us a little bit about the Attica Prison. What was going on there? What happened? In September of 1971 the prisoners took over the prison with a list of demands, the primary of which was to have then Governor Rockefeller come to the prison and negotiate.  He refused to come and negotiate and after days of the inmates running the prison, it was retaken by the National Guard.  I think it was 39 people were killed.  All the prisoners had horrible retaliations.  They were put in segregation for months.  They were ultimately transferred to prisons all over the state and there were, as I recall, 41 indictments of prisoners for various things.  I ended up working on a case that involved one of the prisoners in a murder of another prisoner during the uprising.  My co-counsel was Bill Kunstler, may he rest in peace. Wow. Suddenly I was working on a murder case.  I was a very inexperienced lawyer at that point.  I had tried one case ever, a very long bomb possession case in New York City, and I had tried that in the fall of 1971, so you can tell how little experience I had. A trial by fire in your case. Well, luckily one with lots of co-counsel, especially since it was Attica.  Attica had a lot of lawyers working on it all over the country.  People came in to do it.  It was just a massive, massive case. Tell us a little bit about your other political activities, not that this is necessarily political in nature, but I think it is to a certain extent because it’s about change.  And I have a sense from what I know about you that what is at your core is a deep feeling of wanting to protect individual rights no matter who the person is. Thank you.  That’s probably true, and Attica was really about change.  The whole uprising had a number of demands, many of which were just for humane treatment.  And as recently as sometime this week as I was looking at our law journal in the City of New York, and I saw that there was a new case filed because people were being kept in segregation at a prison for months on end, and it was those kinds of conditions that led to Attica and the uprising.  They just wanted proper religious time to observe religious observances, if they were non-traditional to not be held in segregation without hearings, things of that nature.  That was what brought that about.  But over the years, in terms of my activism, non-matrimonial law, there’s a lawsuit in New York that’s called Handschu against Bureau of Special Services.  It’s a class action against the New York City Police Department, and it is the longest running federal case in the district court.  I have quite an honour.  It’s 42 years old and I also have the honor of having six lawyers who have represented me and our class for that number of years, and who’ve all done it pro bono. I don’t think many people could claim that they love their lawyers.  One day my lawyers invited me to come to court and I said, “oh, I’ll come to court, sure.”  And then they asked the judge’s permission for me to sit at counsel table and the judge looked up and, the judge has had this case for probably 20 and more years.  He looked up and he said, “Ms. Handschu, I feel I know you well. Please, join us at table.” So is there any chance of a conclusion to this case or is it going to go on for perpetuity? This case is going to go on forever and ever.  It’s a very important case that has to do with whether or not the police department can single individuals out and conduct surveillance upon those individuals.  And we had filed this case way back and my lawyers thought it would be a joke to put me as the first name plaintiff.  And some people, like Abbey Hoffman, Jerry Reuben, they were upset that I got my name there first.  But basically, we did it because we felt there were individuals from various groups who were being singled out and otherwise lawful activities were becoming the focus of surveillance, and this surveillance should not be happening.  So over the years what has evolved is something that’s called the Handschu Authority. That is, a commission in effect that the police department has to go to if they’re going to conduct surveillance.  Now after 9/11, the Handschu Authority was ordered down due to a claim that there was national security at stake. I was actually one of the plaintiffs who objected to any changes in what was originally the agreement that formed the Handschu Authority.  One of the things that has come up in recent years has been New York City’s fine on Muslim groups, including groups outside New York City, sending New York City police to spy on services at mosques in the State of New Jersey for instance.  That’s led to some more litigation under the Handschu case.  There’s some discovery going on right now. So do you ever get people criticizing you for helping what could potentially be terrorist groups?  Has that ever come up? I don’t think so.  In fact, I think the thing that’s come up is that there’ve been so little restraints at this point in terms of the surveillance that people are very frustrated.  It’s hard to imagine that the money from New York City is being spent on looking at otherwise lawful activities of Muslims in the State of New Jersey or Connecticut.  That’s where the New York City Police were looking.  I have not had any kinds of questions about whether this is deterring doing something that would not protect us against terrorism. Would you like to hear about more political activism that I’m very proud of? Sure.  Yes, please, if you want to continue on go ahead. When I was up in Buffalo the County of Niagara, which is just north of Buffalo and Erie County, passed an ordinance that would have required women to look at pictures of dead foetuses before they could have an abortion.  I looked at this, went out to the Niagara County legislature, and said to them, “You know, you can’t do this. This is something for the state to regulate. You’re not allowed to do this, and if you do this I’m going to sue you, and if I win I’m giving my money to causes that help women’s rights and gay rights. So whatever you pay me, you’re going to really be supporting causes you probably don’t believe in.”  Well they didn’t believe me and I ended up filing a case called Susan B. and this is back in the late 1970s when there had been one other similar ordinance in Akron, Ohio. Well, the case ended up going up to the United States Supreme Court on papers.  It was never argued.  And we won all the way through.  We won on an easy one, which is called a state pre-emption that the state is the only one that can take care of medical issues.  But nonetheless it was one of my favourite cases.  I really felt it made a difference; it protected New York State and it felt really like the right thing to do. Do you think that case would prevent any other state or any other jurisdiction from implementing such craziness? From individual ordinances if there is a health authority that controls the state, yes.  The underlying abortion issue and the woman’s right to choose, was not litigated; we had just a very easy win.  Nowadays states are trying to impose a number of limitations on reproductive freedoms in the United States and they’ve been encroaching on people’s rights.  These encroachments can be anything from a restriction for how much time has to pass before an abortion can be performed or a claim that the abortion provider or the medical provider has to have certain facilities that just aren’t plausible in poorer states.  So there have been lots of encroachments happening, but at least I felt I had contributed to putting off an onslaught on these issues, and now perhaps who knows, maybe the US Supreme Court will be a little bit more inclined to protect a woman’s right to reproductive freedoms. Do you think there’s the same energy, for change and to keep pushing back, that there was in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s? I don’t think so in a variety of ways.  I think some of the issues were so concrete in the ‘60s and ‘70s: a war in Vietnam that was to so many of us very wrong,  the oppression of third world people, the oppression of women and same-sex people, these were just some of the issues that were at the forefront.  They were so easy to define.  I mean, every time I’ve discussed reproductive freedoms, with groups of younger women primarily, they look at me like I’m crazy.  They don’t understand what an illegal abortion used to be.  They don’t understand that women were dying of self-inflicted wounds or going to backroom butchers because they were poor and couldn’t afford to go to England or to Puerto Rico at that point. Or Canada. Or Canada, yeah.  I mean, that’s what has changed, and I think, I hope we don’t have to live in a day where we have to re-teach some of these lessons. Right. Are there any other political activities or success? Well, I got to do several exciting trips over the years, from the ‘70s on.  I went to Cuba several times, primarily as guest of the government.  I went to Nicaragua right after the Sandinistas took over the country.  I had to do with a human rights investigation covertly in Guatemala, and we issued a report to the United Nation on human rights violations and issues affecting trade unionists who were getting killed. Were any of these going on while you were practicing law; how did you manage to juggle this? I managed to juggle a lot of different things, and they all were going on while I practiced law, but one of the advantages of basically being in my own practice was that I had the ability to define my own time.  So if a wonderful opportunity like a National Lawyers Guild trip to Nicaragua presented itself I could just go.  I could take a week off and not have to worry, just making sure to let judges and clients know that I was unavailable.  I was very lucky that way. So is this how you managed to keep your sanity?  My feeling is that you don’t like focusing on just one thing at a time, that you like to have your eyes and ears open for what’s out there. That’s an accurate assessment and, in fact, I think it’s typical of my practice years, my heavy practice years when I loved having a variety of cases with a variety of people. And what kind of cases most inspired you?  What kind person would be your favourite client? I’ve had a bunch of favourites, but I think probably the type of case that has always most inspired me has been a custody case.  To me, children are not fungible; they’re irreplaceable.  A child’s right to good access to parents, assuming they’re not at risk, is an important factor.  I’ve always represented a parent (I’ve not been a child’s lawyer, except once for a comatose teenager whose parents wanted to pull the feeding plug), and as a parents’ lawyer custody cases have always excited me the most and that’s where I think most of my energy has gone.  It’s certainly my energy in terms of many, many years of working with the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers as well as all of the other organizations that have always been towards the protection of children. Can you tell us a little bit more about your accomplishments regarding the American Academy? I’d love to.  I think I had a hand in virtually every children’s issue that the Academy has commented on, going back to things like The Voices of Children, which was a pamphlet we were giving out which pointed out the problems that children face and some of the practical things that can be done.  There was also putting together a video called “Listen to Children,” which consisted of children’s own stories about divorce.  Every one of those children had a particular story, and there wasn’t a script for them to read from.  It was filmed in Texas and when I went down to meet them I was just so impressed with these kids, including the one that said because his father lives somewhere else that his father didn’t love him, and he felt so bad.  You can’t listen to kids without feeling that. You’re touched by it. Oh absolutely.  I was also instrumental in the Academy’s model relocation act, which took us about two years to put together, parts of which have been enacted by various states.  I guess the thing that I’m probably the proudest of was the Academy’s parenting plan.  It was the cornerstone of my presidency year and it was a model act that had various provisions for parenting plans.  It was computer-friendly, and it was designed for lawyers, judges, and parents to use.  It was designed to provoke discussions, to lead to agreements, and one of the things that it did, which was unusual for early parenting plans, is that we designated age access appropriate parenting time.  So for instance, with an infant, we recommended that it be frequent access, and then left blanks for people to be able to fill in what that frequency should be. But up until then, there really had not been many plans that suggested that very young children need frequent but probably very limited access to a parent with whom they are not living full time. As for other things that I did for the Academy, I worked very hard on the standards for lawyers representing children and worked hard on what was, I think, our first brief filed with the United States Supreme Court.  It was in the Truxle case and it was a funny story because we discovered that when we had agreed as an executive committee to file the brief, I looked up and said (and I had worked on portions of the brief in terms of writing it), “Who’s going to sign it?  Is anybody other than me eligible?”  I was not a president; I think I was a vice president at that time.  And everybody looked around and said, “Barbara, you’re it.”  Because of my old activist work I had been admitted to the Supreme Court.  So I got to sign our Amica’s brief and I actually took a phrase out of it, so I was very proud of that. Barbara, I’ve talked to many family lawyers, and when I ask them about retiring, they kind of glaze over and they… I laugh. They don’t know what I’m talking about.  It doesn’t seem to be a word they understand.  So I don’t see retiring being in the near future for you.  What do you see for yourself in the next five, ten years? Well, I’ve had some changes in my life.  I closed my Buffalo office about two years ago.  I’m special counsel at a New York City matrimonial office, which is a wonderful thing to be because it means I can define my own time. Well, I’ve never seen special counsel before. I’ve seen counsel, but I think you must be super special, for them to call you special counsel. I’d love to think that, but special counsel and counsel are pretty much the same.  It means you have some kind of a senior status.  Most recently I was hired as an expert witness on a New York prenuptial agreement to testify in a Connecticut case, and I really liked that kind of work because there it’s intellectual work of the highest level in terms of grappling with ideas, coming up with a theory, looking at cases.  And all you have to do is go into court and tell a judge about your law.  No client calls first thing in the morning after a long weekend complaining.  It’s totally delightful. So is that where you see you’ll be placing your attention in the next year? I think I’ll probably continue to write.  I currently write for the National Law Journal on a matrimonial column.  I probably will be doing a little bit of teaching as well.  I’ve put the word out that I would do some teaching on trial techniques, which I had done for a very long time, about 22 years.  That I’d do some teaching for those who are representing battered spouses because there are newer lawyers there who probably would appreciate some help.  So I think in terms of the professional, that’s probably what I’m going to do. But I do hope that I can balance it out with having fun, because I’m absolutely convinced that what keeps people healthy is the ability to feel good, laugh at themselves, and have a life that feels good to you, that you look forward to waking up in the morning. Well, it seems like you’ve always been enthusiastic about something, whether it’s your family law practice, your criminal law practices, or simply your outside interests.  Why is it that you view life as being a thrill?  It appears to me that whenever you’ve faced challenges you took them on as opportunities; instead of being pushed down by them they added to your life.  Is there anything in particular about you or your background that helped in shaping this view of life? Well, I think I’m the kind of person where the glass is always half full, and I’m always looking for things that make me happy and keep the days feeling good.  For instance, I spend a lot of time doing exercise.  I adore Pilates; I keep thinking maybe I’ll get certified one of these days and become a Pilates instructor.  I think that would be exciting, but I’ll probably just keep doing Pilates for myself.  I’ve been going back to Ann Arbor, where the University of Michigan is, which is one of my favorite places, and this year I got fare for two football games in the big house.  I’m a big football fan.  I’m going to see Michigan play basketball in Brooklyn on Saturday at the University of Michigan.  So I do a lot of things like that and I spend a lot of time going to movies.  I adore them.  I watch everything I can.  Those kinds of things make me happy and I think that really enriches my life; they are probably just as important as other things. It sounds like you’ve figured out the right combination. I hope so.  I’ve been working on it.  This is a work in progress. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barbara Handschu has been pivotal in bringing family law to where it is today, and was the first female national president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. On top of that, she has also been a very outspoken activist and voice for change.

Anyone who studies police corruption will be aware of the Knapp Commission that examined allegations of police corruption in New York City in the 1970s. Not only was this famous because of the movie Serpico, but also most of the terminology used in corruption studies of police came from the report of the commission. Michael F. Armstrong was the chief counsel to the commission and this book is a history of the formation and operation of the inquiry. Holding a major commission of inquiry is not something that is done routinely. In his own words, Armstrong says they “fumbled” along working out how one discovers, let alone investigates corrupt police. They Wished they were Honest: The Knapp Commission and New York City Police Corruption (Columbia Press, 2012)reads like an extended episode of The Wire, combining political elements with investigative planning and transcripts of surveillance recordings of bribe negotiations. It is very revealing of the nature of corruption that existed at the time. The book follows some key from Xavier Hollander, the Happy Hooker, through small time corrupt officers (grass eaters) through to hardcore predatory corrupt police (meat eaters). Not only does Armstrong provide an entertaining history of the inquiry but he reveals the full gamut of social forces that make such inquiries difficult to implement successfully. Police corruption is an essential factor in any form of large scale illicit activity, be it prostitution, gambling or drugs. Police have a service to sell, namely protection, and there are many illegal operators who are willing to pay for it to ensure their business runs without interruption. While the Knapp Commission happened 40 years ago, the corruption still exists at varying levels in all communities. Armstrong's book helps us understand how and why it happens and, especially, how difficult it can be to stop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anyone who studies police corruption will be aware of the Knapp Commission that examined allegations of police corruption in New York City in the 1970s. Not only was this famous because of the movie Serpico, but also most of the terminology used in corruption studies of police came from the report of the commission. Michael F. Armstrong was the chief counsel to the commission and this book is a history of the formation and operation of the inquiry. Holding a major commission of inquiry is not something that is done routinely. In his own words, Armstrong says they “fumbled” along working out how one discovers, let alone investigates corrupt police. They Wished they were Honest: The Knapp Commission and New York City Police Corruption (Columbia Press, 2012)reads like an extended episode of The Wire, combining political elements with investigative planning and transcripts of surveillance recordings of bribe negotiations. It is very revealing of the nature of corruption that existed at the time. The book follows some key from Xavier Hollander, the Happy Hooker, through small time corrupt officers (grass eaters) through to hardcore predatory corrupt police (meat eaters). Not only does Armstrong provide an entertaining history of the inquiry but he reveals the full gamut of social forces that make such inquiries difficult to implement successfully. Police corruption is an essential factor in any form of large scale illicit activity, be it prostitution, gambling or drugs. Police have a service to sell, namely protection, and there are many illegal operators who are willing to pay for it to ensure their business runs without interruption. While the Knapp Commission happened 40 years ago, the corruption still exists at varying levels in all communities. Armstrong's book helps us understand how and why it happens and, especially, how difficult it can be to stop.

Anyone who studies police corruption will be aware of the Knapp Commission that examined allegations of police corruption in New York City in the 1970s. Not only was this famous because of the movie Serpico, but also most of the terminology used in corruption studies of police came from the report of the commission. Michael F. Armstrong was the chief counsel to the commission and this book is a history of the formation and operation of the inquiry. Holding a major commission of inquiry is not something that is done routinely. In his own words, Armstrong says they “fumbled” along working out how one discovers, let alone investigates corrupt police. They Wished they were Honest: The Knapp Commission and New York City Police Corruption (Columbia Press, 2012)reads like an extended episode of The Wire, combining political elements with investigative planning and transcripts of surveillance recordings of bribe negotiations. It is very revealing of the nature of corruption that existed at the time. The book follows some key from Xavier Hollander, the Happy Hooker, through small time corrupt officers (grass eaters) through to hardcore predatory corrupt police (meat eaters). Not only does Armstrong provide an entertaining history of the inquiry but he reveals the full gamut of social forces that make such inquiries difficult to implement successfully. Police corruption is an essential factor in any form of large scale illicit activity, be it prostitution, gambling or drugs. Police have a service to sell, namely protection, and there are many illegal operators who are willing to pay for it to ensure their business runs without interruption. While the Knapp Commission happened 40 years ago, the corruption still exists at varying levels in all communities. Armstrong’s book helps us understand how and why it happens and, especially, how difficult it can be to stop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anyone who studies police corruption will be aware of the Knapp Commission that examined allegations of police corruption in New York City in the 1970s. Not only was this famous because of the movie Serpico, but also most of the terminology used in corruption studies of police came from the report of the commission. Michael F. Armstrong was the chief counsel to the commission and this book is a history of the formation and operation of the inquiry. Holding a major commission of inquiry is not something that is done routinely. In his own words, Armstrong says they “fumbled” along working out how one discovers, let alone investigates corrupt police. They Wished they were Honest: The Knapp Commission and New York City Police Corruption (Columbia Press, 2012)reads like an extended episode of The Wire, combining political elements with investigative planning and transcripts of surveillance recordings of bribe negotiations. It is very revealing of the nature of corruption that existed at the time. The book follows some key from Xavier Hollander, the Happy Hooker, through small time corrupt officers (grass eaters) through to hardcore predatory corrupt police (meat eaters). Not only does Armstrong provide an entertaining history of the inquiry but he reveals the full gamut of social forces that make such inquiries difficult to implement successfully. Police corruption is an essential factor in any form of large scale illicit activity, be it prostitution, gambling or drugs. Police have a service to sell, namely protection, and there are many illegal operators who are willing to pay for it to ensure their business runs without interruption. While the Knapp Commission happened 40 years ago, the corruption still exists at varying levels in all communities. Armstrong’s book helps us understand how and why it happens and, especially, how difficult it can be to stop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anyone who studies police corruption will be aware of the Knapp Commission that examined allegations of police corruption in New York City in the 1970s. Not only was this famous because of the movie Serpico, but also most of the terminology used in corruption studies of police came from the report of the commission. Michael F. Armstrong was the chief counsel to the commission and this book is a history of the formation and operation of the inquiry. Holding a major commission of inquiry is not something that is done routinely. In his own words, Armstrong says they “fumbled” along working out how one discovers, let alone investigates corrupt police. They Wished they were Honest: The Knapp Commission and New York City Police Corruption (Columbia Press, 2012)reads like an extended episode of The Wire, combining political elements with investigative planning and transcripts of surveillance recordings of bribe negotiations. It is very revealing of the nature of corruption that existed at the time. The book follows some key from Xavier Hollander, the Happy Hooker, through small time corrupt officers (grass eaters) through to hardcore predatory corrupt police (meat eaters). Not only does Armstrong provide an entertaining history of the inquiry but he reveals the full gamut of social forces that make such inquiries difficult to implement successfully. Police corruption is an essential factor in any form of large scale illicit activity, be it prostitution, gambling or drugs. Police have a service to sell, namely protection, and there are many illegal operators who are willing to pay for it to ensure their business runs without interruption. While the Knapp Commission happened 40 years ago, the corruption still exists at varying levels in all communities. Armstrong’s book helps us understand how and why it happens and, especially, how difficult it can be to stop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three authors, including a retired detective, tell the history of the New York Police Department using more than 196 images including an illustration of mid-19th Century uniforms and photos of vintage vehicles, riot response, dramatic resues, and the first African-American and female officers. "New York City Police" also includes a forward by current Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.