Hey Chaplain: The Police Wellness Podcast

Updated: 28 Oct 2024 • 155 episodes
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The Hey Chaplain podcast is where cops  encourage each other by sharing their wisdom and experience with the Chaplain. On Hey Chaplain you'll hear from dispatchers and federal agents, Sheriffs and US Marshals, as well as local detectives and patrolmen. From the LAPD to Scotland Yard, the guests on Hey Chaplain deliver advice and insights so that police officers everywhere can survive and thrive. The host, Jared Altic, has almost 30 years of experience serving and counseling military and law enforcement families. The show looks at both the humorous and traumatic sides of police life, sharing wisdom to create healthy cops both at work and at home. New podcast episodes about police life and chaplaincy are available on first, third, and fifth Mondays of each month. Look for occasional special bonus episodes! Share this podcast with a cop or someone who loves a cop.

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Text a Message to the Show Every cop has a bump in the night story; sometimes those bumps happen in broad daylight.  Today I"m talking to a veteran homicide and cold case detective from Kansas City named Stuart LIttlefield.  Detective Littlefield was recommended to me because he"s a great story teller with a great stor

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Text a Message to the Show When you first became a cop, you probably had a goal.  You wanted to become a homicide detective, or a K9 handler, or you wanted to make the SWAT team.  Maybe you"re on track to achieve that goal, but even if you do make it, what then?  How do you go about getting promoted later in your caree

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Text a Message to the Show Today we address one of the most frequent topics that I hear about in the police station, the great difficulty in recruiting Gen Z.  My friend Jim Dudley co-authored a recent book on the subject, called "Recruitment & Retention of Gen-Z Law Enforcement Officers" and I brought Jim and his co-a

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Text a Message to the Show Today"s guest is Jimmy Graham.  Jimmy was a US Navy SEAL and worked for the CIA but one of the most interesting jobs he had, and one that overlaps with law enforcement, is that in both the SEALs and the CIA he trained people in CQB, i.e. Close Quarters Battle, room-clearing, hostage rescue, a

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Text a Message to the Show Today we"re talking about the recurring dreams and nightmares that cops have.  Our guest is Dr Dara Rampersad, a first responder and forensic psychologist from Phoenix Arizona who specializes in first responder mental health. Dr Dara"s website: www.bluepaz.com Music is by Chris Haugen Hey Cha

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Text a Message to the Show This is part two of my interview with firefighter and illustrator Paul Combs where we talk more about the first responder as an artist, about critics responded badly to our work, and we also talk a bit about chaplaincy.  If you"ve not listened to the entirety of part one, then go back and fin

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