QUOTES
03:55 "Tell your story or someone else will. And it's just that simple. What we've allowed in law enforcement United States is we've allowed other people to tell our story and then sat back and complain how poorly they told it."
10:19 "They need to understand that if you don't start taking care of these officers and sticking up for them right now in a shortage, they can go wherever they want."
11:48 "The numbnuts, and that's about the nicest word I could think of, that want to defund law enforcement and scream about more training for law enforcement are actually going to reduce the amount of training."
17:41 "If you believe you have systemic racism in a department, the dumbest thing you can do is fire an officer immediately because you lose the ability have a garrity required investigation."
18:26 "These indulgent prosecutions where somebody's going to jail, somebody's going to be publicly charged who's wearing a badge so we can put everybody at ease, never works."
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SUMMARY
In this episode of the National Police Association Podcast, Sgt. Betsy Smith interviews Attorney Lance J. LoRusso as he discusses his books that were inspired by his life as a police officer and his audience of law enforcement professionals.
Lance also talks about the difficulties of being a cop, the simple ways that you can back them up, and the myths that are hurting the health of law enforcement today. He also explores "indulgent prosecution" and its detrimental effect on efforts to improve the police force.
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HIGHLIGHTS
00:24 Lance's books: His inspiration and the people he wrote them for
05:13 Mental health in law enforcement and what you can do to help
08:52 Using social media and mainstream media to tell our story
12:14 Discussing use of force training and the need for compliance
16:44 The prevalence of "indulgent prosecution"
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