Send us a Text Message. My guest today is a Swiss Army Knife of law enforcement experience.  Mike Roche has over four decades of experience starting as a street cop, detective, and special agent for the ATF and the U.S. Secret Service. Mike also served as an adjunct professor teaching threat Assessments of Physical Structures and Behavioral Threat Assessments of Mass Killers.  Mike shares his vast experience with us today and gives us valuable insights into law enforcement, especially his time with the U.S. Secret Service. In today’s episode we discuss: ·      How M ..read more

Send us a Text Message. Welcome back everyone and thank you for joining me for the conclusion of my interview with Bestselling Author, Television Personality, and retired Homicide Detective Lieutenant Joe Kenda.   Joseph Patrick Kenda is a retired Colorado Springs Police Department detective lieutenant who was involved in 387 homicide cases over a 23-year career. He solved 356 cases, a closure rate of 92%. He was featured on the Investigation Discovery television show Homicide Hunter, where he recounted stories of cases he solved. Kenda hosts the Discovery+ show, American Detective With L ..read more

Send us a Text Message. Today's bonus episode is a rebroadcast of my interview with Special Agent Mark Brandenburg of the United States Secret Service. Due to the recent assassination attempt on President Trump, I thought this interview would shed some light on the job of secret service agent.  Today we are in the Line of Fire with Special Agent Mark Brandenburg of the United States Secret Service.  Mark started his career in law enforcement in the Olathe, KS, Police Department (a suburb of Kansas City). He was assigned to patrol, served as an FTO, and was a member of the tactical s ..read more

Send us a Text Message. First things first. I have to thank Sgt. Steve Gould from the Things Police See Podcast for introducing me to today’s special guest.  Today I have a special treat for you, my wonderful listeners. Welcome, and thank you for joining me for part one of my two-part interview with Bestselling Author, Television Personality, and retired Homicide Detective Lieutenant Joe Kenda.   Joseph Patrick Kenda is a retired Colorado Springs Police Department detective lieutenant who was involved in 387 homicide cases over a 23-year career. He solved 356 cases, a closure rate o ..read more

Send us a Text Message. Today’s show is for you writers out there! No matter if you are a bestselling author with a huge backlist or you are just kicking around the idea of writing a book, todays show will have huge value to you! I highly suggest you take notes for this episode.  My guest on the show today is Bestselling Author and Expert Ghostwriter/Ghostpublisher, Joshua Lisec.  Joshua Lisec is a #1 international and Wall Street Journal bestselling ghostwriter who has ghostwritten more than 90 books since 2011 on everything from metabolic health and internet marketing to political ..read more

Send us a Text Message. Today on the show we are going to be talking with former Death Investigator Emily Speed about the little known occupation of death investigator. They are the ones who work either in a medical examiner's or coroner’s office that comes out to the scene of a dead body. Their responsibility is to determine the cause and manner of death of a decedent.  Emily Speed is a former career death investigator with over 13 years of experience in the field.  She has a master’s degree in forensic science and a specialty in skeletal remains. She has been featured on shows such ..read more

Send us a Text Message. Please enjoy my guest spot on the "This Week In Waukesha" radio show with host Don Brown! We chatted about my career with the Milwaukee Police Department and what I have been up to post-retirement, including this podcast and author career. Note, I come on the show about 20 minutes into the show. Check out the new Cops and Writers YouTube channel! Check out Field Training (Brew City Blues Book 1)!!Enjoy the Cops and Writers book series. Please visit the Cops and Writers website.  The Breakfast Jury by Ken Humphrey. Pick it up today at http://kenhumphrey.com Suppor ..read more

Welcome back everybody to the conclusion of my interview with with non-other than the host of the wildly popular podcast, Things Police See, Sergeant Steve Gould! If you love police stories, you are going to want to listen to my interviews with Steve! Steve Gould has 17 years in law enforcement. Four years as a natural resource officer and thirteen as a police officer. Currently a sergeant in a small town in western Massachusetts and host of the Things Police See Podcast. Steve has a treasure trove of police stories he has accumulated from almost two hundred interviews with cops from all over ..read more

Today on the show we are going to blend true crime and fiction with Ken Humphrey who was the jury foreman for the longest trial in Wisconsin history (lucky him) who eventually turned his experience into a novel, The Breakfast Jury, that blends fact and fiction during this extraordinary event.  Ken Humphrey is the author of nine novels, consisting of a middle grade trilogy, a pair of teen books, a thriller trilogy titled The Killing Arc and now The Breakfast Jury. This latest novel arose from a month-long trial in which the accused, Mark Jensen was charged with murdering his wife, Julie, b ..read more

Welcome back to the conclusion of my interview with Eric Reynolds.  Eric Reynolds, a former Boynton Beach Florida Police Officer turned health advocate, shares a story of transformation and resilience. He is the son of June Hawkins, a retired Miami-Dade Homicide Sgt. and step-son of Sgt Al Singleton who were both featured in the Netflix series Griselda. Eric's journey took an unexpected turn when he discovered through DNA his half-brother, Dave Stull a fellow police officer in Florida. Dave had been RVing full-time for ten years, inspiring Eric to sell his home, continue homeschooling, an ..read more