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Hey everyone, thanks for joining us as we’re going the back to west coast today for the conclusion of our interview with Author and Retired Los Angeles Police Department Lieutenant Jeff Wenninger!

Jeff is a retired LAPD lieutenant with more than 33 years in law enforcement. He started with L.A. County Sheriff in 1991 and worked the Rodney King riots on the street and jail, where he and his coworkers were not allowed to go home for two weeks straight.

He later lateralled to LAPD in 1993 and went on to work with some of the most highly-trained units, including the Metropolitan Division which encompasses SWAT, K9, high risk warrants, and more. As a sergeant, he was handpicked as the officer in charge of the Rampart Gang Enforcement detail following the Rampart Scandal in the late 90s. As a sergeant and later as a lieutenant, Jeff was the officer in charge of the Use of Force Investigation Division and oversaw investigations of lethal force and other significant applications of force. Jeff's work earned him prestigious awards including the LAPD Medal of Valor, Police Star, and Meritorious Unit Citation.

Jeff is the founder and CEO of Law Enforcement Consultants, LLC. He is releasing a book called “On Thin Ice” that will be published on May 6.

Please enjoy this candid interview witch we talk about what’s good and bad with law enforcement today, and how we can fix it.

In today’s episode we discuss:

· The trends in law enforcement today regarding uniforms.

· How the O.J. Simpson trial changed the LAPD.

· Jeff’s career trajectory with the LAPD?

· The special units Jeff served on and supervised.

· At the apex of a promising career, why Jeff decided to retire from law enforcement.

· How difficult was it to transition to civilian life?

· Being the founder and CEO of Law Enforcement Consultants. What is this and why do it?.

· Your upcoming book, On Thin Ice: An LAPD Veteran’s Journey to Reimagine Policing, is due out soon. Why write it, and what, if any, message do you want to give the reader?

· What Jeff misses the most about the job.

Go check out Jeff's website to learn more about him and his newest book, On Thin Ice.

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Hey everyone, thanks for joining us, as we’re going west coast today! Welcome to part one of my two-part conversation with Author and Retired Los Angeles Police Department Lieutenant Jeff Wenninger!

Jeff is a retired LAPD lieutenant with more than 33 years in law enforcement. He started with the L.A. County Sheriff in 1991 and worked the Rodney King riots on the street and jail, where he and his coworkers were not allowed to go home for two weeks straight.

He later lateralled to LAPD in 1993 and went on to work with some of the most highly-trained units, including the Metropolitan Division which encompasses SWAT, K9, high risk warrants, and more. As a sergeant, he was handpicked as the officer in charge of the Rampart Gang Enforcement detail following the Rampart Scandal in the late 90s. As sergeant and later as a lieutenant, Jeff was the officer in charge of the Use of Force Investigation Division and oversaw investigations of lethal force and other significant applications of force. Jeff's work earned him prestigious awards including the LAPD Medal of Valor, Police Star, and Meritorious Unit Citation.

Jeff is the founder and CEO of Law Enforcement Consultants, LLC. He is releasing a book called “On Thin Ice” that will be published on May 6.

Please enjoy my candid interview, which we talk about what needs to be fixed and what is working with law enforcement today.

In today’s episode we discuss:

· Being adopted as a child, how did this affect your later life, especially in your career as a police officer? Or did it?

· His father being a professor at Kent State University and being there when national guardsmen opened fire on students.

· Jeff being the recipient of a hockey scholarship to go to college. How his career in hockey molded him and prepared him later in life?

· As a young man, there was an incident where he had a negative interaction with the police where he was unlawfully arrested. How did this affect him later as a police officer?

· Why leave the L.A. Sheriff’s to join the LAPD?

· O.J., guilty or not guilty?

· How the O.J. Simpson trial changed the LAPD and the city.

· Working the streets and jail during the Rodney King riots. Over sixty people dead and thousands injured.

All of this and more on today’s episode of the Cops and Writers podcast.

Go check out Jeff's website to learn more about him and his newest book, On Thin Ice.

Check out the new Cops and Writers YouTube channel!
Check out my newest book, The Good Collar (Michael Quinn Vigilante Justice Series Book 1)!!!!!
Enjoy the Cops and Writers book series.
Please visit the Cops and Writers website.

What would you do if you lost the one you loved the most? How far would you go to quench your thirst for vengeance?

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Welcome back everyone to the conclusion of my conversation with the amazing Nick Chiarkas! I was so excited about this interview I didn’t want you guys to wait for next Sunday! I really enjoyed talking to Nick and I think you guys are going to feel the same about this episode.

Nick grew up in the Al Smith housing projects on Manhattan's Lower East Side. When he was in the fourth grade, his mother was told by the principal of PS-1 that "Nick was unlikely ever to complete high school, so you must steer him toward a simple and secure vocation." Instead, Nick became a writer, with a few stops along the way: a U.S. Army Paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division serving in the Viet Nam war, a New York City Police Officer, Deputy Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Deputy Chief Counsel for the President's Commission on Organized Crime; Chief Counsel for the USATBCB; and the Director of the Wisconsin State Public Defender Agency. On the way, he picked up a Doctorate from Columbia University, a Law Degree from Temple University, and was a Pickett Fellow at Harvard. Not bad for a guy whose principal told his parents that he wouldn’t amount to much.

I found this interview to be so captivating and entertaining. I didn’t want it to end. I hope you guys feel the same. Please enjoy my conversation with Nick.

In today’s episode we discuss:.

· Why Nick left the NYPD after only seven years on the job.

· His experience of being sent to the Woodstock music festival as security and meeting some of the musicians, including Jimi Hendrix.

· His part in the movie, The Anderson Tapes (Starring Sean Connery, Diane Cannon, and Christopher Walken).

· How Nick wound up being the Deputy Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and the Deputy Chief Counsel for the President's Commission on Organized Crime.

· His awkward first meeting with President Reagan.

· His becoming the director of the Wisconsin State Public Defender Agency and how he was not welcomed with open arms because him being a former police officer.

· The changes he instituted in the public defender’s office.

· His books, Weepers and Nunzio’s Way.

All of this and more on today’s episode of the Cops and Writers podcast.

Check out Nick's Amazon Author page!

Check out the new Cops and Writers YouTube channel!
Check out my newest book, The Good Collar (Michael Quinn Vigilante Justice Series Book 1)!!!!!
Enjoy the Cops and Writers book series.
Please visit the Cops and Writers website.

What would you do if you lost the one you loved the most? How far would you go to quench your thirst for vengeance?

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