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In this episode of the Cops and Writers Podcast, retired Milwaukee Police Sergeant Patrick O’Donnell reads the Introduction and Chapter 1 from his upcoming book:

Police Stories: The Rookie Years — True Crime, Chaos, & My Life as a Big City Cop

These are true stories from Patrick’s first years working the streets of Milwaukee during the height of the crack wars—stories of chaos, dark humor, tragedy, and survival that don’t make it onto TV shows.

All stories are real. Names and locations have been changed where necessary.

🎧 This episode includes:
– O'Donnell facing a life-or-death situation in his first week of field training
– Being in a trauma room watching a doctor perform open-heart massage
– True crime, gallows humor, and raw street-level reality

📘 About the Book:
Police Stories: The Rookie Years is a true crime memoir chronicling Patrick O’Donnell’s early career as a big city cop.

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Hey everyone! Today, we are going north, way north, to the last frontier, Anchorage, Alaska, with Author and retired Anchorage Police Officer Doug Fifer. And we are getting kinky.

Doug Fifer is a retired Alaskan police officer who specialized in crime scene analysis, deviant sexual crimes, hostage negotiations, and various special assignments throughout his twenty-five-year career. As a highly decorated investigator, Doug has negotiated with serial killers, solved homicides, and worked real-life cases that will shock you to the core.

Doug is also the author of the bestselling book, Fifty Shades of True Crime: Sex, Drugs, and Killer Kink.

I thought I had been there and seen it all after 25 years as a big city cop. After this interview, I realized I haven’t. Please enjoy my conversation with Doug Fifer.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

· When and where Doug got interested in law enforcement.

· Growing up in the last frontier, Alaska.

· Alaska has the highest percentage of serial killers per capita of anywhere else? Why?

· Heroin and crack usage in Alaska.

· A shocking tattoo on a man who turned tricks for dope in prison.

· The Serial Killer Joshua Wait investigation.

· Hostage negotiations, best practices for a desirable outcome. Not like on TV.

· The story of high trauma to a penis.

· Fifty Shades of True Crime: Sex, Drugs, and Killer Kink. Did his mom read this book?

· David Carradine and Auto Erotic Asphyxiation. How many cases like that did he investigate?

· Bestiality, necrophilia, and other disturbing behavior. How prevalent was that in Anchorage? The answer will surprise you.

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

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Welcome, everyone, to a special Cops and Writers Podcast. Due to the nature and timing of our topic today, I released this episode early. Back in late October, retired DEA Agents (legends) Steve Murphy, Wes Tabor, and Chris Feistl predicted on the Cops and Writers Podcast episodes 250 and 251, that the U.S. would take the fight to Maduro and attack on land. On January 3, 2026, the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in a military operation in Caracas, Venezuela.

I have heard so many opinions on this from ‘experts’, I'm using air quotes, living in social media-fueled echo chambers, and I wanted to get the true story. So I brought back my experts in narco-terrorism, drug cartels, and international drug smuggling, Steve, Wes, and Chris.

Here’s an intro to my experts for today’s show.

Retired DEA Special Agent Wes Tabor (episodes 235,236, & 237). Wes was embedded in Venezuela, battling the drug cartel and gangs for three years. He had a front-row seat to the prospering drug trade and threat to the United States and wrote the book, Infiltrate America: Blood Routes and the Rise of Latin American Gangs. So, of course, I asked him to be on the show again, and he graciously agreed.

Of course, I would be remiss if I were going to be talking about drug cartels and smuggling, not to have two experts who took down some of the most notorious drug cartels and their leaders in modern times. Steve Murphy and Chris Feistl.

Retired DEA Special Agent Steve Murphy and his partner Javier Pena are best known for taking down the Medellin Cartel and its leader, Pablo Escobar. Steve is an expert in drug smuggling and cartels and is considered an expert in the world of narcoterrorism. Steve and Javier’s work was featured in many television documentaries and was featured in the Netflix special, DEA Narcos.

Retired DEA Special Agent Chris Feistl and his partner Dave Mitchell are best known for taking down the Cali Cartel and its leaders Gilberto and Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela. Chris’s work was featured in many television documentaries and was also featured in season three of the Netflix special DEA Narcos.

After listening to these three experts explain recent operations in Venezuela, I have gained valuable insights into why we arrested Maduro and his wife. I hope this clears things up for you as well. Please enjoy my conversation with these DEA legends and experts.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

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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