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Welcome everyone to part one of my two-part interview with retired City of Miami Police Lieutenant and Master Dog Trainer Garret Wing.

Garret Wing grew up in a law enforcement family. His father, mother, stepmother, and stepfather were all city of Miami cops. His father and stepmother were K9 officers. It makes sense that Garret wound up entering the police academy at the tender age of nineteen.

Garret was assigned a K9 after only two years on patrol and quickly rose through the ranks of the police department promoting to lieutenant and worked a variety of highly sought-after specialty units.

After eighteen and a half years, Garret did something unheard of for most cops in his position. He left the police department and went into business for himself.

Taking this leap of faith and following his passion for training dogs, he founded American Standard Dog Training and DIY K9. He has now devoted his life to training civilian dogs and has turned this passion into a very successful seven-figure business!

Please enjoy this entertaining and informative interview with a true entrepreneur.

In today’s episode we discuss:

· Interviewing his father on his podcast.

· K9’s role in the United States Secret Service.

· Doing the unthinkable, leaving a secure job in the police department after 18 ½ years to pursue his dream job.

· Growing up with a family of cops and police dogs in the house.

· Garret’s career path with the City of Miami Police Department.

· Garret taking his first bite with the sleeve when he was eight years old.

· What it is really like to wear the bite suit and be chased and bitten by a police dog.

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

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Welcome everyone to this very special episode of the Cops and Writers Podcast. As most of you listening to my show are cops, first responders, or someone who writes stories about first responders, I thought this episode would be extremely useful to you all. We all have dealt with, or are still dealing with, a high volume of death. Sometimes we don’t deal with it at all. But I guarantee, it will come back to haunt us.

So today on the show I have a very special guest, Dr. BJ Miller.

Dr. Miller was the executive director of San Francisco's Zen Hospice Project from 2011 to 2016. He's the co-author, with Shoshana Berger, of the book "A Beginner's Guide To The End: Practical Advice For Living Life And Facing Death." Dr. Miller is also known for his 2015 TED Talk, "What Really Matters at the End of Life". Miller has been on the teaching faculty at UCSF School of Medicine since 2007.

Dr. Miller is no stranger to death, coming very close to himself by being electrocuted with 11,000 volts that resulted in several months in a burn unit, and eventually losing both legs and his left arm.

Dr. Miller is also the co-founder of Mettle Health, an organization that provides personalized, holistic consultations for any patient or caregiver who needs help navigating the practical, emotional, and existential issues that come with serious illness and disability.

Dr. Miller is one of the most inspirational and knowledgeable persons I have ever spoken to regarding death, and life.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

· Clinton Eastwood quote from the movie, The Outlaw Josey Wales. “Death is easy for us; it’s living that’s tough.”

· My first time hearing Dr. Miller on the Tim Ferriss show back in 2016.

· Experiences with ghosts or the presence of a person after their death.

· The beauty of the mundane of death.

· Dr. Miller’s unexplainable synchronicity with his patients.

· The difference between palliative care, end-of-life care, and hospice.

· When is it time to stop treatment and what do you do when a loved one pushes back against that?

· Visions or conversations with dead relatives? Sebastian Younger’s new book, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife on the James Altucher podcast.

· Assisted suicide or assisted dying.

· The role of child life specialists when helping children with death.

· Regrets at the end of life.

The Netflix documentary featuring Dr. Miller, End Game.

Visit BJ at Mettle Health.
Watch BJ's TedTalk.

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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 Mike became interested in law enforcement and why he choose to spend the bulk of his career with the U.S. Secret Service.

· What it was really like working a protective detail with U.S. Secret Service.

· How he and other members of the U.S. Secret Service investigated threats against the President of the United States.

· How to identify potential mass killers in the workplace and school.

· The role that the U.S. Secret Service plays in the detection and recovery of counterfeit currency.

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

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