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Today we're talking again to Phil Reeves. This is part two of my conversation with Phil. In part one we talked about his background, in which he has been a working actor in Hollywood for decades while also serving as a police officer. We talked about the fun stuff last time, here in part two we're going to be talking about the tougher stuff: difficult moral and ethical decisions in leadership, ending a career, and starting a new one as a police chaplain. Phil has become a major voice across the country advocating for officer wellness and the intelligent and professional use of police chaplains. You're going to want to hear the experiences on the street that led him down this path.

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Hey Chaplain Podcast Episode 139.5 (Part 2)

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Police, Acting, Career, Certifications, Chaplaincy, Compromise, Death, Ethics, Imposter Syndrome, Scandal, Supervisors, Support, Training, New Orleans, California, Louisiana

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Our guest today is Phil Reeves; Phil has been an actor in Los Angeles for decades but he has also been a police officer and is now a law enforcement chaplain and a vocal advocate for first responder chaplaincy. This first part, I'm just going to introduce you to Phil and let him tell you how he went from Hollywood movie sets to law enforcement. In part two, we'll talk about the hard parts of the job and what led him to becoming an advocate nationally for chaplaincy.

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Hey Chaplain Podcast Episode 139

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Police, 9-11, Acting, Age, Career, Casting, Movies, Relationships, TV, Hollywood, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, California, Louisiana, New York

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This is part two of my recent conversation with Jake the International Security Specialist Guy and if you haven't already listened to Ep 138 or when Jake was on the show last year in Ep 117, then stop what you're doing and go back and catch those episodes. In this portion we are talking more about contingency planning with your family. The specific context is what do you do if you're separated from your teenagers during an emergency in a foreign country, but really, this is practical advice for an emergency anywhere and even in a situation that is not a crisis yet but just requires some guidance so that your teen is prepared.

Jake's previous episodes were Ep 117 and Ep 138

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Hey Chaplain podcast episode 138.5 (part 2)

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Travel, Children, Contingencies, Connectivity, Disasters, Emergencies, Family, Hiking, Phones, Planning, Police, Rally Points, Safety, Technology, Teens, Mexico

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Today, back by popular demand, is Jake the International Security Specialist Guy. This time I'm catching up to him while he was at home in Thailand. Jake has been doing security work in trouble spots all over the world and was gracious enough to drop in a let me pick his brain on several topics. In this episode we're going to talk traveling in a country with civil unrest, demonstrations, and riots. Jake's going to explain how to avoid trouble and take care of your family while the streets are shut down and the phone service is cut off. You'll like hearing a cop like Jake talk about this stuff and, even if you're not leaving the country anytime soon, there's still a lot here you can apply to emergency situations at home.

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Hey Chaplain podcast episode 138

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Travel, Avoidance, Civil Unrest, Family, Maps, Mobile Phones, News, OSINT, Olympics, Plans, Police, Protests, Riots, World Cup, Kuala Lumpur, Paris, France, India, Iran, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Tanzania, Vietnam

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Police Social Workers are not a new concept but until now there's not been a nationwide standard for how they are trained or how they are employed alongside police officers. Caroline Ban teaches at Valparaiso University and she has started the first public safety social work certificate program in the nation for people who have their masters in social work or are getting their MSW. Caroline talks about the how social workers can add something valuable to the police team that I know you'll appreciate.

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Hey Chaplain Podcast Episode 137

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Social Workers, Co-responders, Education, Embedding, Mental Health, Officer Wellness, Police, Professor, Training, University, St. Louis, Valparaiso, Indiana, Missouri

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This is a special bonus episode of Hey Chaplain recorded on site in New Orleans, Louisiana, at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Officer Safety and Wellness Conference. Chaplain Phil Reeves from the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department was my partner in giving a presentation on embedding chaplains. We recorded that talk and the Q&A that followed and I want to give you a few select cuts of what we did. I also had the opportunity to hang out with some chaplains from California, Massachusetts, Colorado, and other states, so I'm going to throw in a few clips of those police chaplains saying hi to the Hey Chaplain audience.

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Hey Chaplain Bonus Episode 49

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Chaplaincy, Chaplains, Culture, Embedding, Expectations, IACP, Leadership, Podcasting, Police, Relationships, Standards, Kansas City, New Orleans, California, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts

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How do you know when to call it quits, especially if you're in the first half of your career? It's incredibly difficult to give blanket advice because everyone and everyone's circumstances are unique and constantly changing. For some officers, the best advice is wait a moment for the storm to pass. For other officers it's time or maybe past time to get out.

Today we're talking to former deputy Josh Lively. Josh started a promising career in law enforcement but soon discovered this might not be the career that fulfills his calling in life. We're going to talk about the process of figuring out what to do when you're miserable as a police officer. What does that mean? How do you know what decision to make? How far do you push it before you need to eject?

My guess is that every police officer can sympathize with what you're going to hear Josh say. But there are going to be distinct camps of listeners to this episode. Those who hear Josh's story and recognize it as their own. And those who don't. But I hope you listen to Josh's wisdom on this matter because we all know cops who need to stay and others for whom it is time to go.

Josh's podcast is called the "Practically Christian Podcast"

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Hey Chaplain Podcast Episode 136

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Career, Calling, Chaplain, Decision Making, Depression, Faith, Family, Health, Mental Health, Ministry, Police, Quitting, Sheriff Deputy, Support, Florida

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This is Part 2 of our interview with Dennis Kleyh, Jr. Part 1 was about defensive tactics and the differences in mindsets between veterans and the police recruits who have never been punched in the face. But in putting that episode together, I was left with an equal portion of the interview where Dennis talked about his careers in the Marine Corps and law enforcement. Military careers and law enforcement careers can seem pretty random. It's only the recruiters who have a clear idea of what your future will be like, your actual mileage may vary. But right here is some interesting wisdom, for good or ill, you don't know exactly where your military or police service may take you. So let's use Dennis' story to look at that.

CORRECTION: After I finished the first episode I discovered that I made a mistake, Dennis said Fourth Recon and I said Force Recon, and over the internet, neither of us heard the difference. But I should have double checked, especially since it's clear as a bell now that I listen back to it. Sorry about that!

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Hey Chaplain Podcast Episode 135 Part 2

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Career, Leadership, Marines, Military Service, Police, Training, USMC, Veterans, Missouri, Afghanistan, Iraq

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