We’re very excited to present our guest this week—retired police officer Bradford Knights!

Bradford is a long-time friend of Producer CJ, spent 20 years as a police officer including undercover work & crisis response, and he’s an excellent musician. Check out his band, Mr. Incommunicado, for more ska than you can shake a nightstick at!
https://mrincommunicado.bandcamp.com/​

On this episode:

Retired police officer Bradford Knights rehumanizes both sides of the discussion in a very insightful ask-me-anything about policing in America. Pedro gets a new car! Nick opens up about a very personal recent mental health crisis.

And somehow laughter permeates the entire discussion!

Topics:

•Welcome Bradford Knights!

•The Brown tome of how Producer CJ and Bradford met

•Pedro got a new car! (Jetta SportWagen)

•The boys and Brad go deep on VW ownership

•Bradford opens the floor to questions about his experience as a police officer

•The time Bradford sang a suicidal teen down from the roof

•Bradford’s advice for civilians who want to improve policing in America

•Bradford’s advice for police who want to improve community relationships

•The importance of diversity in the police force

•The importance of police officers separating work from life

•Refund the Police

•Bradford talks turds on the force

•”Nobody hates a bad cop more than a good cop.”

•”Police protect *everyone*, including the people they take into custody.”

•Why all police officers should be crisis trained

•The unmet mental health needs of police

•Nick opens up about his own ongoing mental health struggles which recently reached a crisis point

Heavy content delivered with an abundance of laughs—as only we have the indecency to do—this week on WDUTUR!

From Nick, Pedro, and CJ—amor y paz!!!

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