Episode Description - My guest today is Ed Hinchey, a retired Sgt. with the Forest Hills Pennsylvania Police Department. Ed is the survivor of a violent police shooting who was saved by his soft body armor. After retirement Ed became the Director of the Safariland Saves Program. In his capacity as Saves Director, Ed’s job is working with officers who have been shot in the line of duty and saved by their armor. As a result, Ed has likely interacted with more officers shot in the line of duty than anyone in the world. In this interview, Ed discusses witnessing his partner being shot, the first failure of soft body armor by a round it was designed to stop, surviving his own shooting, the aftermath of a shooting, the effects on the officer and their family, as well as the NIJ armor standards past and present. Ed also discusses how to best prepare officers for shootings and how to help them after a shooting occurs. Timestamps1:30 – Ed’s Background2:06 – 6/23/03 - The Edward Limbacher Shooting4:55 – The NIJ Armor Standards and How They Have Changed7:05 – Armor Failure – The Zylon Recall and The Old NIJ Standards11:00 – Frustrations with the Armor Industry13:23 – The Chronology of Ed’s Shooting 20:50 – His Injuries 26:30 – Arrival at the Hospital & Initial Treatment33:00 – Surgery & Recovery38:10 – Effects on the Family45:30 – Community Reaction & News Media51:14 – Retirement from Law Enforcement 57:04 – Starting His Second Career with Safariland1:02:10 – Keys to Surviving a Shooting1:07:15 – Going Beyond the Academy1:20:45 - Why Armor Saves Lives1:25:39 – Behind the Armor – Training Armor1:30:17 – Mindset and Survival1:33:14 - Social Media and Survivors Books RecommendedMeditations by Marcus Aurelius – ISBN 048629823XThe Man in the Arena: Selected Writings by Theodore Roosevelt - ISBN13: 9780765306715Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership: Executive Lessons from the Bully Pulpit by James Strock – ISBN 0761515399 Sites RecommendedNIJ Armor Standards - https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/body-armor-performance-standardsSafariland Saves - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIM58xG6QM4flerbP6IU9qgXf7VJ5ZgJ7 https://scholar.harvard.edu/fryer/publications/empirical-analysis-racial-differences-police-use-force Contact InfoEd HincheySave #941Safariland Saves Programed.hinchey@safariland.com