On The Blue Line Podcast

Welcome to Monday Morning Roll Call | Episode 005 | The importance of a Morning Routine.    A new Monday Morning Roll Call is released every Monday Morning and provides a short overview format of issues that matter to you and provides encouragement for the week ahead.    In this episode:   We want to thank you for helping us get to our fifth episode, it has been an exciting journey and we hope you will continue to follow along. Please whether you love the show, hate the show, or are somewhere in between please go to iTunes right now and leave a rating and review.  We discuss a heart-warming story out of Culver City, California, where an officers quick actions save the life of an infant.  We are compelled to tell the story of three nude women on a rampage in Florida. This is definitely a story we could not make up.  Finally, this week we discuss the importance of morning routines and that taking ownership of our morning, helps us take ownership of our day and ultimately our life.    Your opinion matters!

Welcome to Monday Morning Roll Call | Episode 004 | In the People Business   A new Monday Morning Roll Call is released every Monday Morning and provides a short overview format of issues that matter to you and provides encouragement for the week ahead.    In this episode:   We want to thank you for helping us get to our fourth episode, it has been an exciting journey and we hope you will continue to follow along. Please whether you love the show, hate the show, or are somewhere in between please go to iTunes right now and leave a rating and review.  We discuss the story of young, Brisen Fullbright, and his fight with cancer. This heart-warming story tells about a town, a school, and law-enforcement officers coming together to support this 7 year old young man. This is such a great story highlighting the best in people.  We provide follow up on the Illinois State Trooper Gerald Ellis story; new witness accounts describe his final heroic actions.  We discuss the known and unknown risks when it comes to dea

Welcome to Monday Morning Roll Call | Episode 003 A new Monday Morning Roll Call is released every Monday Morning and provides a short overview format of issues that matter to you and provides encouragement for the week ahead.  In this episode: We want to thank you for helping us get to our third episode, it has been an exciting journey and we hope you will continue to follow along. Please whether you love the show, hate the show, or are somewhere in between please go to iTunes right now and leave a rating and review.  We discuss the recent tragic line of duty deaths of Illinois State Troopers and these senseless tragedies that could have been avoided.  In Memory:  Trooper Brooke Jones- Story, End of Watch March 28, 2019.  Trooper Gerald Ellis, End of Watch March 30, 2019. To these Troopers, We want to Thank each of you for your service and dedication, rest in peace, we have the watch from here. We discuss George Strait’s new Album, Honkey Tonk Time Machine and more specifically the concept around the s

Welcome to Monday Morning Roll Call | Episode 002 A new Monday Morning Roll Call is released every Monday Morning and provides a short overview format of issues that matter to you and provides encouragement for the week ahead.  In this episode: We provide an introduction to On the Blue Line and what our mission is all about. We discuss the importance of combating cynicism in law enforcement. We discuss stress in law enforcement and consider the difference between internal and external stressors. We consider leaderships role in decreasing internal stress for those under their command. We talk about what suffers in our personal life when we dedicate all of our time to the career while neglecting our life away from the badge.  Finally, we encourage each of us to begin focusing on our life outside of law enforcement and realize that who we are is different than what we do! Your opinion matters! Please leave comments and feedback on whatever media you are listening to this show. This show is for you the listener

Welcome to Monday Morning Roll Call! A new Monday Morning Roll Call is released every Monday Morning and provides a short overview format of issues that matter to you and provides encouragement for the week ahead.  This week we step away from the usual and read a recent blog post called, "The Silence." The recent rise in law enforcement suicides and the passing of a friend led to the writing of this post. It is dedicated to their memory and to all those who struggle with the negative effects of holding the Blue Line. Please leave comments and feedback in the sections below.  Also, don't forget to visit our website and to join our closed Facebook Group where we discuss these issues in more detail.