{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Paul Truesdell Podcast","title":"Trial by Fire: Policing Tampa in the 70s and 80s & Ukraine Grain","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1411,"description":"Truesdell Wealth, Inc.\nCasual Breakfast Conversations\nNo Cost or Obligation\nIn-Person / November 11h\nNo Commission Real Estate\nStone Creek Golf Club - The Grille\nIn-Person / November 12th\nTrue Estate Documents\nStone Creek Golf Club - The Grille\nIn-Person / December 11h\nDeath Taxes & True Estate Documents\nStone Creek Golf Club - The Grille\nOnline & On-Demand\nAdditional Engagements - Posted on Sunday, October 13th\nReservations available by calling 352-612-1000 or the CONTACT FORM\nTrial by Fire: Policing Tampa in the 70s and 80s\nI am a boomer, I have gray hair, call me a cue tip. I have no problem with that.  And what seems like yesterday as well as a hundred years ago, I worked in law enforcement, starting in Milwaukee then Tampa. It was in Tampa that I got a boo boo back in 84, and that owie, changed the course of my life, accelerating what I was planning on doing by a decade.\nAnd so.\nThe 1970s and 80s at the Tampa Police Department were a different breed of policing. We were understaffed, overworked, and thrown into the fire with no hand-holding. There wasn’t time to worry about how many years someone had been on the job; experience came at you fast—faster than in most departments. Where other agencies might handle a violent call once a month, we faced it daily. You learned quick, or you were done.\nOur department was extremely short-handed, and there was no room for anyone to hide behind a desk or wait for backup. When you got a call, it was yours to handle, start to finish, whatever that entailed. We didn’t have the luxury of passing tasks down a line. From breaking up domestic disputes to busting up street fights, we did it all. It wasn’t uncommon to work with blood on your knuckles and dirt on your uniform after a shift, because that’s what the job demanded. Tampa was a wild frontier back then, and we were outnumbered, but never outworked.\nThe Tampa Police Academy was where it all started, and back in those days, it was second to none. The training we got...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/115-XsjkdwCpJ99xv-8oZ76t6jr8ScWEC5MYSKzL0ig/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82MTUx/OWRiNTc0NTk0Y2Nk/M2VjYTliMGVhN2Zm/YTZkZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}