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2024: Ranked #1 Law Podcast
Host: Tyler Owen and Clint McNear discussing topics, issues, and stories within the law enforcement community. TMPA is the voice of Texas Law Enforcement, focused on protecting those who serve. Since 1950, we have been defending the rights and interests of Texas Peace Officers by providing the best legal assistance in the country, effective lobbying at state and local levels, affordable training, and exemplary member support. As the largest law enforcement association in Texas, TMPA is proud to represent 33,000 local, county and state law enforcement officers.
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Send us a textExecutive Director Kevin Lawrence and Field Services Supervisor Clint McNear discuss legislative updates. Support the showemail us at- bluegrit@tmpa.org
Send us a textSneak Peek of Episode 1 with a Former Deputy whose 2-second horrible decision nearly cost him 99 years in prison. Episode 1 release date...12/13/2022!Support the showemail us at- bluegrit@tmpa.org
Send us a text DOWNLOAD this episode!This episode is about former Deputy Chase Dotson, who assaulted a handcuffed prisoner and was ultimately arrested. Never denying his wrongdoing, Chase explains how TMPA's legal representation assisted him.Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies - The Beltway BriefingListen for of-the-moment insider insights, framed by the rapidly changing social and...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showemail us at- bluegrit@tmpa.org
Send us a textAustin Police Department Corporal Ben Mewis and Detective Scott Baldridge discuss their passion for running, working through budget deficits, and how physical fitness has helped them in law enforcement!Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies - The Beltway BriefingListen for of-the-moment insider insights, framed by the rapidly changing social and...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showemail us at- bluegrit@tmpa.org
Send us a textTMPA Member and Harrison County District Attorney Reid McCain talks about his law enforcement experience as a former Deputy/Cop...and how that experience helps him as a District Attorney. Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies - The Beltway BriefingListen for of-the-moment insider insights, framed by the rapidly changing social and...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showemail us at- bluegrit@tmpa.org
Send us a textTMPA Government Affairs team Dallas Reed and John Wilkerson, discuss the upcoming 88th Legislative Session. DOWNLOAD this episode!https://bluegritpodcast.buzzsprout.comCozen O’Connor Public Strategies - The Beltway BriefingListen for of-the-moment insider insights, framed by the rapidly changing social and...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showemail us at- bluegrit@tmpa.org
Send us a textFormer Balcones Heights Police Sergeant and now a current TMPA Field Representative Joey Sepulveda discusses his shooting that occurred in February of 2021. Although shot multiple times and left for dead, Joey refused to give up. This episode is his story of survival and the long road of both mental and physical recovery. DOWNLOAD each episode and Subscribe to our Youtube channel👇https://youtu.be/CpBzVCllF1wCozen O’Connor Public Strategies - The Beltway BriefingListen for o...
Send us a textNot long after the horrific mass murder of 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School, the finger-pointing began. While grief-stricken parents and a community searched for answers, public figures started immediately pointing fingers, namely at law enforcement. The Texas Department of Public Safety wasted no time blaming their own, namely, longtime Highway Patrol Sergeant Juan Maldonado. Juan joins Blue Grit today to tell, for the first time, his sid...
Send us a textChris Cabrera is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in the Rio Grande Valley Sector in Texas who concurrently works as the Vice President and spokesman of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), the labor union representing border agents. Chris joins the Blue Grit Podcast team to discuss the ongoing issues and share personal/professional stories about the border crisis!Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies - The Beltway BriefingListen for of-the-moment insider insights, fr...
Send us a textClint, Tyler and guest host "The man the myth...the legend" TMPA Field Services Director John Sierega discuss the birth of Blue Grit Podcast. The team also discusses how they each became involved in the best police association in Texas, TMPA.Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies - The Beltway BriefingListen for of-the-moment insider insights, framed by the rapidly changing social and...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showemail us at- bluegrit@tmpa.org
Send us a textRetired California Deputy and now TMPA Field Rep. David Kurylowicz discusses how a "low priority call for service" turned deadly, nearly costing him and his partner their lives. *Actual Radio footage in the beginning*Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies - The Beltway BriefingListen for of-the-moment insider insights, framed by the rapidly changing social and...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showemail us at- bluegrit@tmpa.org
Send us a textThe Blue Grit team meets with FOP 1st Vice President Joe Gamaldi and TMPA Executive Director Kevin Lawrence. This episode explains the FOP and TMPA relationship and the continued struggles the law enforcement community face across the country!Follow us on YouTube also- https://www.youtube.com/@TMPAsince1950?sub_confirmation=1Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies - The Beltway BriefingListen for of-the-moment insider insights, framed by the rapidly changing social and...Listen on...
Send us a textIn this episode, Clint and Tyler sit down with Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar to discuss his history with TMPA, his job duties, and his continued support for law enforcement.Glenn Hegar is Texas' chief financial officer — the state's treasurer, check writer, tax collector, procurement officer, and revenue estimator – a job that is particularly important as the state continues its strong recovery amidst ongoing global economic and geopolitical instability. His commitment to respon...
Send us a textThe Blue Grit team meets with Tyler Police Detective/TMPA 2nd Vice President Ken Gardner who shares his story when he nearly lost his life in 2003. Ken discusses the entire incident and how his faith helped him through the event. Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies - The Beltway BriefingListen for of-the-moment insider insights, framed by the rapidly changing social and...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showemail us at- bluegrit@tmpa.org
Send us a textIt could have been a North Texas massacre with up to 150 victims, if not for a Garland Police officer who became the first lawman in the country to engage ISIS-inspired terrorists on Texas soil.Greg Stevens, now 70, has lived for seven years on terrorist hit lists and shadowed by national intelligence. He joins the Blue Grit Podcast team to discuss the incident. Stevens has also received the nation's highest law enforcement honor and is revealing himself publicly for the fi...
Send us a textThe Blue Grit team has on Austin City Councilwoman Mackenzie Kelly to discuss the consequences defunding the police has on the city of Austin, which occurred prior to her being elected. Kelly discusses how she is trying to RE-FUND the Austin Police Department, and the challenges she faces daily in dealing with a somewhat "anti-police" city government culture. Councilwoman Kelly's Bio-District 6 is the largest district in Austin, about fifty square miles from the area...
Send us a textThe Blue Grit Team has on Todd Bensman, a former counterterrorism journalist appointed by DPS Director Steve McGraw as a DPS counterterrorism analyst. Todd discusses his career and the release of his new book "Overrun." You can get a copy of Todd's book here-https://www.amazon.com/Overrun-Unleas...Todd's Bio-Todd Bensman currently serves as the Texas-based Senior National Security Fellow for the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), a Washington, D.C. policy institute for ...
Send us a textThe Blue Grit Team meets with Hardin County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Tom Lee and TMPA Field Rep. Leighton Guarnere to discuss Sgt. Lee's story of being shot...with a CROSSBOW. On June 20, 2019, Sgt. Lee was dispatched with a Spindletop Center crisis worker to a residence in the 30000 block of Old Sour Lake Road (in Hardin County) at about 10:45 a.m. after the mental health patient's family requested assistance from the mental health division at the sheriff’s office. While they...
Send us a textTMPA Attorney Randall Moore sits down with the Blue Grit Team and discusses the "ins and outs" about the BRADY LIST. BIO-Randall D. Moore has practiced law in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, north Texas and west Texas since 1985. Upon graduation from Southern Methodist University in 1985, he served as an assistant district attorney in Tarrant County.Randy then spent the next several years representing doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, trucking companies, construction comp...
Send us a textThe Blue Grit Team has Personal Injury Attorney Aaron Allison and TMPA Legislative Liaison John Wilkerson to discuss Workers Comp. Aaron was brought in to assist TMPA regarding Workers Comp HB 790, filed by State Representative Jared Patterson. Aaron Allison is admitted to practice law by the Texas Supreme Court, the Federal Court for the Western District of Texas, 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, and to the Supreme Court of the United States.Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies -...
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