This week, the boys sit down with Glendale Police Department Deputy Chief Robert William, an FBI National Academy graduate and a lifelong Glendale resident who started as a cadet and built a two-decade career across patrol, Special Enforcement Detail, detective, SWAT, before moving through the ranks earning his current rank of Deputy Chief. Robert shares the night he was shot during a chaotic foot pursuit in 2008, the immediate shock of survival, and the years that followed as delayed PTSD surfaced after his promotion to Sergeant.From the first sensory memory of that night to the reality of receiving a single mandatory psych meeting and no sustained follow-up, Robert explains how institutional gaps shaped his healing and his leadership. He walks through the slow onset of trauma, the role fatherhood played in recovery, and how those experiences drove him to help transform his department’s approach to peer support, counseling, and officer wellness.This isn’t just a story about a shooting—it’s about the long arc of recovery, the responsibility of leadership, and a leader who turned personal hardship into systemic change.🎯 For the officer who survived the shot and stayed to make the system better. 🎯 For the leader who learned resilience the hard way and now builds support for others. 🎯 For the family members who quietly bear the weight alongside those in uniform.Pull up a chair, pour a glass, and join the conversation.🔔 Subscribe for more real stories from the front lines.#WhiskeyAndWarstories #RobertWilliam #GlendalePD #OfficerInvolvedShooting #PTSDinPolicing #PeerSupport #Leadership #FirstResponderWellness #LawEnforcementResilience #Podcast