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120: Part 2: Tim Cardwell is a Top Cop for Drug Interdiction but Nearly Loses His Life

Game of Crimes

Game of Crimes

True Crime

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Tim Cardell is the model of a polite but firm North Carolina Highway Patrol state trooper. His disarming demeanor resulted in significant seizures of drugs and money. But it was one stop where he violated his own training that nearly cost him his life. Thanks to his K-9 Lobo, Tim is alive today to tell the story.

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0:00.0

Let's kind of pull on that dope thread a little bit because you get onto the stage.

0:15.6

You survived the Academy, obviously.

0:17.6

Yes.

0:18.6

You graduate.

0:19.6

You get out.

0:20.6

You start working.

0:21.6

As you're working, we want to talk about now what leads you into doing drug interdiction.

0:25.1

So obviously when you start off, you're with a field training officer.

0:27.9

You go through your training phase, then you get out on your own.

0:31.2

What kind of things were you're doing initially when you're out on your own?

0:33.7

How does North Carolina do it?

0:36.3

I mean, you trained for a while then you're out and standard like what traffic enforcement

0:40.2

work accidents.

0:41.4

Yes.

0:42.4

Pretty much is that what you were doing.

0:43.4

Change tires.

0:44.4

Go get your ass.

0:45.4

I'm morphed.

0:46.4

I'm morphed.

0:47.4

Don't go there.

0:48.4

One of these days we're going to be driving.

0:49.4

There's going to be morph on the side of the road.

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