Dan Skoczylas (Recruitment, Background Checks and Active Shooter Training) - Episide 1053

Behind The Shield

James Geering

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Fitness

4.9 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

Dan Skoczylasis a consultant, trainer and author specializing in active shooter response training, investigations, security and background investigations. We discuss his journey into law enforcement, working with a Federal Task Force around 9/11, the national recruitment crisis, the importance of thorough background checks, the financial cost of removing a single bad employee, school safety and so much more.

Dan spent 25 years in law enforcement at the local and federal level. He uses his expertise to train individuals and companies to be ready and prepared, should the need arise, to deal with an active shooter event. In 2019, Dan authored and published his first book, entitled, "If You're Looking for a Victim... Keep Looking!" The book details a civilian response to the active shooter and offers insight into how individuals and companies can prepare successfully.

In 2015, Dan and a panel of experts developed Hawkeye Security Active Shooter Response. Hawkeye provides consultation and training for companies and individuals to mitigate workplace violence. Hawkeye Security's flagship training classes address Active Shooter Response preparedness. Dan is certified as a Workplace Violence Prevention Specialist through the National Association of Safety Professionals.

Dan worked all facets of the law enforcement spectrum to include patrol, tactical narcotics/gang officer, Federal Task Force Officer, Detective, Patrol Sergeant and Patrol Lieutenant. Dan was one of the founding principals of CLS Background Investigations in 2001 and currently holds the position of Business Manager. Dan has extensive experience with pre-employment and tenancy screening and has provided educational presentations to numerous groups on related topics.

Dan is also one of the principal founders of Makton Investigations, a licensed private investigations agency in the State of Illinois (115-00-1996 & 117-00-1426). Dan has experience ranging from criminal narcotics cases to homicide, smuggling and money laundering.

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0:00.0	I'm extremely excited to announce a brand new sponsor for the Behind the Shield podcast,
0:04.2	that is Transcend. Now, for many of you listening, you are probably working the same brutal shifts
0:10.1	that I did for 14 years, suffering from sleep deprivation, body composition challenges, mental
0:16.3	health challenges, libido, hair loss, etc. Now when it comes to the world of hormone replacement and
0:22.5	peptide therapy, what I have seen is a shift from doctors telling us that we were within normal
0:27.0	limits, which was definitely incorrect all the way to the other way now where men's clinics
0:31.8	are popping up left, right and center. So I myself wanted to find a reputable company that would do an analysis of my physiology
0:39.7	and then offer supplementations without ramming, for example, hormone replacement therapy down
0:45.3	my throat. Now, I came across Transcend because they have an altruistic arm and they were a big reason
0:50.7	why the 7X project I was a part of was able to proceed because of their generous
0:55.6	donations. They also have the transcend foundations where they're actually putting military and first
1:00.8	responders through some of their therapies at no cost to the individual. So my own personal journey
1:06.5	so far, filled in the online form, went to Quest, got blood drawn, and a few days later
1:12.5	I'm talking to one of their wellness professionals as they guide me through my results
1:16.2	and the supplementation that they suggest. In my case specifically, because I transitioned
1:21.6	out the fire service five years ago and been very diligent with my health, my testosterone
1:26.8	was actually in a good place. So I went down
1:29.4	the peptide root and some other supplements to try and maximize my physiology, knowing full well
1:34.4	the damage that 14 years of shift work has done. Now, I also want to underline because I think this is
1:39.4	very important that each of the therapies they offer, they will talk about the pros and cons.
1:45.0	So, for example, a lot of first responders in shift work, our testosterone will be low,
1:49.0	but sometimes nutrition, exercise and sleep can offset that on its own.
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