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Sid & Friends In The Morning

Darrin Porcher | Retired NYPD Lieutenant | 03-12-26

Sid & Friends In The Morning

77 WABC

News, Sports, Comedy

4.2829 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Retired NYPD Lieutenant Darrin Porcher makes his debut with Sid live in-studio to talk about growing public disrespect for police, which Porcher attributes to the Bill de Blasio administration. Porcher criticizes current City Hall leadership and says Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch should resign rather than serve policies he believes harm public safety. He argues Mayor Mamdani is a catastrophic failure, questions who funded him, and says Mamdani’s opposition to adding 5,000 officers and preference for social workers reflects anti-police views; Porcher claims 98% of NYPD dislike Mamdani but continue serving residents. He contrasts Giuliani and Bloomberg’s public-safety “template” with de Blasio and Eric Adams, and says Mamdani’s promises of “free” programs have led to taxes and new parking charges, creating a leadership vacuum and prompting calls for impeachment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I got into a Genesis.

0:02.3

This is luxury.

0:03.5

Whether it's a sleek G70 or the GV80 with that third row,

0:07.7

these are high-end vehicles with payments that actually make sense.

0:12.3

Go see Michael.

0:13.5

Tell them Sid sent you.

0:14.9

Genesis of Brooklyn.

0:16.1

Find them at Genesis of Brooklyn.com.

0:19.0

707 on your Thursday, New York City morning. So I get a text a couple days ago from our dear friend, Dominic Carter, great guy. He's so good, he's on twice here. Three o'clock in the afternoon, I think midnight as well. He says, you know, I got a buddy. His name is Darren Portchuk. I know Darren is. I've seen him on Fox News a million times, hero, former cop, NYPD lieutenant. He goes, yeah, he'd love to come on your show. I said, let's get him in. That was, I think, two days ago. And here he is, live in the flesh, Darren Portcher. Darren, good morning, buddy. How are you? Good morning, Sid. Thanks for having me as a guest. I love your show. I listen to it all the time, and it's a great honor to come on. Oftentimes, I do the television stuff with various networks in the city, but this was my calling, and I'm glad to be in this seat. Oh, that's very sweet. Thank you, Darren. I know he's supposed to be on Fox News this morning, but I told Darren, I said, these guys go on Fox News, Mike Lawler, Bruce Blakeman, you name it,

1:12.2

any one of these congressmen, senators, if they're lucky, they get two texts. They come on this show, and the phone blows up all morning. So get ready, Darren, you're going to become very, very famous today. Very famous. You're already famous, but even more famous. sit i'm trying to live through you vicariously and that's why i'm in this

1:29.6

oh you're the man thank Thank you. You're the man, Sid. No, no, no, no. Listen, I didn't serve this city like you did. And, you know, I'm going to be honored again coming up April the 8th at Frankie Russo's place and Howard Beach. It's called Rousseau's on the Bay. It's me. Great food, by the way. Oh, you know the place. Me, Bo Deal. It's even better if you eat there for free. Well, I do. That's what I'm talking about. Bo's a great guy. He'll be honored that night too and Paul Morrow. So I have a room in my basement that I keep awards, you know, I get a lot of awards from the Jewish community. Tons,

2:00.9

Israel. I have a room in my basement that I keep awards.

2:04.9

You know, I get a lot of awards from the Jewish community, tons, Israel.

2:06.9

But the most I get is from the cops.

2:08.4

I have to the ceiling.

2:15.7

And every time they give me one, whether it was Paul de Jocamo, the DEA, or the detectives, all these guys, I always feel badly.

2:17.0

I'm like, I'm not a cop.

2:19.9

I was never a cop. I feel a little bit like it's stolen valor. But you, Darren Portcher, you were a cop. And correct me if I'm wrong,

2:25.6

for like 20-something years, right? 20 years. I did 20 years. But, Sid, I want to correct you on

2:30.5

something. You amplify a positive message, and that's why the cops gravitate

2:34.6

towards what you do on air. A cop deals with, I want to say, a very monolithic group of people.

2:41.9

The cop works in their particular neighborhood, whereas you have a more universal audience

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