Dennis Pishock (Swift Water Rescue, Defensive Tactics and Organizational Betrayal) - Episode 1205
Behind The Shield
James Geering
4.9 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2026
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
Dennis Pishock is the author of “Demons and Angels”, a book about Trauma, Peer Support and how to care for yourself while in a career in public safety. He is a 24 year veteran in Law Enforcement, Firefighting, Swift Water Rescue, EMT-I, and Peer Support. He holds a rank in multiple martial arts, defensive tactics & combatives. He holds certifications in all aspects of public safety, including SPEAR Instructor, Defensive Tactics Instructor, Peer Support Counselor, Hostage Negotiator, EMT-I, and Swift Water Technician. Dennis ran his own martial arts school for 17 years.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Behind the Shield podcast. As always my name's James Gearing. And this week, it is my |
| 0:03.8 | absolute honor to welcome on the show, firefighter, law enforcement officer and the author of |
| 0:10.1 | Demons and Angels, Dennis Peshok. So in this conversation, we discuss a host of topics from Dennis's |
| 0:17.3 | journey into the fire service, some of his powerful career calls, his mental |
| 0:22.6 | health journey, his transition into law enforcement, teaching defensive tactics, catharsis |
| 0:29.9 | through writing, and so much more. Now before we get to this incredible conversation, |
| 0:35.3 | as I say every week, please just take a moment. |
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| 0:45.3 | Every single five-star rating truly does elevate this podcast, therefore making it easier for |
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| 1:04.9 | to every single person on planet Earth who needs to hear them. So with that being said, I introduced to you, Dennis Pishok. |
| 1:15.4 | Enjoy. |
| 1:40.9 | Thank you. Well, Dennis, I want to start by saying thank you so much for taking the time and coming on the Behind the Shield podcast today. |
| 1:45.2 | Thanks for having me. I'm humbled. It's a huge honor. Thank you, James. |
| 1:50.9 | So where on planet Earth are we finding you this afternoon? We are in Atlanta, Georgia, just outside of there, probably about 40 minutes outside in a suburb, and a county called for Sight County. |
| 1:57.0 | How did you guys do with this storm that we just had? |
| 2:14.9 | We did okay. Georgia, you know, doesn't do too well usually. They usually don't, but we did okay with this one. Let's just say that. We did, everyone was pretty good. They salted earlier, which is good, which easily don't do. But we survived. How about y'all? |
| 2:20.0 | We, I mean, we have it was gorgeous down here. We just had like 23 degrees at night that was it but yeah nothing was you know needed to be done no snow or anything so i think |
| 2:24.6 | we escaped the worst of it yeah five inches nothing bad yeah brilliant all right well let's start |
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