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Episode 1001: Surviving the Unthinkable — Complacency, Training, and Life After a Near-Death Encounter w/ Ryan Dunehew

Street Cop Podcast

Street Cop Training

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4.9933 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Officer Ryan Dunehew recounts his on-duty shooting, the dangers of complacency, and how training and fitness played a critical role in his survival. He reflects on the near-death experience, the challenges of seeking help, the aftermath, and how his mindset has changed—sharing hard-earned advice for fellow law enforcement officers. ----- 00:00:00:00 - 00:01:26:00 Teaser 00:01:26:00 - 00:02:10:13 Intro 00:02:10:13 - 00:03:39:03 Ryan’s background 00:03:39:03 - 00:11:11:24 Ryan’s on-du...

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So I kind of wonder about my day as normal.

0:22.3

You know, I'm four and a half years in, a vehicle going down North Hill Street with no headlights on. Catch up to it took me what felt like five miles because they were going so fast. Pulled in the parking lot and stopped and went kind of as normal. It was a male in the passenger seat. He was super quiet. Walk over there to talk to him. He starts getting up. gets out of the car, turns towards the car. He bends over. I was like, hey man, give me your hand. He's like, man, I got some weed in my pocket. I was like, I don't give a shit, dude. Just give me your fucking hand. As soon as I started reaching it, I felt my hand touched the car, and that's when I looked up, he had a glock 23 about four inches from my face

0:38.7

and that was the first round he actually sent somebody in that mindset doesn't think like you

0:44.2

think they would I spent probably 12 minutes outside the car with the driver of the car he could

0:50.0

have gotten ran he could have jumped in the driver's seat and took off, hit a plethora of things he could

0:54.9

have done. And I think we all get sloppy in the job at some point. It's kind of something you can't really help. There's just something you're going to slack off on over time. And I think when you're pushing, you know, 100, 200 stops a month, eventually you're going to kind of get relaxed and whatever it is you're doing's working. And it's going to make you less prepared for something that doesn't go like it normally

1:14.1

does.

1:25.8

Hey, guys, welcome this episode of the Street Cop Training podcast.

1:28.0

My name is Dennis Piniel.

1:30.8

And today we have this guy who was jotting a line of duty involved in OIS.

1:34.8

We're talking about it in the program.

1:36.7

And we're fortunate enough today to have Nick Jackson, everybody's interdiction,

1:41.2

favorite guy in the world here in studio with me he came in to film

1:46.0

for his new programs that were spending a lot of time energy and effort on this to make them

1:52.9

the highest quality courses that you could take on a digital platform and we're investing

1:58.8

I mean a ton of time, a ton of resources,

2:01.8

and they're going to be fantastic. So Nick's here with us for this podcast. I invited them on

2:05.3

the show for tonight. And of course, Ryan Dunahue from Mississippi. So, Ryan, tell us about

2:12.3

you, where you're from, where you grew up, how you became a cop and some of your career.

2:20.9

So currently I'm 27 years old. I was born and raised in House, Mississippi. It's so small.

2:28.2

It's not even a town. It's actually just a community. Went to a very small school, graduated like, I think 14 people. It's a very small

2:38.3

town living. Join the Army for a brief moment. Quick turnaround on that. I turned 21. I was ready

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