Episode 27: "Even Without the Gratitude, I Would Still Get Up Every Day and Put on That Uniform" - Interview w/ Anonymous Female Cop

What They AREN’T Telling You

Melissa Floyd

Society & Culture

3.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

"As a mom, I tend to compartmentalize; and when I'm at work, my kids are not in my head. I cannot think about where they are, what they're doing, or how their day is going. I have to be focused on being able to be home for them when my shift is over. I need to be able to go home at night. We say it all the time. At the beginning of the shift, we do our little briefing and the next words out of everybody's mouths are, 'We go home tonight.' " 🗣 Today I speak with another female cop who helps us understand a little more about life as a law enforcement officer in the US today dealing with fight or flight, fear, the defund the police movement, corruption, and being misunderstood. One of the most important topics we cover is the huge influx of individuals with special needs in the community and how that can lead to problems with how officers respond to them during calls or disturbances. She explains the importance of communication and understanding and reveals how this issue hits particularly close to home for her because of her own family members struggling with autism. *Note: this interview was recorded June, 2020. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/melissa-floyd/support

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another episode of what they aren't telling you with Melissa Floyd.
0:16.1	We are continuing our discussion with law enforcement today.
0:21.2	This is going to be a several episode series and it's going to be mixed in with some of the other
0:25.7	topics so if this is really interesting to you keep listening because you'll continue to get more and more
0:37.2	experience and insight shared from both female and male officers, some that are currently working, some that are already retired,
0:40.5	and there's a lot coming up with this and so I'm looking forward to this episode.
0:46.3	This is another female police officer who is right outside of Chicago and again if you don't remember or haven't listened
0:55.1	to the previous episodes on law enforcement, we are keeping these officers
0:59.7	anonymous and that way they can really share their insight without having to worry about that honesty kind of coming back to them in any kind of negative way, especially right now with all the tension and stuff that's going on.
1:11.0	So, welcome to the show. Thank you for being a part of this.
1:15.8	Thank you for having me. It's like I want to give you like a fake name so I can talk to you.
1:19.7	Like a witness protection program name so I can just hey Sherry what do you feel about this but of
1:26.8	course we're not going to do that we'll just address you without a name which feels
1:31.4	very impersonal and uncomfortable so I apologize in
1:33.8	advance but for your benefit this is what we'll do so let's get started with the first
1:38.6	question I've been really curious about how law enforcement officers as a condition of their job
1:48.3	basically live in this state of fight or flight at all times.
1:52.3	I posted about this a couple weeks ago. I find this really
1:55.0	fascinating because it can really affect things like mental health, it can affect decision
2:01.9	making, it can affect mental and emotional
2:04.3	stress on the job day and day out.
2:06.6	And I think it's something that people are forgetting to include in the conversation
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