Episode 407 - Jay Wadsworth - Effective Policing Through Enhanced Training

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 11K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Jay Wadsworth is a seasoned professional in both law enforcement and martial arts. A retired officer with over 22 years of service, including 14 years in SWAT operations, Jay is a recognized expert in tactical training and defensive combatives. A 3rd-degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and a former professional MMA fighter, he co-founded Effective Fitness Combatives (EFCombatives), where he serves as the Director of Combatives. Jay’s programs emphasize scientifically backed fitness and combatives techniques to elevate defensive tactics for law enforcement professionals.

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0:00.0	Okay, got the red smoke.
0:02.6	Roger, gun runs, north and south, west of the smoke, west of the smoke.
0:09.1	Okay, copy, west of the smoke.
0:11.0	I'm looking at danger close now.
0:13.0	I'm all winter, baby.
0:14.0	Give it to me, I need it.
0:16.0	You're cleared hot.
0:17.0	Copy, cleared hot.
0:18.0	So I was so pissed because in Omaha and my buddy Scott does like media for fun, but he's my assistant director.
0:25.7	I brought everybody in and we're going to start doing like moving out of the clinch and we're going to be using serguns.
0:31.8	So I was like, listen, we treat all weapons as if they are.
0:34.4	Sig 320s.
0:35.2	And that's what I said.
0:37.0	And everyone's dying laughing. And this is like three or four weeks ago. And then someone just posted like a video of that like yesterday. And I'm like, we're late to the party. Dude, how. I'm like, why do we post that? How fucked is Sig? Fuck. And not only that. That video, that link you shared the other day? Dude. Wow. Five times in a row. Yeah, a millimeter of play, so you're up against the wall. And I can just think of so many situations, whether it's an overly... Just a holster with one screw too tight that's grabbing on the trigger guard. Like a millimeter of fucking... Because nothing's perfect, right? So you're always going to have to have that...
1:12.3	Oh my God, it's so crazy.
1:13.6	And people are like, well, you know, this...
1:17.0	Why does he have a screw in there?
1:18.0	I'm like, you idiots.
1:18.8	The screw is holding the millimeter.
1:20.2	And oh, by the way, and unless you finish that squeeze,
1:25.0	there is no way that fucking gun should go off. And it was crazy because the first one, right, he rattles the back of the slide after working his way through the front. But like the fifth time, he just sandwiched it and it went off. Today's episode is brought to you by Montana Knife Company. You guys know how awesome this brand is. You know what they make. You should, I hope, in the name, a Montana knife company, right? It's kind of in there. I'm going to head
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