Episode 745: Dealing with an OIS As a Spouse with Abby Overton

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🗓️ 22 December 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode, Dennis speaks with Abby McEvers-Overton, the wife of Officer Josiah Overton who was shot in the line of duty in March of 2020 while responding to an active shooter. Abby has been leading the charge of bringing awareness and support to spouses of officers who have been severely injured in the line of duty. Abby talks about what it is like from the spouses point of view, how she got through it and why she ultimately decided to start the survivor's spouse group.

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0:00.0	Like I know for Josiah or other officers they kind of have that like it's never going to happen to me.
0:07.2	It was the same thing for me like this can't actually be happening.
0:12.0	You hear about it. You know it's a possibility, but you never think
0:16.1	it's really going to be you in that situation.
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1:13.6	We'll see you there. You training up to be a street cop?
1:25.0	Hey guys, welcome to the street cop training episode.
1:27.0	I'm your host, founder and CEO of street cop training.
1:30.0	My name is Dennis Benino and I happen to be today a dear friend of mine's wife and the reason he became a dear friend of mine is not because of any good reason
1:38.1	Even though he's a great guy because he was shot severely insignificant line of duty,
1:43.3	responding to an active shooting call or a gas station.
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