Episode 795: Being a Survivor with Steve Scholten

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4.9 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode, Dennis speaks with OIS Survivor, Steve Scholten. In 2019 while working for a small town 6 person police Timberville police department Steve was involved in an OIS where he responded to a domestic in which he had to force entry and stand toe to toe with a man wielding a samurai sword. Knowing Steve had no place to retreat with this man less than 10 feet away, he was struck with the sword getting severely injured. Steve was awarded Purple Heart, medal of honor, and named police officer year for his heroic actions.

Today, Steve tells the story of the incident that unfolded, his battle with recovery both physically and mentally, the struggle of retirement and receiving benefits after he medically retired, advice for officers to better prepare for incidents like this and how we are not alone.

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0:00.0	what I find in my, you know, in our area because we are such a rural area.
0:04.7	Like I said, our town is only about 3,000 people.
0:08.4	We're such a rural area and a lot of people in this area you go,
0:11.6	man, that won't happen here.
0:13.9	It never happens here.
0:15.6	And then when it does happen, they're based on a shot
0:18.7	and a lot of the officers are in the same boat.
0:20.4	They don't believe it's going to happen to them
0:22.4	until you're in that situation.
0:24.0	Hey guys check up the 2023 Street Cop Conference April 23rd through the 28th Gaylord Convention
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0:33.9	the guy who killed bin Laden,
0:35.4	Kyle Carpenter the youngest living medal of honor recipient,
0:38.3	Navy SEAL Jason Redmond, Fox News host Tommy Laren,
0:41.7	Marine Corps Special Forces and Leadership Coach Cody Alford,
0:45.1	Sheriff Wayne Ivy, Sheriff David Clark, and Sheriff Mark Lamb.
0:48.8	It's going to be one Helvin event and on top of that we have all of our instructors and additional
0:54.1	instructors from other companies gonna be at the event giving you everything they
0:57.2	know for you to have a successful career and get the results you want to get in the
1:00.9	field of the police officer. On top of attending the event,
1:03.6	you'll get face-to-face time
1:04.7	with every instructor attending the event
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