Episode 834: A Dark Period in History with Joe Gamaldi
Street Cop Podcast
Street Cop Training
4.9 • 967 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode, Dennis speaks with FOP National Vice President, Joe Gamaldi. Joe Gamaldi was born and raised on Long Island, NY. Following high school he attended the University of Hartford, where he earned a degree in Criminal Justice, with minors in Political Science and Sociology. After graduation, Joe was hired by the NYPD in 2005 where he worked as an officer for approximately three years. He then transferred to the Houston Police Department in 2008, where he is currently an active Sergeant.
Shortly after graduation from the academy, he completed his Master’s Degree from Long Island University in Homeland Security Management. Joe then went on to serve as a Board Member of the Houston Police Officers’ Union (HPOU) FOP Lodge 110 before being elected the Second Vice President, serving in that capacity for five years before being elected President of the Houston Police Officers’ Union, where he served for three years. Joe was elected National Vice President of the Fraternal Order of Police in August of 2019 in New Orleans.
Within the National FOP Joe led the committee which developed the first National FOP mobile app, free to all members. He also assists running the social media platforms for the National FOP and with media relations/responses.
Today, Dennis and Joe discuss everything thats wrong with politics, the people in charge needing to be held accountable, the truth of defunding the police and the hypocrisy of private security for political figures looking to defund the police.
Find out more about Joe here: https://fop.net/profile/joe-gamaldi/
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| 0:00.0 | I believe that history is going to be on our side and we are going to look back on this dark period in American history where he allowed crime to go completely out of control. |
| 0:08.0 | And these people will be treated as pariahs and history books will just absolutely hammer them for what they've done. You training up to be a street cop. |
| 0:25.0 | Hey guys, welcome this episode of the Street Cop Training |
| 0:28.0 | podcast, we're your host, founder and CEO of Street Cop Training |
| 0:30.0 | and we brought him back. |
| 0:31.0 | I break about you a lot, Joe, to a lot of people, |
| 0:33.6 | and I hope to get you on the calendar for next year's |
| 0:36.7 | conference. |
| 0:37.2 | The dates are set April 28th through May 3rd. |
| 0:40.8 | Palms, was it, Gayward Palms, Orlando, Florida. |
| 0:44.6 | Gonna be legit, Joe Ginaldi. |
| 0:47.7 | And if you don't know who he is, |
| 0:49.1 | President of the FOP, you've seen him on TV. |
| 0:52.0 | Vice President, don't give me a promotion. |
| 0:54.0 | Sorry, Vice President for now, President, future President, the FOP, |
| 0:58.0 | and has a bad-ass office now. |
| 1:01.0 | That's not just the FOP in Texas, that's the national FOP. And we've all seen |
| 1:05.1 | Joe on the news and on social media representing law enforcement very well and |
| 1:10.3 | having a fucking set of balls so big that he can't put his pants on and |
| 1:14.3 | somebody has to do it and I'm glad you decided to and I'm glad that you uh |
| 1:18.1 | you know how to dance with the fear of doing the right thing. |
| 1:22.0 | Wow man Dennis I appreciate you having me back on. |
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