Episode 841: Your Purpose Finds You with Jerry Turning
Street Cop Podcast
Street Cop Training
4.9 • 967 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode, Dennis speaks with retired Captain, Author and Founder of Blue Bridge Autism Training, Jerry Turning.
In 2012, Gerald Turning began writing about his experiences as an autism dad and established the successful blog: Bacon and Juiceboxes. He earned a following of over 35,000 fans who share his family’s challenges and triumphs. Jerry also served 25 years as a municipal police officer, and recently retired from the rank of Captain to pursue his life's mission of educating the world about the remarkable individuals on the Autism Spectrum like his son, Eric. Jerry served most of his police career as a decorated K-9 Handler, Trainer, and Unit Supervisor. He also served as Internal Affairs Commander, Patrol Division Commander, and policy writer for his police department.Jerry recently published his first novel, drawing from his experience as a police officer and special needs dad: Desperate Pursuits
Today, Jerry discusses his career, shares his story of his son being diagnosed with autism, his mission behind starting Blue Bridge Autism training and why it is important for all officers to be properly trained on handling calls for special needs individuals and their families.
Find out more about Jerry and Blue Bridge Autism Training here: https://www.bluebridgetraining.com
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| 0:00.0 | I try to convey that message that listen guys when you get |
| 0:02.8 | this best of these calls first of all when you get dispensed |
| 0:04.9 | just missing kid first of all that family |
| 0:08.9 | looked around for that kid at least 45 minutes before they had |
| 0:12.1 | and got the courage to call you. |
| 0:14.0 | Right? |
| 0:15.0 | We don't just pick up the phone. |
| 0:16.0 | My son's been missing five minutes, send the police. |
| 0:18.0 | No, it's not how it works. |
| 0:19.0 | First of all, they're afraid of us. |
| 0:20.0 | That's a major message. |
| 0:21.0 | Like, parents are scared to death to call the police for help with their special needs child, and that bothers me on a lot of levels. We're host, Wight. You training to be a street cop. |
| 0:34.0 | You training to be a street cop? |
| 0:38.0 | Hey guys, welcome this episode of the Street Cop Training Podcast. |
| 0:41.0 | We host, founder and CEO of Street Cop Training and |
| 0:42.8 | Frankie, our podcast producer is finally back and not being selfish by bringing his |
| 0:47.0 | kids to Disney World. I don't know who you think you are leaving this job to go and |
| 0:51.7 | do dad things. But we have a good episode today. |
| 0:57.1 | Jerry turning is going to be here. We're talking about autism training, children with autism. |
| 1:01.4 | It's important stuff for everybody to know and |
| 1:04.3 | people don't realize what it's like to be a family member of somebody who is |
| 1:10.6 | handicapped or being a law enforcement officer who is responding to a |
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