Episode 928: Defining Moments In Your Career

Street Cop Podcast

Street Cop Training

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4.9 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Dennis sits down with Andrew Stott, a resilient law enforcement officer, in this powerful episode of the Street Cop Podcast.

Listen in as Andrew shares his journey, from the early influences that led him to law enforcement to the defining moment when he was shot in the line of duty. Despite facing immense challenges and a long road to recovery, Andrew's determination never wavered.

In this conversation, Dennis and Andrew discuss the realities of police work and the strength it takes to persevere in the face of adversity. Andrew's story is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the unwavering commitment to serving and protecting.

Time stamps:

00:00:43:11 - 00:02:41:25: Intro/How Andrew Stott got into Law Enforcement

00:02:41:25 - 00:04:26:13: When did Andrew’s father know he wanted to be a cop?

00:04:26:13 - 00:24:13:18: Andrew’s Incident

00:24:13:18 - 00:41:29:01: Andrew's triumphant return after being injured in the line of duty]

Transcript

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0:00.0	Yes, I am lucky to be alive today because I found out later on and I dug into the report.
0:08.6	I dug in the many, many crime scene pictures and stories.
0:14.2	So I was shot in the shoulder first,
0:17.9	and then immediately after shot in the thumb.
0:20.6	So you hold your handgun on in front of your face.
0:24.0	Stuck it around, hit my thumb.
0:25.0	So if that gun wasn't there, it would have hit me straight
0:28.0	somewhere in the forehead and face area. You're trying to be a street cop? All right, so you think of where we left up, like, tell us about you where you're up and
0:46.8	how you had a law enforcement.
0:48.1	So I grew up in the Kansas City metro area.
0:51.8	My dad was in law enforcement. I grew up in the Kansas City metro area.
0:57.0	My dad was in law enforcement for 26 years. He was a police officer at the Kansas City, Missouri
0:58.8	Police Department for that 26 years.
1:02.1	And he was a sergeant for 13 of it.
1:04.0	So I kind of grew up in a law enforcement household.
1:07.0	You'd always get changed at home.
1:09.0	You'd always bring a police car home.
1:11.0	And I mean, at that point, that's when I really knew I wouldn't be a police officer was just seeing him and seeing how much of a hero he was and just seeing how great he was and he would take me to work all the time.
1:27.0	Let me see the station, meet all of his coworkers and I pretty much just fell in love with it as a kid.
1:33.0	I feel like I was exposed to a tear and just
1:36.0	I had this complete fascination with the whole idea of me that cop.
1:39.0	It's just, for me, my father wasn't a cop,
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