Episode 976: Lessons in Leadership w/ former FBI Senior Executive Christopher Piehota

Street Cop Podcast

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4.9 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Former FBI Executive Christopher Piehota shares his criticisms of the leadership within the FBI after 24 years of service. His book, "Wanted: The FBI I Once Knew", is available both in print and digital.

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Teaser

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Intro

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Chris’ background

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The reception to Chris’ criticisms of the FBI

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Modern problems at the FBI

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Failures in leadership and administration

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Knowing when to move on & changing tactics

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Midroll

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The valuable mindset of a business owner

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Law enforcement training needs to change

01:11:59:04 - 01:16:25:12

Outro

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0:00.0	Hey guys, make sure you check out streetcop.com for all of our upcoming courses in person,
0:04.4	our online courses, and Streetcop University, you have training right at your fingertips,
0:08.7	and we've made it so affordable, so reasonable that everybody can get an opportunity to train
0:12.8	because we know you guys need to help. We design this for you. Make sure you check out
0:16.4	streetcop.com. I'm not an FBI hater, and that's not my approach. I look at the FBI and say, I know what it was.
0:23.6	I can see what it is. And I know what it has to be and should be for the future of the American
0:28.4	people because I spent a quarter of a century in that organization. And I know how they can do
0:33.8	things. I know what they should be doing. I started hearing about how things were hard.
0:37.7	I started hearing, why do we have to do all these things? They're hard. And I said, because we're
0:41.4	the FBI. Because we are the heavy lifters among heavy lifters. And if it's difficult and if it's
0:46.3	challenging and complex and dangerous, tough shit, we just got to deal with it. We don't buckle.
0:50.9	We don't give in. We don't assume the fetal position because people come to us for help. How do we expect FBI agents to make hard decisions to do dangerous things
1:00.4	and engage with dangerous people on our behalf if that's the type of way we've sedated them
1:06.2	with the fear of administrative trouble? The chain of command is not there to persecute them.
1:11.5	The chain of command is there to protect them from that kind of administrative nonsense.
1:21.4	You're trying to be a street cop.
1:26.1	Hey guys, welcome this episode of the Street Cop Training podcast.
1:28.3	You're host, founder and CEO of Street Cop Training.
1:30.9	My name is Dennis Benino.
1:32.4	A lot of you know that already, but we have a guy on with us today.
1:35.6	Comes to me from a gentleman who sends me a lot of good guests.
1:37.9	And he showed up just as you expected, looking in full FBI garb with his power suit on and his red tie,
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