Episode 990: Bullet Proof - The Anthony Elliot Story

Street Cop Podcast

Street Cop Training

Education

4.9 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

San Diego Police Sergeant Anthony Elliot recounts his remarkable story of being shot in the head, surviving, and recovering. He also shares his thoughts on working patrol, the culture conflict within law enforcement, and the difficulty of policing from state to state.

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Teaser

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Intro

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Anthony’s near-death headshot

00:24:38:08 - 00:34:28:08

The varied view of law enforcement state by state

00:34:28:08 - 00:34:52:11

Midroll

00:34:52:11 - 00:41:29:01

The difficulty of policing varies state by state

00:41:29:01 - 00:54:49:22

The culture conflict within law enforcement

00:54:49:22 - 01:06:46:21

The importance of field training & the thrill of patrol

01:06:46:21 - 01:13:14:03

The dangers of complacency

01:13:14:03 - 01:20:07:21

Dennis’ eBook & the reality of law enforcement

01:20:07:21 - 01:20:37:06

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 Streetop 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. About six months out there, I got promoted. I was in a real nice area. We were looking for a guy who
0:22.4	stole vehicle, beat up his girlfriend, beat up his girlfriend's kids. We found him in a Ralph's. He
0:27.0	runs out past our guys, so I just, you know, being the person that I am, started chasing him.
0:31.7	He jumps over a retaining wall. I go to jump over the retaining wall. He's about five feet away for me. Shoots at me with a 40 millimeter Glock. Hits me in the top of the head. Bullet goes in my brain.
0:42.3	I fell down. My guys drag me out off the X and then the box comes and scoops me up and takes me to the hospital and paralyzed.
0:49.3	And it's true that when they say your life flashes before your eyes, it does, but not your whole life, like in the movies.
0:55.2	It's the most important things in your life
0:57.0	that you wish you would have paid more attention to.
0:59.2	And in my case, it was my kids.
1:01.1	There's a lot of good lessons that I kind of learn
1:03.0	from all this, and that I can throw into a nice packaged product
1:06.8	and teach some people some stuff.
1:08.5	And it's kind of the cheat codes to life and this job.
1:11.2	I'm very fortunate I was able to live through it and learn from my mistakes.
1:26.1	Hey, guys, welcome this episode of the Street Cop Training podcast.
1:28.3	Your host, Founder and CEO of Street Cop Training.
1:31.0	My name is Dennis Meele.
1:32.3	Believe it or not, we're recording this on a Sunday.
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