Episode 992: Beyond the Badge - Overcoming Obstacles w/ Paulie Lewis

Street Cop Podcast

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4.9 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Medically Retired Police Officer Paulie Lewis shares his struggles after his on-duty injury, opening up about the physical and emotional toll of recovery, the isolating reality of life after the injury, and the pressure of representing law enforcement on social media.

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Teaser

00:01:21:06 - 00:03:05:17

Intro

00:03:05:17 - 00:10:26:02

Paulie’s injury & representing law enforcement on social media

00:10:26:02 - 00:20:46:02

Meaning & persevering through challenge

00:20:46:02 - 00:24:05:02

Paulie’s biggest gripe with social media

00:24:05:02 - 00:27:34:07

Empathy

00:27:34:07 - 00:40:01:14

The isolation of an injured officer

00:40:01:14 - 00:46:09:09

Jealousy & the importance of family during hard times

00:46:09:09 - 00:52:50:24

Leadership & holding others accountable

00:52:50:24 - 01:01:31:03

The bright side of Paulie’s injury

01:01:31:03 - 01:02:47:23

Paulie’s purpose

01:02:47:23 - 01:10:07:18

Feeling chosen

01:10:07:18 - 01:10:44:23

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
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0:16.4	streetcop.com. At the time that the shooting happened, I was going a million miles per hour. I had this dream of being a
0:24.3	police officer. When I got out of the hospital, I was pretty much alone in my apartment for that
0:29.7	time with no friends around me or family. I didn't know if I would make it through those heavy
0:35.8	thoughts for a second. But I'm asked often, right?
0:38.4	If I could go back to that night and I could do it entirely different, know that if I'm going
0:44.2	in that house, I will get shot.
0:46.4	I will lose my career.
0:48.1	I would change it.
0:49.3	And I say I would absolutely nod.
0:52.0	My 27-year-old mind said it was being a police officer,
0:55.0	but my 33-year-old mind is saying use this incident,
0:59.0	share my story, get people through their own battles,
1:02.0	and I wouldn't be able to do that if it wasn't for that night.
1:05.0	Finding ways to get involved in the community events is life-saving,
1:08.0	and it is for me, i know that one of them one step
1:12.3	and we're trying to be a street cop dude like here we often pull out the tape measure
1:25.4	uh actually have a digital tape measure and we measure arms.
1:29.5	The problem is my, okay, so the bullets to the right arm, look, I can't even fill the sleeve.
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