4.9 • 933 Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Officer Mike Colazzo was one of the primary responders who stopped the 2023 Nashville Covenant School shooting. He shares his firsthand account of the experience, the gaping holes in the law enforcement promotion process, and how to mentally and physically prepare yourself for the worst.
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Teaser
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Intro
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Mike’s background
00:05:50:21 - 00:09:18:11
The 2023 Nashville Covenant School shooting
00:09:18:11 - 00:16:51:17
Political misguidance & potential preventative measures for protecting schools
00:16:51:17 - 00:20:55:12
11 minutes of mayhem
00:20:55:12 - 00:42:00:02
Preparedness & getting the call
00:42:00:02 - 00:57:45:07
The gaping holes in the promotion process
00:57:45:07 - 01:04:35:04
The most important quality of a leader
01:04:35:04 - 01:07:06:04
Outro
01:07:06:04 - 01:09:05:18
Dennis’ Disney tips
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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. Been a cop since 2013, so at this point, 12 plus years. |
0:22.7 | Mostly what kind of brought us together is the school shooting in 2023, myself and |
0:28.7 | four other officers were the first officers to arrive on scene and respond to that event. |
0:33.8 | I believe around 11 minutes is about how long it took us from our precinct to the school |
0:39.2 | to get there. It felt like an eternity. We got that call at 10-11. We're behind the curb all right. |
0:43.9 | It had already started. From the point where somebody gets on the phone and calls dispatch, |
0:47.5 | and the dispatch puts it out of the radio, then we run to our cars. We're behind the curb and we're |
0:51.2 | cheating. We're trying to gain as much time back as we can. Whatever we do, like we have to let people know at the end of the day. |
0:57.0 | It's not if it's going to happen, it's when it's going to happen. |
1:00.0 | When is this going to happen and are we ready for it? |
1:03.0 | One 11-1-10-quite. |
1:05.0 | We're trying to be a street cop. |
1:13.3 | You guys, welcome this episode to the Street Cop Training podcast. |
1:15.8 | I'm your host, founder and CEO of Street Cop Training. |
1:18.0 | This is our first episode post-2020-conference in Nashville, Tennessee. |
1:23.1 | It was really good. |
1:24.6 | Oddly enough, the first guest we have on hosts Nashville, Tennessee, is a Nashville |
1:29.7 | Tennessee police officer, my good friend Mike Colazo, who is complaining and put on his |
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