Episode 996: It Takes One to Know One - Knowing when to make changes w/ Alicia Fitzpatrick

Street Cop Podcast

Street Cop Training

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4.9 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Former officer and current social worker Alicia Fitzpatrick shares the traumatic experiences that led her to change careers. She discusses embracing vulnerability, PTSD, and the lasting impact of Deputy Lorenzo Bustos's death.

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Teaser

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Intro

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Alicia’s background

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“It takes one to know one.” - Can therapists truly empathize with their patients?

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Encouraging others to be vulnerable

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Alicia’s transition to social work

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Alicia’s self-perception after leaving law enforcement

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Alicia’s shooting & its effect on her

00:33:08:02 - 00:42:48:28

The death of Deputy Lorenzo Bustos

00:42:48:28 - 00:47:27:17

The omnipresent tragedy involved with law enforcement

00:47:27:17 - 00:53:44:01

EMDR

00:53:44:01 - 01:00:26:24

Chasing adrenaline & relearning how to seek joy

01:00:26:24 - 01:02:20:18

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. I think that it does take one to no one. I think that I get with my clients a different
0:22.8	level of credibility because I've gone through a door. I've shot someone. I've held my co-worker
0:28.2	while they died. I have skin in the game. Trust is a big thing with cops, right? So you can sit
0:34.9	in front of someone and take all of the trainings and you can do all of the school
0:38.8	and you can do all of the clinical hours and all of the practice if you've never gone through a door
0:43.4	it's hard for people to trust you with their deepest darkest most messed up thoughts and so I think
0:50.1	that has given me a unique position to help.
1:07.3	Hey guys, welcome this episode of the street cop training podcast.
1:09.2	I'm a host founder and CEO of Streetcop Training.
1:12.9	My name is Dennis Benino, and I have with us today somebody who is going to dig into the messed up brains of cops. And her name is not Alicia because she's Hispanic.
1:21.4	It's or Latina. My bad. I don't know. I'm not trying to be insensitive. It's Alicia Fitzpatrick, which I'm assuming,
1:28.5	how did you get a Hispanic first name and an Irish last name? So marriage, many, many years ago.
1:35.1	And it's actually my ex-husband. It's not even like a true pop, right? My ex-husband,
1:39.1	it's not even my current husband's last name. It's a lot of work to change your name. So didn't change it. But
1:45.7	first husband long before I was a cop was a Fitzpatrick. So now I'm still a Fitzpatrick, just because
1:50.6	I think maybe I'm inherently too lazy to do the work. Everything is possible, but there is probably
1:56.5	a sense of laziness or in your culture. A flo that means lazy in spanish for girls floha learns
2:04.9	i'm listen i'm already learning abundant things and it's been 30 seconds so it's great oh yeah yeah wait
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