Kevin Vance and Mark Schlegel discuss leadership in law enforcement and the military
REAL ONES with Jon Bernthal
Jon Bernthal
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2022
⏱️ 64 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | So here we are in Venice Beach. My dear friend, Kevin Vance, Mark meeting for the first |
| 0:17.1 | time today. Kevin brought Mark through. It's an honor that you're here. Thanks for having me. |
| 0:22.9 | Yeah man, thanks for being here. If you want to introduce yourself a little bit. |
| 0:26.1 | Yeah, John and I met a little over right around 10 years ago and I was a military advisor |
| 0:35.4 | on the movie Fury. That was a beautiful movie but we're two and we shot that in England. |
| 0:43.2 | My background, I started off in the special operations community in the Navy and then I went |
| 0:50.3 | onto the government side out at DC and for the last 10 years I've been a firefighter in |
| 0:57.5 | California and Orange County. We've shared so many wonderful conversations. John and I know |
| 1:03.6 | where you're going with this podcast and I thought it was too good of an opportunity really to |
| 1:11.2 | pass up that we have Mark on with you to discuss the complexities of what it means to be a in |
| 1:18.8 | law enforcement for as long as he has what he's seen throughout his career, his leadership mindset |
| 1:26.4 | and his perspectives most importantly that people can listen to someone like Mark and take |
| 1:32.4 | stock of someone who's been on the inside for a long time and ultimately appreciate what he's |
| 1:39.2 | done for Los Angeles and communities across the nation as he continues to serve and train people. |
| 1:46.6 | Right on. Mark you want to just kind of get tell us just a little bit about sort of your career |
| 1:54.5 | and where you've been what you've done. Yeah I started I came on early on I was 22. |
| 2:02.8 | I actually snuck into an LAPD written test when I was underage. Oh really? It was like a |
| 2:08.5 | couple of months from my birthday I mean old enough so it was in Van Ayes to still remember it. |
| 2:12.7 | Ultimately I joined the Sheriff's Department of 22. I spent about eight plus years in patrol. |
| 2:18.4 | I was a training officer. I went to the SWAT team for 10 years and then I was an aid for the sheriff. |
| 2:25.1 | I drove the sheriff from LA County for about two and a half years and then I left there |
| 2:30.6 | promoted sergeant. I went back to the field for a cup of coffee and then I went to major crimes |
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