Welcome to the podcast interviews active and retired police officers about their most intense bizarre and sometimes humorous moments on the job.

I am indeed Steve. Well, thank you for joining us. Thank you for coming back for more stories. If you're new to the podcast, thank you for finding us.

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Today's episode is going to be a fantastic one. We have a multi-faceted guest as so many of them are.

He is a retired detective sergeant who served in Idaho and Washington from 1991 to 2021.

He's instructed hundreds of officers and analysts in Washington state on counterterrorism techniques for law enforcement agency as well as police leadership courses at the state police academy.

As a published author, Alan was featured guest speaker at the 2022 writers police academy in Appleton, Wisconsin, assisting bestselling authors with their writing.

He currently lives in Edmunds, Washington, where he owns a private investigation agency and a consulting firm while also playing the saxophone in two Seattle rock bands, which I think is really cool.

So I think I saw on his website. He's an interruptive musician interrupted for a little period of time there, Alan.

So without further ado, let me bring on Alan Hardwick, ladies and gentlemen, Alan. What's going on, man? Hey, brother, great to have you, man.

I love it. I love it behind you. It's a guitar set up. Is that your studio?

It is. This is my multi-faceted workspace. So, you know, whenever I get bored and lonely, I can just reach behind me and grab a guitar and would allow to jam.

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