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🗓️ 23 April 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Steven Svestka is a U.S. Marine veteran and former police officer with firsthand experience navigating the toughest battles—both in the line of duty and within himself. Steve's had an action packed career working for Arizona DPS, Maricopa City Police Department, Casa Grande PD, and as a member of the US Marshal's Fugitive Task force. He's faced trauma head-on, and through his journey of faith in Christ and the power of trauma therapy, he's found healing and purpose. Today, he's passionate about sharing his story to inspire others—whether they’re struggling with their own battles or supporting those who are. His mission is to bring hope, resilience, and practical tools for healing to audiences who need it most. Steve's LinkedIn http://linkedin.com/in/steven-svestka
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0:00.0 | This is Things Police See, first and accounts with your host, Steve Gold. |
0:08.0 | Welcome to the podcast interviews, active and retired police officers about their most intense, bizarre, and sometimes humorous moments on the job. |
0:14.6 | It is I, old gingerface, here with you, as always. |
0:18.4 | Thank you for being here, guys. |
0:19.4 | We have a great show ahead of us um my hands are |
0:22.7 | are absolutely destroyed from i think you guys are aware i have a german shepherd puppy he's 12 weeks old |
0:28.2 | now and man he is uh just before i came down here he is an animal i forget i don't know maybe |
0:33.9 | because i like dogs so much i always forget what this stage is, but I also have a five-year-old now, |
0:38.9 | and he doesn't fully understand what dogs are like, obviously. |
0:41.9 | So he's like, the puppies is constantly biting him, and he's like, |
0:45.6 | oh, but I love him. Why is he biting me? |
0:47.7 | So it's a struggle if you hear any commotion in the background. |
0:52.0 | That's what's going on in the house. But his name is Oscar, |
0:55.1 | and he's our Red Sable, German Shepherd, beautiful dog from von Bruchfield Kennels, I believe it's called. |
1:02.5 | Real longtime breeder, and we're super excited to have him. And we have, you know, we have all those |
1:08.3 | fun memories of Cash, the Cash man that unfortunately went on us early, |
1:12.0 | but now we have Oscars. So we're excited for that. I hope you're, I hope the start of your week |
1:16.9 | went well. This is a Wednesday you're hearing this, so I hope things are going well for you. Wherever |
1:21.2 | it is, you listen. You might listen in the gym on the way to work and the way back from work, |
1:26.4 | maybe on the day off, I don't know. |
1:27.7 | But mostly it seems like people listen to podcasts when they're on the move or they're doing |
1:30.7 | something else. |
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