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Things Police See: Firsthand Accounts

NOLA Cop Shares Wild Stories: Katrina, Voodoo More!

Things Police See: Firsthand Accounts

Steven D Gould

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Join host Steve Gould on Things Police See as he interviews David Liang, a retired New Orleans Police Department sergeant with 24 years of service. David shares gripping stories from his career, including his first adrenaline-pumping call to a house fire, a bizarre suicide scene in the French Quarter, and the chaos of securing the New Orleans Convention Center during Hurricane Katrina. Now serving in a smaller Kansas agency, David reflects on cultural differences, the challenges of modern policing, and the impact of media on law enforcement's reputation. Packed with intense, heartwarming, and humorous anecdotes, this episode offers a raw look into the life of a dedicated officer. Subscribe for more firsthand police stories!

  • 02:30 - David Leang's Background: 24 Years with NOPD

  • 05:15 - Culture Shock: New Orleans to Kansas

  • 10:45 - First Hot Call: House Fire with a Trapped Child

  • 16:20 - Steven Seagal's Reserve Deputy Role

  • 25:40 - Bizarre Call: French Quarter Suicide Scene

  • 31:50 - Hurricane Katrina: Chaos at the Convention Center

  • 40:10 - Voodoo and New Orleans Culture

  • 47:25 - Most Intense Call: Predator-Like Crime Scene

  • 53:30 - Mardi Gras Policing Challenges

  • 58:45 - Heartwarming Moment: Saving a Life

  • 1:05:00 - Advice for Aspiring Police Officers

  • 1:12:20 - Challenges of Modern Policing and Christian Belief

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is things police see.

0:04.1

First and accounts with your host, Steve Gold.

0:07.7

Welcome to the podcast that interviews active, retired police officers

0:10.9

about their most intense, bizarre, and sometimes humorous moments on the Jorb.

0:14.9

It is I, old gingerface, here with you as always, guys.

0:19.4

Thank you for joining us.

0:20.2

Thank you for being here

0:21.1

for the show. And thank you for being interested in hearing these truly insane stories.

0:27.1

I'm so glad you joined us. I'm very, very happy with the messages I've been getting lately

0:32.7

and the people subscribing. So I really, really do. I love to see it. I love to get the message from you guys.

0:39.4

I will confess, I did put myself over the last three years on all the platforms. And there are

0:46.1

sometimes, I've created things. I've created groups and other things. And I don't,

0:52.2

some of them I don't even, like I don't know how to get to it unless I get a notification that someone's asked me a message so I've found I've gone into those recently and found that there's like been messages that I missed the notification I just I don't know I that Facebook doesn't make it easy man you have a group in Facebook it's like you think it would be simple you go to the Facebook page and be like like, oh, go to the group. There's like 10 steps to do it. So I apologize. You can always get to me directly, Steve at things please see.com. I will see that come in almost guaranteed. I check the junk folder all the time and I check the email. So if you really need to get a message to me, please just just reach me at steve at things please c.com. I appreciate that. And also, you know, if you want to be a guest, do you know somebody who was a copper, active or retired, or you yourself want to come on? I would love to have you. Even if you're, if you're active, um, active copper now, we can use a pseudonym. We don't have to divulge. We can just do an area where you work.

1:44.9

We don't have to divulge where you work or the name of your agency, anything like that.

1:48.3

So I would love to have you. These conversations I have every week are, they're fantastic.

1:53.9

The highlight of my week, it's so much fun to sit down with these, with these coppers and here,

1:59.7

just hear the wildest stuff they go to.

2:02.8

And it's so cool because it's, it's so different regionally and throughout the country.

2:07.5

And depending on the agency, it's really, it's really fascinating to me.

2:11.0

And yeah, I love it, guys.

2:12.8

And I'm glad you're here.

2:14.0

So today's guest, excited to have him.

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