Hi Paul. Hi Ardly. How are you doing? I'm doing great. How are you? I'm so good. It's so great to have you on Small Town Dicks. Oh I am so happy to be here. So we want to know how did we persuade you to join us here on Small Town Dicks. Oh it was it was a lot of arm twisting. Not the truth.

Well what has always impressed me about Small Town Dicks is the professionalism. First you have your authenticity. You know Dan and Dave, myself we come out of real crime. We've had real experiences. And so the audience, the listeners are getting from Small Town Dicks. What actually happens out there. Not something that's been glamorized. But also you guys don't exploit the cases. You're empathetic to the victims. And this is what I'm all about. And I know that people who know me from

other projects, they will truly see that when they start listening to Small Town Dicks. That's an incredible endorsement. Dan and Dave tell the fine people about some Patreon. Where Paul Holes also joins us on quite a few nuggety nuggets. For just five bucks a month you'll have access to an assortment of bonus episodes, outtakes, listener questions, special series.

All Town Fam you get everything Dave said and your hard earned money goes to support our incredible staff behind the scenes to give you this podcast that we all love. So please join us at patreon.com slash Small Town Dicks.

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Today we're talking to one of the officers who responded to the horrific school shooting now known globally by one name, Parkland. 17 people died that day. However, this episode is not a comprehensive account of everything that happened that February 14th in 2018.

It is the very personal account of one officer officer George who was on duty that afternoon and ran to help. At times, the action may seem a bit confusing, even disorienting, but these characteristics are a reflection of the speed and chaos of the events that George and others encountered when they arrived on campus.

And how everyone, including the victims, were forced to respond in split seconds to the unimaginable. I want to warn you that this episode includes some graphic details of sites and sounds, including descriptions of the death of high school aged kids. Here is Parkland Part One.

You're just trying to do a job. I'm pretty clear what was around me. I can see students coming out. At that point, you're 100% focused on the problem and the job. And our job was to define this guy if he's in the building.

Hi there. I'm Yardley. I'm Dan. I'm Dave. And I'm Paul. And this is Small Town Gicks. Dave and I are identical twins and retired detectives from Small Town USA.

And I'm a veteran cold case investigator who helped catch the Golden State Killer using a revolutionary DNA tool.

Between the three of us, we've investigated thousands of crimes from petty theft to sexual assault, child abuse to murder. Each case we cover is told by the detective who investigated it, offering a murder.

And we've investigated it, offering a rare personal account of how they saw the crime.

Names, places, and certain details have been changed to protect the privacy of victims and their families.

And although we're aware that some of our listeners may be familiar with these cases, we ask you to please join us in continuing to protect the true identities of those involved out of respect for what they've been through.

Thank you.

Today on Small Town Dicks, we have the usual suspects. We have Detective Dan.

Hello, team. Hello, you. Hello, sir. We have Detective Dave.

Greetings from South Florida. Greetings. We're all in South Florida. We are. It's a big field trip. It's a big, big day.

I feel that. Yeah, we got the band back together. I know. It feels really, really good. And we are so happy to have in chair number four, the one and only Paul Holes.

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