Police in a Riot: An Officer Speaks. Special Episode.

Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories

Bleav + Law Enforcement Talk - John J Wiley

True Crime, News, Politics, News Commentary, Documentary, Society & Culture, Education, Law Enforcement, Self-improvement

5.0 • 6.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Riots are something most people only see through the lens of a television screen or a viral clip on social media. Flames in the background. Police lines in riot gear. Shouting crowds. What rarely makes it into the headlines is what it feels like to stand in the middle of that chaos, especially when you’re a young police officer with only weeks of experience on the street.

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0:00.0	He's a police officer.
0:01.5	About 10 weeks after leaving field training, as a rookie, he was assigned to extremely violent riots where many people were injured.
0:09.2	He's here to tell his story of being in the riots, the reality they faced, and life after.
0:15.9	Welcome to the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show.
0:19.1	In the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show, In the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show,
0:21.1	we are joined by special guests talking about their experiences,
0:25.3	their realities of investigating crimes.
0:27.6	Plus, those have experienced horrendous trauma, police,
0:30.6	first responders, military, and victims of crimes share their stories.
0:34.5	Hi, I'm John Jay Wiley.
0:36.6	In addition to being a broadcaster, I'm also a retired police sergeant.
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0:54.0	Do a search for the Law Enforcement Talk radio show, and be sure to click like. Contexts of North Carolina. We have Bill Broadway on the phone. Bill is a police officer in North Carolina, former police officer for Charlotte Mecklenburg. And Bill, first of all, thank you for your service. And secondly, thanks for being guests on the law enforcement show. Very much appreciate it. Yeah, thanks for having me, Jay. I appreciate it. You got a perspective we don't get to hear very often. We're going to talk about your experience in riots. But before we do that, let's just give a brief overview of how long you've been in law enforcement. I've been a sworn police officer since 2016.
1:28.3	I started the academy in the fall of 2015, so sworn in 2016.
1:33.3	Gotcha.
1:34.3	And the first several years were in Charlotte Mecklenburg, correct?
1:37.3	Correct.
1:38.3	About the first six years were in Charlotte with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department,
1:41.3	in my last half years with my current agency.
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