He was a police officer for a little more than four years.

He was exposed to violence, life and death situations early in his career, and it had a lasting impact.

He's here to talk about the misconceptions a lot of people have about police use of force and what he's doing today.

Welcome to the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show.

In the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show, we are joined by special guests talking about their experiences, their realities of investigating crimes.

Plus, those have experienced horrendous trauma, police, first responders, military, and victims of crimes share their stories.

Hi, I'm John Jay Wiley.

In addition to being a broadcaster, I'm also a retired

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radio show and podcast and be sure to send us a comment to one of the posts. Best of all, is 100% free. Calling us from the Atlanta, Georgia area. We have John Soparski on the phone. John is a former law enforcement officer. He did four years in the Ros. Is it Roswell, Georgia, Police Department? That's right, Jay. Roswell, Georgia. And that's just a little bit north of Atlanta, not far. It's in the suburbs. And that's right. Four years, a lot of people will think, hey, that's not very long. We'll talk about how intense it can be in a few moments. He is also the founder of Law Enforcement Connect. Get more information about what they do online at law enforcement connect.com. First of all, John, thanks for your service and thanks for being guests on a show. Very much appreciated.

Jay, thanks for having me. One of the main things, and by the way, I realized today, this month made 30 years ago, I retired from law enforcement. I got hurt and retired young.

It was a gun fight. No one was shot. And I thought I sprained my wrist in a fight for my gun.

And found out having three surgeries, two steel plates. I was retired. The rape old age of 33.

And had a figure I wanted to do afterwards.

One of the things I tell people all the time is there's a misconception that people have,

that police are trigger-happy.

I was in four shootings and a little more than 10 years.

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