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Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories

Prison And The State Police, Bomb Squad

Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories

Bleav + Law Enforcement Talk - John J Wiley

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

5.06.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Prison And The State Police, Bomb Squad In Arizona, Special Episode. When retired Arizona State Trooper Ken Emerson looks back on his career, few memories stand out more vividly than the prison hostage crisis that shook the state, and the nation. Emerson, who served on the Arizona Department of Public Safety Bomb Squad and the door-entry SWAT team, found himself on scene during the longest prison hostage crisis in U.S. history.

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0:00.0

He's a retired Arizona State Trooper. He's also United States Army veteran. During his law enforcement career, he worked in patrol. He was a gang unit detective, SWAT team member, and spent many years in the bomb squad. He's here to talk about his law enforcement career, the complications and stress from diffusing bombs and explosive devices and much more.

0:23.6

Welcome to the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show. In the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show, we are

0:29.3

joined by special guests talking about their experiences, their realities of investigating crimes,

0:35.6

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

0:42.5

Hi, I'm John Jay Wiley.

0:44.6

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

0:48.2

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0:51.6

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0:53.8

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0:57.2

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0:58.8

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1:03.5

Colleys from Arizona, we have Ken Emerson on the phone.

1:07.1

Ken is the United States Army veteran, also retired Arizona State Trooper.

1:11.5

He's got a great website called 5O Careers.com, which we'll talk about later on in the show.

1:16.5

Ken, thanks so much being guests on the show. Very much appreciated.

1:19.3

John, Jay, I really appreciate this opportunity. Thank you. It's an honor.

1:22.6

It's good to have you here. One of the things that I like doing with this show is breaking stereotypes.

1:30.0

And quite honestly, Americans are fed an untrue depiction of what law enforcement officers do in every aspect of law enforcement.

1:40.3

From Hollywood, the news media, social media, you name it.

1:43.3

But you spent a large part of your career in a segment of law enforcement that is really not understood.

1:49.7

And I'll be honest by me.

1:51.1

You were a bomb squad technician, correct?

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