Resilience After A Life Hurricane

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

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🗓️ 3 August 2025

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Resilience After A Life Changing Hurricane. When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in August 2005, the world watched in disbelief as one of the most destructive storms in American history swallowed communities whole. Among those whose lives were upended was a woman named Dr. Sandra Speer. The storm not only destroyed her home, it unearthed emotional wreckage that had been buried for decades.

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0:00.0	She was abused as a child starting at the age of nine until she was about 18.
0:08.1	It included verbal, psychological, and sexual abuse.
0:11.8	Most of her childhood had a huge impact on her adult life.
0:15.7	As a matter of fact, it motivates in part what she does today.
0:18.8	She's here to tell her story on the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show.
0:21.9	Welcome to the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show.
0:25.5	In the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show, we are joined by special guests talking about their experiences, their realities of investigating crimes.
0:33.9	Plus, those have experienced horrendous trauma, police, first responders, military, and victims of crimes share their stories.
0:40.8	Hi, I'm John J. Wiley.
0:42.9	In addition to being a broadcaster, I'm also a retired police sergeant.
0:46.4	Be sure to check out our website, LETRadio.com, and also like us on Facebook.
0:52.0	Search for the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show. Do you want to be a guest for the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show.
0:55.8	Do you want to be a guest on Law Enforcement Talk, Ridish show, and podcast?
0:59.9	It's really quite simple.
1:01.3	And before you get into this notion that I'm not a cop, I wasn't a cop, I don't have something to contribute.
1:09.6	Well, the show is about investigating crime.
1:12.3	That's one aspect of it from the real life perspective of those who did it.
1:16.6	And then it's also about trauma, how trauma impacted them.
1:22.0	Often crime-based, but not always.
1:25.1	Our guests quite often are law enforcement officers, other first responders, military, victims of crime, their spouses or survivors, talking about how trauma impacted them, what happened, how it affected their lives, and how they rebuilt their lives after. If you want to be a guest, just contact me. It's really simple. Send an email to
1:44.7	Jay-A-Y at L-E-T-Radio.com. That's J-A-Y at L-E-T-Radio.com or go to L-A-T-Radio.com and the contact us page, and you can get me right there as well. Joining us from Mississippi, we have Sandra Speer on the Law Enforcement Talk Radio show, Dr. Sandra Speer.
2:02.9	And she is an amazing person doing amazing things.
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