S4 | E1: The Buffs of the Police Department

Break in the Case

New York Citiy Police Department

True Crime

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

ESU’s rigorous training is nine months long and requires cross training in tactical, medical and rescue work. For its members, the key to success is knowing your equipment. Or as one officer says, "You gotta be somewhat of a buff to be in Emergency."

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0:00.0	So I'm pretty sure you heard this before.
0:03.0	The going saying is when the public needs help, they call the police.
0:08.0	And when the police need help, they call yes you.
0:11.0	We're the last line of defense before you start going military route.
0:16.5	Meet retired detective Laura Galenian.
0:19.4	She recently left the New York City Police Department after serving for 28 years.
0:24.7	Her last 22 years on the job was spent in the Emergency Service Unit, ESU.
0:30.2	We're not better than any cop out there by no means.
0:33.5	All we have is extra training and equipment.
0:37.0	That's it. So we're showing up with our training
0:40.1	and our equipment. And hopefully nine times out of time, well, 10 times at a time, we're going to
0:45.4	be able to solve that problem that those cops can't solve. Problems like an adult tiger being
0:50.3	kept as a pet. The next time someone tells you they had a wild night in the city,
0:55.0	consider what New York cops dealt with today.
0:57.0	A wild and apparently hungry,
0:59.0	four to six hundred pound tiger
1:01.0	rolling around a Manhattan apartment.
1:03.0	Or a person putting herself in a highly dangerous spot.
1:07.0	Someone has actually climbed the statue
1:09.0	is now positioned near the base of Liberty's foot.
1:12.5	U.S. Park Police. We carry scuba tanks on our trucks. We carry the Hearst tool, the jaws of life.
1:18.1	We carry lifting bags for train jobs. We're carrying a lot of specialized equipment that takes time to
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