He's retired sergeant from the Connecticut State Police having served for 26 years.

He's now the executive director of officer safety and wellness for the National Law Enforcement

Officers Memorial Fund.

He's here to talk about Sandy Hook, the trauma,

his experience after, and much more.

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Joining us from Connecticut, we have Troy Anderson on the phone. Troy is the Executive Director

for Officer Safety and Wellness for the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

Their website is N-L-E-O-M-F dot O-R-G.

He's also retired Connecticut State Police Sergeant, served for 26 years, and he, before retiring,

he was director of wellness and resilience and played a big role in Sandy Hook and

critical incident debriefing and stress management afterwards.

Troy thanks for your service number one and thanks for being guests on the show very much appreciated.

Thanks so much for having me. By the way how long ago did you retire from the Connecticut State Police?

I retired in the summer of 2021 and strangely I retired from the State police twice I liked it so much I had to go back for a second round does anybody call you sergeant I'm retired sergeant does anybody call you sarge or is that a term that only happen in police work?

No, I think that there are still some folks that I worked with over the years that

affectionately call me that. I hope that it's a title. I hope it's an earned title but they somehow

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