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Hey Small Town Fam it's yardly how are you where are you I hope you're sitting down because we have some big news.

Earlier this year we launched a show called the briefing room over on patreon this series features candid conversations about trending topics training issues public safety viral videos and how law enforcement is navigating modern

policing today since its launch we've heard from so many of our patreon subscribers who love the show that the information has been incredibly helpful and informative and that more people ought to hear it.

So in January the briefing room is coming to our main feed as its own weekly series. You heard that right no more long hiatus is no seriously.

Here's how it's going to go we're going to have our regular season of small town decks and then jump into a season of the briefing room.

In the meantime while we record new episodes of the briefing room for the main feed we wanted to share some of our favorite episodes from the series that have already been posted on patreon.

First up we have an episode called situational awareness small town fam detective Dave drops some serious knowledge on us with this one and then about every two weeks we will release another briefing room that is already aired on patreon just to give you a taste of what's to come in January.

Thank you so much for being here let's get to it.

Hey small town fam welcome to the briefing room.

Every day in police stations across the world law enforcement officers begin their shift with briefing briefings are essential to communication and allow officers and command staff to discuss calls for service, crime trends, case law, wanted subjects, training opportunities and policy changes.

Briefing rooms provide a setting where the team can speak with each other candidly and openly.

We wanted to create a similar setting for our listeners the briefing room series will include intimate and formal conversations about training issues, viral videos, guidance and training from detectives as well as commentary on other topics impacting law enforcement and the true crime community.

So welcome to the briefing room.

So I have with me detective dad hello hello and I have detective Dave agree tanks greets up so one of the things that you both talked about a lot in episode two of the briefing room which is called smashing grab was situational awareness.

And I thought it would be really beneficial for our listeners if you both could dig into that a little bit and talk about specifically what you mean what to look for and what sort of crimes bring that phrase to the surface for you.

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