The Truth About Being a Cop: Lessons From a Reserve Deputy
Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories
Bleav + Law Enforcement Talk - John J Wiley
5.0 • 6.9K Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | He's a reserve sheriff's deputy, meaning he does law enforcement for free. |
| 0:06.1 | He had a certain mindset being a businessman about law enforcement, and it changed dramatically |
| 0:11.9 | once he started doing the job. |
| 0:14.4 | Welcome to the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show. |
| 0:17.4 | In the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show, we are joined by special guests talking about |
| 0:22.1 | their experiences, their realities of investigating crimes. Plus, those have experienced horrendous |
| 0:27.8 | trauma, police, first responders, military, and victims of crimes share their stories. Hi, I'm |
| 0:33.8 | John Jay Wiley. In addition to being a broadcaster, I'm also a retired police sergeant. |
| 0:38.6 | Be sure to check out our website, LETRadio.com. And also, like us on Facebook, search for |
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| 1:01.5 | the law enforcement talk radio show facebook page call us from colorado we have len herstein on the phone |
| 1:07.7 | len is a reserve deputy sheriff. |
| 1:11.1 | Now what that means is he does this for free. |
| 1:14.9 | I know tech name air quoting free. |
| 1:17.4 | There may be some benefits to it. |
| 1:19.2 | But what? |
| 1:19.6 | He's not getting paid, which I find hard to believe that people would do this job and not get paid because it takes a toll. |
| 1:25.7 | He came into law enforcement with a certain mindset |
| 1:28.5 | as a businessman and it's safe to say that has changed. Len, thanks for being guests on the |
| 1:33.4 | law enforcement show very much. Appreciate it. Thanks, Jay. Excited to be here, man. Thanks for having me. |
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