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Hello, friends. Welcome back. This episode is bonus content for episode 1749. If you haven't heard that, go listen first. Basically, at the end of my conversation with Connor, he told a bunch of stories about being a police officer and we put them right here in this short kind of 10, 15 minute episode. So if you want to hear about his diabetes and everything else. 1749, this here 1750 is the bonus to that. Nothing you hear on the Juice Box podcast should be considered advice, medical or otherwise. Always consult a physician before making any changes to your healthcare plan. Ever have to draw your gun at work?
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B
Oh, I mean, yeah, you draw. I, I guess like, you know, if you go to alarms and stuff like that, you're clearing buildings, you. You're drawing your gun, you say you get in a pursuit. Like, I, I draw my gun a lot. A decent amount. I guess I'm in a little bit different of a, of a role now. Like, I'm not like a, a road, I'm not out on the road like every single day doing like normal police work right now. But yeah, I have a dog. I guess I haven't mentioned that.
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A
You think you, you run a canine unit?
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B
Yeah, so I'm, I'm a dual purpose canine handler. So my dog, he's trained to alert to the odor of narcotics. That's one. One of the things that he does. And then the other thing is he's an apprehension dog. So like someone robs a bank, we. We can track them and if needed, we can apprehend them. Or someone's fighting me and.
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A
Well, have you ever, has that ever happened live? Have you ever watched your dog take somebody down?
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B
So I, I just got a new dog a few months ago. My old dog, he had a whole bunch of issues and. Sorry. Ended up dying. But yeah, my old dog, he, he, he was a star. He, he definitely took some, some bad guys down.
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A
So. Connor, even though it's a thing you've seen and you're trained on, when it actually happens, is there a little part of your brain that still goes, oh, damn, like when the, like. Because it looks like it's, it's interesting when you see it on video. I've never seen it in person, but when the, like, the body of like a shepherd, like, hits the body of a person and latches on, like, you realize how, I don't know, defenseless the person is really against the dog. You know what I mean?
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B
Yeah, no, it's, it's like, I mean, it's, it's like watching the YouTube videos in real life, like, you're like, you still get the same like adrenaline and like, you know, it's, it's crazy what, what the people are thinking because like, for me, and how I was trained and how I, I train other people, like.
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A
Oh, because you're saying, don't run. I'm gonna let this dog go.
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B
And it's like, I'll give you one, one example. Like, I'm, I'm in a vehicle pursuit. And you know, vehicle pursuits, they're, they're very dangerous. And I work for like a sheriff's office. So like, I don't have like the backup that like normal, like city police officers normally, like in the city, like something happens. Like you got, you got backup like seconds away. Well, out in the county, like your backup could be like 20 minutes away, right? So you're, you're in a vehicle pursuit and someone crashes out. And I, I had one where.
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Vehicle.
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B
Crashes out and I can see the person like messing with their car door. And I'm like, hey, do not, do not get out of the vehicle. Do not get out of the vehicle. And they hop out. I grab my dog and they, they're looking right at me. I'm like, I don't know, 20ft away from them, they're looking right at me. They see me with the dog, I'm like, stop or I'm going to send the dog. Stop or I'm gonna like. I literally told him like five times.
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Yeah.
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B
And they take off, start running. I'm like, like I, I'm like, in my brain, I'm like, I cannot believe this is happening right now.
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A
It's not what you want to do, right? Like, you're not looking to release a dog on them, but like, that's fair. And yeah, I know it must be so adrenaline filled. Plus that they've got something to hide, right? Like, they do. Yeah.
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B
They get into their head. So, yeah, like, and then, yeah, you send the dog and the dog does its job and gets the apprehension and you're just like, wow. Like, yeah, it's just like the YouTube video or like the, the. Another cool thing is like on, on my vest, like I have the little button where I can. It like remotely pops the door.
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A
Oh, you can release the dog from a distance.
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B
Yeah. So like, you know, I had one where I'm, I'm out patrolling and I'm looking for this, this guy that has these fairly good warrants and I, I see him walking down the street at like one in the morning and I'm like, I'm pretty sure that's the guy. So I flip back around and I start talking to him. I'm out on my foot. I don't foot talking to the guy. And I. I've talked to him a bunch of times, so I know exactly who he is, and I confirm who he is, let him know he has a warrant, and I'm trying to get him to cooperate with me the whole time. And he's just like. He's like, man, like, this is stupid. Let me go home and tell my wife or whatnot. And eventually, you know, after like, five minutes of trying to.
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A
Yeah, nice about, yeah.
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B
I go, I'm like, okay, man, I got to put you in cuffs. And he's like, nope. And just, boom. Takes off running. And I was like, I had never done a door pop. My last dog. I had for probably six years. I had never, never popped the door before. And that time I did the door pop, my dog comes out, and it's pitch black. And I just took my flashlight and I shined it on the guy, and my dog was like. It was like a laser beam and took off.
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And I see him, boss, I'll be right back.
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B
Yeah. And then the funny thing is, is so my dog's biting the guy right on the butt. And I'm. I'm going up to the guy, and the guy's like, man, I'm a dumb ass. Like, he's called himself a dumbass.
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He knows.
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B
Yeah. So, like, you. You have situations like that where, like. And you always, like, for apprehensions, you're always like, warning them multiple times. Hey, you're going to get bit by my dog. Stop. You're going to get bit by my dog. Or like, when you. If someone's hiding in a building, you know, you always. You're always giving announcements before you send. Like, so people know. And when we do the training, like. Like, if I'm the bad guy and they have me in, like, the big marshmallow suit, like, if I'm in the house and I'm hearing these announcements and the dogs are barking at the doorway, like, I get scared, and I'm in the bite suit, and I know the dog's not going to do anything. So I don't know what's going through these people's minds.
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That must have YouTube, right? Like, do they not see? Like, it's the same thing with tasers. Like, we've all seen enough taser videos now when someone goes, I'm going to tase you. Just go, hey, you know what? Give up. I'm sorry.
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B
Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Like, I, I don't know. I think drugs probably have a lot to do. Probably high on drugs. But then. Yeah, so like, you, you have that side of, of the, the police work for the dogs. And then you also have the, the, the detection, which. My dog's narcotics. Yeah, detection. So like, mainly what it is is like sniffing the exterior vehicles to get probable cause. But like one, One cool little example that I have is I go, I'm watching this car at a gas station and I know it's, it's going to be a good stop because I, I knew who the, the owner of the car was. And I end up stopping the car and someone in the passenger seat just takes off running after the car stops. So I'm chasing them on foot. But like, you don't know why they're running and they hadn't committed a felony yet. So I wasn't going to door pop and I'm not going to bite someone for just like a simple misdemeanor or whatever. So I'm chasing him and I end up. I get him handcuffed and I go back to the car. And by that time I was in the city when I made that traffic stop, so there was already a whole bunch of backup there. And they had all the. End up having all the occupants, the rest of the occupants of the vehicle detained. So I was like, they gotta have drugs in the car because why, why are they being so weird? So I get my dog out and I go to have him sniff the exterior of the car that I have stopped. And my dog is like, he wants nothing to do with sniffing the car. Like, he keeps pulling away from it. And I'm like, at this time, I'm just getting like, pissed off. I'm like, what are you doing? What are you doing? Why will you not sniff the car? And finally I was like, whatever, we'll see what he's. We'll what what my dog's doing. And like, I'm not joking, like 20 yards away. He just pulls me straight over this backpack that's like 20 yards away from the car and this grassy little area, kind of like in a commercial by like a Taco Bell and all this.
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A
Guy ran and dumped the pack as he was running from you?
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B
No, no. So. So he alerts to the back, the backpack. And I go back and I have to like, I watch my dash cam and as the guy's running, they open up the car door and. And chuck the backpack out of the car. So like, we, we Never.
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A
Yeah. The. The guy running drew your attention, and they tossed the back.
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B
Yep.
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A
What was in that backpack?
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B
A bunch of methamphetamine and syringes and stuff like that.
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No kidding?
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Yeah. So, yeah, like, I mean, you got stuff like that where, like, you know, dogs, like, their noses are so good, like, you know, doing search warrants on houses and stuff like that. And we'll have, like, you know, all the. All of. All the police officers that are there search the house, and they think they found all the drugs, and they're like, hey, run the dog through here to see if there's anything else in here. And, like, normally, like, you don't really find a whole lot else, but, like, sometimes you do. And, like, the dog goes. And he starts, like, alerting to this one area. You're like, hey, like, my dog's alerting over here. You guys have already searched the whole thing, and you somehow find, like, a little secret compartment and just cool. Little stuff like that where you would never find it on your own.
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A
Yeah. That's awesome, man.
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B
Great.
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They're great.
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B
Yeah. And you build a great bond with them. Like, they're there. They're there for you. If you need something, they'll come home with you. Yeah. So my old dog, the dog that died, he was, like. He was the best dog you could ever ask for because, like, he could flip the switch, he go to work, and he could apprehend people, sniff drugs. And then when we got home from work, like, I could just let him into the house, and he would not tear up the house. He would run in, jump on, and, like I said, literally, I would get home, I would go take a shower, and my dog would jump up in bed with my wife and cuddle with my wife.
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Yeah.
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B
Like, that's the kind of dog my old dog was. Like, he. He could flip the switch, and he was totally fine. And, yeah, he. They. They live with you pretty much 24 7.
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A
Okay.
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B
My new dog is. He's a younger, very, very, very, very energetic dog. And he's. He can't be in the house. Cause I don't know if I would have doors and stuff in my house, because he probably would have torn them down already if he wasn't in the garage for most of the time.
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A
But we don't want that.
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B
Yeah.
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No, man, I. I can't thank you enough for sharing your story with me. That's really, really fantastic. I'm so happy that you're doing well and that the podcast had a part in helping you, and really, man, I'm just, I'm. I'm super happy for you. I. I wish you a long, happy, healthy life really is really wonderful. Like, I. You're just. You're the exact kind of person I'm trying to reach and I'm thrilled that it found you.
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Yeah, well, I'm, I'm happy that I found you because it's definitely changed my life and I'm assuming it's going to keep changing my life as. Keep learning more about, you know, new things. So.
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A
I'm glad, man, I really am. But again, congratulations on everything. It's really, really fantastic. And I honestly, I'm gonna. I'm gonna hang up now and ask you. Seriously, there's. You paid the girl or something, right? Like there's something going on?
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B
I mean, honestly, I, I don't know. I got. Dude, I. I definitely got lucky.
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A
Yeah, you shared a lot. But there's a secret you don't have that you've not told us about. That's all.
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B
Maybe. I don't know.
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A
Hold on for a second. Connor. Thank you.
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B
Yep.
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A
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