Summer is a season where temperatures and tempers can run hot! And August is typically the hottest month of all, often called the “dog days of summer.” This also means that our law enforcement officials across the country must work a bit harder keeping the peace.
We see more and more film clips on the news of people attacking and ambushing uniformed officers. In fact, last year over 100 officers were killed in the line of duty, 104 to be exact.
My guest today, Dave Wareham, has a BS in Administration of Justice from Penn State University and an MBA from California Coast University and had a long career in the State of California in law enforcement in both a County Sheriff’s office and as a Chief of Police for the City of Filmore. During his career Dave was awarded a medal of valor twice and was involved in an active shooter situation back on August 3rd, 2003 in Thousand Oaks California at the police station headquarters.
In this episode Dave shares his first-person story about having to take the life of the shooter in that situation and how he felt supernatural protection and comfort amidst the chaos of the moment to do what he had to do. He also discusses the psychiatric protocols required for officers and their families following an event like this to give us a fuller picture of what they go through.
Wrestling with lethal force is something that most of us never have to think about hopefully, but we should pause to appreciate and consider what it might be like for the people who put their lives on the line every day as uniformed officers sworn to serve and protect, even to the point of lethal force.
Visit www.thesavagepath.com for more on David, his book The Savage Path: A Memoir of Modern Masculinity, and the Savage Path Ministries Corp.
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