January 17, 2025 • 16 mins
In this edition of the Cape CopCast "Chief's Chat," host Lisa Greenberg talks to Chief Anthony Sizemore about our new police training center, which is having it's grand opening soon. The new center includes a shooting range and simulation environments that are redefining police training. Learn how the integration of these resources not only enhances training efficiency but offers a cost-effective solution by centralizing all training activities within the city. We also talk about the Motors School and training happening this week and the rigorous obstacle courses they go through, designed to prepare motorcycle officers for the high demands of traffic enforcement, ensuring their readiness and safety on the roads. We also tackle critical issues surrounding road safety, reflecting on a recent tragic motorcycle accident and a crash involving a medical episode.
This episode ends by highlighting the heroic actions of one of our School Resource Officers, who saved a baby's life during a traffic stop.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome back to another episode of the Cape Cop
cast chiefs chat edition.
I'm one of your hosts, lisaGreenberg, with the public
affairs office.
Mercedes is off today, so it'sjust going to be me and you
today, chief.
Let's do it how you doing.
I'm great.
How are you?
Good?
It's been like a busy week, butI feel like most of the things
that we've had to deal with thisweek are dealing with internal
communication, so it's nice totake a break and do something
(00:26):
like this here on the podcastand talk to the people of Cape
Coral A hundred percent.
One thing I really wanted totouch on is we're getting really
close with our training center.
Our training unit has moved outof this building.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
They're out there in the building.
It's exciting we we've beendown there.
I'm last.
The 10th was 27 years that.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I've been here.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
And it's one of the most exciting things that's
happened in almost three decadesbeing here where it was a dream
, it was a concept and now it'sreal and our training staff is
in the building.
They're still doing some punchlist items, but the construction
team is, but our guys are inthere.
(01:09):
The training's already designed, it's starting.
We're funneling people through.
We haven't done a grand openingyet because we want to get a
little flow in there, but, man,is it really something to have
people in there and deliveringon what we said we were going to
deliver, which is a world-classtraining in a world-class
facility to give world-classservice to our world-class city?
(01:33):
How about that?
Speaker 1 (01:34):
That's perfect.
You know, it's interesting too,because it's been so long since
I've even been there.
I'm excited to go and look atit.
But for people who maybe aren'taware of all of the things that
are involved with the trainingcenter, there's going to be a
shooting range.
There's so many differentaspects of this.
Can you go into that a littlebit Sure?
Speaker 2 (01:50):
So it's really a 360 view of training where there's
classroom with state-of-the-arttechnology, there's a defensive
tactics room, there's what youwould almost call a Hogan's
Alley room where there's amodern movable wall system.
So within a warehouseenvironment, there's a track
system on the ceiling with wallsthat come down that you can
(02:13):
move and recreate anything froma shopping center to a single
family home, three bedroom, twobath type home, and you can run
a simunition and simulateddrills in there.
So it's real speed of lifetraining so that when our
officers go out into the streetthey can, they've already
(02:35):
replicated what they're going tosee on the street in the
building Very cool.
And then the actual shootingrange there's a driving course
within then the actual shootingrange there's a driving course
within you know low-speeddriving course within the
property.
So everything that we used tofarm out and go all over the
city or all over the county andsometimes even into Hendry
(02:55):
County to do, we're able to doin the city where there's a
rapid turnaround of gettingpeople out there, a cost savings
on wear and tear on vehiclesand fuel and paying our people
to go all over.
You're losing the drive time.
It's still the same amount oftaxpayer money that you're
paying people and really justthe environment that we're in to
(03:19):
be able to train.
It's really world-class.
There's people coming from allover the country to instruct, to
be instructed, and it's reallya benefit to all of us.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
I'm looking forward to being able to go inside and
take videos of it and be able toshow our community everything
it has to offer.
It looks really cool from thelast time I was there too, so
it's just it's really exciting.
One of the other things that wehave going on right now is we
actually are hosting a motorsschool for motors officers.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Speaking of training, yeah, right, right.
So we have a motor school,which is a obstacle course that
you put motorcycle officersthrough and if you have a
motorcycle endorsement here inFlorida, you've had to do some
kind of a course.
This course is so much morethan that.
There's been experienced riderswho have ridden motorcycles for
(04:08):
years that there's no way theycan get through this course.
They've said uncle and quithalfway through.
It's very challenging becauseit's not a weekend warrior
riding their motorcycle orcommuting or pleasure riding.
This is full-time, 40-hour aweek, in the traffic conditions
(04:28):
that need attention.
You're in the zone 8, 10, 12hours per shift on a motorcycle.
You've got to be one with themachine, know the limitations,
know what it can do, what itcan't do, what you can do and
what you can't do to be safe,because it's a dangerous job
(04:51):
riding a police motorcycle Forsure.
So we have have to, I have toknow that you can handle it and
and you can go off on your own,still worried about you, still
concerned, but just have thatdegree of confidence.
So it's really impressive tosee what they do, what they go
through on that bike.
They maneuver a thousand pound,gigantic motorcycle like it's a
(05:13):
BMX bicycle.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
It's so cool.
I've seen some of the videoscome out from the school this
week and just the courses thatthey have set up.
I mean it looks tough.
I've never ridden a motorcyclein my life and I just can't even
imagine being able to do this.
Don't start there.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Yeah, no, no, definitely not If you graduate
that you will have theconfidence, the skills and the
ability to go out and rideanywhere.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
It's impressive?
For sure it is.
I know a couple of our guys areparticipating who are not
currently in the motors unit butare trying to be in the motors
unit, and you know we're addingpositions to that as part of our
growth plan.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
We are.
It's a class for existingriders to stay sharp and fresh
and we also use it as a tryout,essentially for new.
If you're going to join thatelite unit, you got to be ready.
And speaking of what you justsaid, growth we talked about it
a couple of weeks ago, aboutProject 35, the growth plan that
we have.
We are developing the budgetright now for fiscal year 2026.
(06:15):
We just turned into 2025 on thecalendar, but fiscally that
year begins October 1st of thisyear.
So 10-1 of 25 in the budgetworld is actually 1-1 of 26.
There's a lot of planning andwork and development between the
department, our growth plan,giving that to our partners in
(06:37):
finance and elected officialswho represent you, the public,
to deliver on all the thingsthat we share as a priority.
And one of those things that weshare as a priority is
increasing the footprint oftraffic enforcement, and our
motorcycles play a giant role inthat.
So we are growing that unit tokeep pace with the need today,
(06:57):
but also the needs tomorrow, andwe need more representation in
our motors unit.
It's a great way to impactbehavior on our roadways, is a
motor unit and we've had it foryears, got a good reputation
with it and we're going tocontinue to expand it.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
For sure.
I mean, just seeing thosemotors officers doing their job
is enough to get people to slowdown right.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
And we're just going to keep growing with that.
And then you go out and youaggressively enforce bad drivers
, aggressive drivers, red lightrunners, aggressive drivers, red
light runners, distracteddriving any of the top five
causes of crashes out there.
If you can attack it anddevelop that reputation that I
(07:44):
better not do that because theycould be around any corner.
It really does influence andcurb behavior.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Absolutely, and I know a lot of people traffic is
kind of top of mind for themright now.
We have been reporting somepretty serious crashes that have
happened and I think it's justa good reminder for people that
we are out there, we areenforcing this, we are getting
ahead of it, we're working hard,we're adding more positions to
continue to further improvetraffic enforcement as well.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Sure and you're kind of a victim of success in your
world.
Right, you and Mercedes.
You put out the informationbecause we want to be
transparent, but we want to helpyou.
It's beyond words liketransparent.
You're getting ready for workand you got to take your kids to
school and time is of theessence.
And then you look on your phoneand ah, there's a crash.
(08:31):
It's to help you be able tonavigate where you're going.
Not every traffic alert that weput out is a major crash
investigation or a fatality.
Sometimes it's just aninconvenience where there's a
fender bender in front of aschool and it's to help you.
So there's a lot of eyeballs onit.
So I understand it, andsometimes that can alter
(08:53):
perception of really what'sgoing on.
There have been a handful ofserious crashes that have
happened and some of the easy,low-hanging fruit that you would
get is well, why aren't you outthere doing more?
What are you guys doing?
For number one, we're out there.
I can show you the overtimebudget that we have and the
grant funding that we've talkedabout, but some of these are not
(09:15):
exactly what you think they areright.
They're tragic cases.
This one in particular we'lltalk about, but we had one
earlier this week where no speedinvolved, no drugs or alcohol,
a medical condition singlevehicle crash driving down the
road.
A busy road, heavily traveledroad experiences.
A medical condition goes offthe road.
A busy road, heavily traveledroad experiences.
(09:36):
A medical condition goes offthe road, hits a pole and
tragically, they succumb totheir injuries.
But when we put it out, serioustraffic crash on the parkway
People jumped to conclusionsthat it's snowbirds, it's older
folks, it's kids, it'smotorcycles, it's speeding, they
must have ran a red light orthe police aren't doing anything
(09:58):
.
And none of those things arethe case in this particular case
.
And we had one, a tragic one, acouple of nights ago 18 years
old, on a motorcycle, notspeeding, not doing, you know,
120 miles an hour, ripping itdown Veterans Parkway or any of
(10:20):
the things that people hear andimmediately assume oh, it had to
be that.
Or the riding community, it hadto be somebody driving and
somebody, not paying attention,pulled out and hit him.
Not the case, it was a singlevehicle accident, maybe
attributed to experience.
Nonetheless, a young, vibrantlife was lost on the roadways.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
It's tragic, it's horrible.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
But the conclusion jumping is sometimes not helpful
not for us.
I mean, we have thick skin, wecan handle it.
But there's a lot of people whomonitor that.
That's their family, that'stheir impacted loved ones, and
it's just not true.
So that's just something forpeople to kind of keep in the
(11:05):
back of your mind, that it's notalways what you think, but in
the end it's a life lost on ourroadways.
It's tragic.
We need to have the requisiteamount of staffing to be able to
investigate it and do thatfamily justice, to find out what
happened and what, if anything,can be done to mitigate any
(11:26):
future recurrence of that.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Right.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
How do we keep that from happening again?
Unfortunately, medical eventsor just somebody on a motorcycle
who had a singular accident,some of those things just happen
, right Right.
There's no behaviormodification for medical events
or gaining experience on a bike,but there are things that can
(11:53):
be done with the old stock andbarrel, running red lights and
aggressive driving and whippingin and out of traffic, and I can
tell you we do.
Hundreds and hundreds oftraffic stops, citations every
day on that.
So that is one component of it,but there is another big
component in roadway safety, andthat's personal responsibility,
(12:17):
exactly.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
We all need to.
You know you mentioned this ina prior podcast so I don't want
to wax on about it.
But you know it's that personalresponsibility of yeah, you're
rushing to get to work butrunning that red light is only
going to save you maybe a minuteand it could put other people
in danger or yourself in danger.
Or picking up your phone andanswering that text.
It might seem urgent but youknow, in the amount of time that
(12:39):
you just reach, pick it up andread it, you could crash right
into someone and and hurtyourself or others.
So it's just not worth it.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
We have to take that personal responsibility.
It's been many years since I'vedone traffic enforcement as a
street cop, but when I did, Iused to ask people once you know
the initial tactical part isover and we're having a
conversation, it's you know who,who in your life is counting on
you to get to work, or get towhere you're going to pick them
up, or, when you're done, to beable to come and see you at the
end of the day, or who'scounting on you.
And that's the person that Iwould like people to think of
when they're driving, because itcould be enough to modify your
(13:16):
own behavior 100%.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
I do want to end this on a positive note because we
did have something prettyincredible that we recognized
this week.
The actual incident itselfhappened in December, but we
were able to give one of ourofficers a life-saving award and
this is actually blown up onsocial media.
People are just.
They love this story.
One of our school resourceofficers was driving and noticed
a car was kind of drivingerratically, so he stopped and
(13:40):
the person inside was sayingthat their child, their baby,
was having a medical issue andOfficer Anzalone saved this
baby's life was having a medicalissue and Officer Anzalone
saved this baby's life.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
A lot of layers to this story.
First of all, somebody drivingerratically and we did a traffic
stop.
That's kind of from theprevious segment, right.
That's great, I'm happy withthat.
But all kidding aside, you gotAnzalone, who's no stranger, who
our social media page is forawards.
He's a superstar at PelicanElementary School.
The kids love him, the staffloves him, we love him, and he's
(14:11):
not even at the school, seessomething, takes action on a
traffic violator.
You know why is this persondriving erratically?
And then you come to find outwell, their baby is not
breathing and to shift gears andscoop the kid up and perform
life-saving measures and bringthat kid back to life.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
Amazing, I mean number one.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
that's the brand for Chris Anzalone, that's him.
Number two, the fact that it'sblown up on social media.
You got a handsome cop, workswith kids.
A fan favorite, saves a baby.
The only thing missing is if hehad like a puppy on his
shoulder.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
I know right.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
It's just awesome and I had him in earlier in the
week to award him and just talkto him and it was nice because
I've had the award speech, ifyou will, with Chris before,
because he's been recognized forgreat work in the past.
But what he's done I told himjust on a conversation.
Like buddy, I wish I had 10more of you.
You know, you come to work withthe right attitude.
(15:14):
You put our vision, which is tobe the best, and our mission,
to partner with the community todo that.
Simple as that.
Right, we want to be the best.
And how do you do that?
You partner with the people tomake everybody feel safe and
just go be the cop that you wantyour family to get if they ever
need one, right, right, the oldgolden rule with a little blue
(15:35):
on it.
And that's him.
And it was really nice to justsit down with him and thank him.
And what a great story, what agreat way to wrap up the week.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
He's great, yeah, one of the best, for sure.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
Got a lot more.
Just like Chris, you just don'thear about it all the time, but
it's a great place to be and itwas awesome being here to talk
to everybody for yet anotherweek Awesome.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
Well, thank you so much for coming on.
We appreciate you taking thetime, as always, and we will
catch you next time.
Have a good one.
Welcome back to another episode of the Cape Cop
cast chiefs chat edition.
I'm one of your hosts, lisaGreenberg, with the public
affairs office.
Mercedes is off today, so it'sjust going to be me and you
today, chief.
Let's do it how you doing.
I'm great.
How are you?
Good?
It's been like a busy week, butI feel like most of the things
that we've had to deal with thisweek are dealing with internal
communication, so it's nice totake a break and do something
(00:26):
like this here on the podcastand talk to the people of Cape
Coral A hundred percent.
One thing I really wanted totouch on is we're getting really
close with our training center.
Our training unit has moved outof this building.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
They're out there in the building.
It's exciting we we've beendown there.
I'm last.
The 10th was 27 years that.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I've been here.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
And it's one of the most exciting things that's
happened in almost three decadesbeing here where it was a dream
, it was a concept and now it'sreal and our training staff is
in the building.
They're still doing some punchlist items, but the construction
team is, but our guys are inthere.
(01:09):
The training's already designed, it's starting.
We're funneling people through.
We haven't done a grand openingyet because we want to get a
little flow in there, but, man,is it really something to have
people in there and deliveringon what we said we were going to
deliver, which is a world-classtraining in a world-class
facility to give world-classservice to our world-class city?
(01:33):
How about that?
Speaker 1 (01:34):
That's perfect.
You know, it's interesting too,because it's been so long since
I've even been there.
I'm excited to go and look atit.
But for people who maybe aren'taware of all of the things that
are involved with the trainingcenter, there's going to be a
shooting range.
There's so many differentaspects of this.
Can you go into that a littlebit Sure?
Speaker 2 (01:50):
So it's really a 360 view of training where there's
classroom with state-of-the-arttechnology, there's a defensive
tactics room, there's what youwould almost call a Hogan's
Alley room where there's amodern movable wall system.
So within a warehouseenvironment, there's a track
system on the ceiling with wallsthat come down that you can
(02:13):
move and recreate anything froma shopping center to a single
family home, three bedroom, twobath type home, and you can run
a simunition and simulateddrills in there.
So it's real speed of lifetraining so that when our
officers go out into the streetthey can, they've already
(02:35):
replicated what they're going tosee on the street in the
building Very cool.
And then the actual shootingrange there's a driving course
within then the actual shootingrange there's a driving course
within you know low-speeddriving course within the
property.
So everything that we used tofarm out and go all over the
city or all over the county andsometimes even into Hendry
(02:55):
County to do, we're able to doin the city where there's a
rapid turnaround of gettingpeople out there, a cost savings
on wear and tear on vehiclesand fuel and paying our people
to go all over.
You're losing the drive time.
It's still the same amount oftaxpayer money that you're
paying people and really justthe environment that we're in to
(03:19):
be able to train.
It's really world-class.
There's people coming from allover the country to instruct, to
be instructed, and it's reallya benefit to all of us.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
I'm looking forward to being able to go inside and
take videos of it and be able toshow our community everything
it has to offer.
It looks really cool from thelast time I was there too, so
it's just it's really exciting.
One of the other things that wehave going on right now is we
actually are hosting a motorsschool for motors officers.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Speaking of training, yeah, right, right.
So we have a motor school,which is a obstacle course that
you put motorcycle officersthrough and if you have a
motorcycle endorsement here inFlorida, you've had to do some
kind of a course.
This course is so much morethan that.
There's been experienced riderswho have ridden motorcycles for
(04:08):
years that there's no way theycan get through this course.
They've said uncle and quithalfway through.
It's very challenging becauseit's not a weekend warrior
riding their motorcycle orcommuting or pleasure riding.
This is full-time, 40-hour aweek, in the traffic conditions
(04:28):
that need attention.
You're in the zone 8, 10, 12hours per shift on a motorcycle.
You've got to be one with themachine, know the limitations,
know what it can do, what itcan't do, what you can do and
what you can't do to be safe,because it's a dangerous job
(04:51):
riding a police motorcycle Forsure.
So we have have to, I have toknow that you can handle it and
and you can go off on your own,still worried about you, still
concerned, but just have thatdegree of confidence.
So it's really impressive tosee what they do, what they go
through on that bike.
They maneuver a thousand pound,gigantic motorcycle like it's a
(05:13):
BMX bicycle.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
It's so cool.
I've seen some of the videoscome out from the school this
week and just the courses thatthey have set up.
I mean it looks tough.
I've never ridden a motorcyclein my life and I just can't even
imagine being able to do this.
Don't start there.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Yeah, no, no, definitely not If you graduate
that you will have theconfidence, the skills and the
ability to go out and rideanywhere.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
It's impressive?
For sure it is.
I know a couple of our guys areparticipating who are not
currently in the motors unit butare trying to be in the motors
unit, and you know we're addingpositions to that as part of our
growth plan.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
We are.
It's a class for existingriders to stay sharp and fresh
and we also use it as a tryout,essentially for new.
If you're going to join thatelite unit, you got to be ready.
And speaking of what you justsaid, growth we talked about it
a couple of weeks ago, aboutProject 35, the growth plan that
we have.
We are developing the budgetright now for fiscal year 2026.
(06:15):
We just turned into 2025 on thecalendar, but fiscally that
year begins October 1st of thisyear.
So 10-1 of 25 in the budgetworld is actually 1-1 of 26.
There's a lot of planning andwork and development between the
department, our growth plan,giving that to our partners in
(06:37):
finance and elected officialswho represent you, the public,
to deliver on all the thingsthat we share as a priority.
And one of those things that weshare as a priority is
increasing the footprint oftraffic enforcement, and our
motorcycles play a giant role inthat.
So we are growing that unit tokeep pace with the need today,
(06:57):
but also the needs tomorrow, andwe need more representation in
our motors unit.
It's a great way to impactbehavior on our roadways, is a
motor unit and we've had it foryears, got a good reputation
with it and we're going tocontinue to expand it.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
For sure.
I mean, just seeing thosemotors officers doing their job
is enough to get people to slowdown right.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
And we're just going to keep growing with that.
And then you go out and youaggressively enforce bad drivers
, aggressive drivers, red lightrunners, aggressive drivers, red
light runners, distracteddriving any of the top five
causes of crashes out there.
If you can attack it anddevelop that reputation that I
(07:44):
better not do that because theycould be around any corner.
It really does influence andcurb behavior.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Absolutely, and I know a lot of people traffic is
kind of top of mind for themright now.
We have been reporting somepretty serious crashes that have
happened and I think it's justa good reminder for people that
we are out there, we areenforcing this, we are getting
ahead of it, we're working hard,we're adding more positions to
continue to further improvetraffic enforcement as well.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Sure and you're kind of a victim of success in your
world.
Right, you and Mercedes.
You put out the informationbecause we want to be
transparent, but we want to helpyou.
It's beyond words liketransparent.
You're getting ready for workand you got to take your kids to
school and time is of theessence.
And then you look on your phoneand ah, there's a crash.
(08:31):
It's to help you be able tonavigate where you're going.
Not every traffic alert that weput out is a major crash
investigation or a fatality.
Sometimes it's just aninconvenience where there's a
fender bender in front of aschool and it's to help you.
So there's a lot of eyeballs onit.
So I understand it, andsometimes that can alter
(08:53):
perception of really what'sgoing on.
There have been a handful ofserious crashes that have
happened and some of the easy,low-hanging fruit that you would
get is well, why aren't you outthere doing more?
What are you guys doing?
For number one, we're out there.
I can show you the overtimebudget that we have and the
grant funding that we've talkedabout, but some of these are not
(09:15):
exactly what you think they areright.
They're tragic cases.
This one in particular we'lltalk about, but we had one
earlier this week where no speedinvolved, no drugs or alcohol,
a medical condition singlevehicle crash driving down the
road.
A busy road, heavily traveledroad experiences.
A medical condition goes offthe road.
A busy road, heavily traveledroad experiences.
(09:36):
A medical condition goes offthe road, hits a pole and
tragically, they succumb totheir injuries.
But when we put it out, serioustraffic crash on the parkway
People jumped to conclusionsthat it's snowbirds, it's older
folks, it's kids, it'smotorcycles, it's speeding, they
must have ran a red light orthe police aren't doing anything
(09:58):
.
And none of those things arethe case in this particular case
.
And we had one, a tragic one, acouple of nights ago 18 years
old, on a motorcycle, notspeeding, not doing, you know,
120 miles an hour, ripping itdown Veterans Parkway or any of
(10:20):
the things that people hear andimmediately assume oh, it had to
be that.
Or the riding community, it hadto be somebody driving and
somebody, not paying attention,pulled out and hit him.
Not the case, it was a singlevehicle accident, maybe
attributed to experience.
Nonetheless, a young, vibrantlife was lost on the roadways.
Speaker 1 (10:43):
It's tragic, it's horrible.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
But the conclusion jumping is sometimes not helpful
not for us.
I mean, we have thick skin, wecan handle it.
But there's a lot of people whomonitor that.
That's their family, that'stheir impacted loved ones, and
it's just not true.
So that's just something forpeople to kind of keep in the
(11:05):
back of your mind, that it's notalways what you think, but in
the end it's a life lost on ourroadways.
It's tragic.
We need to have the requisiteamount of staffing to be able to
investigate it and do thatfamily justice, to find out what
happened and what, if anything,can be done to mitigate any
(11:26):
future recurrence of that.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
Right.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
How do we keep that from happening again?
Unfortunately, medical eventsor just somebody on a motorcycle
who had a singular accident,some of those things just happen
, right Right.
There's no behaviormodification for medical events
or gaining experience on a bike,but there are things that can
(11:53):
be done with the old stock andbarrel, running red lights and
aggressive driving and whippingin and out of traffic, and I can
tell you we do.
Hundreds and hundreds oftraffic stops, citations every
day on that.
So that is one component of it,but there is another big
component in roadway safety, andthat's personal responsibility,
(12:17):
exactly.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
We all need to.
You know you mentioned this ina prior podcast so I don't want
to wax on about it.
But you know it's that personalresponsibility of yeah, you're
rushing to get to work butrunning that red light is only
going to save you maybe a minuteand it could put other people
in danger or yourself in danger.
Or picking up your phone andanswering that text.
It might seem urgent but youknow, in the amount of time that
(12:39):
you just reach, pick it up andread it, you could crash right
into someone and and hurtyourself or others.
So it's just not worth it.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
We have to take that personal responsibility.
It's been many years since I'vedone traffic enforcement as a
street cop, but when I did, Iused to ask people once you know
the initial tactical part isover and we're having a
conversation, it's you know who,who in your life is counting on
you to get to work, or get towhere you're going to pick them
up, or, when you're done, to beable to come and see you at the
end of the day, or who'scounting on you.
And that's the person that Iwould like people to think of
when they're driving, because itcould be enough to modify your
(13:16):
own behavior 100%.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
I do want to end this on a positive note because we
did have something prettyincredible that we recognized
this week.
The actual incident itselfhappened in December, but we
were able to give one of ourofficers a life-saving award and
this is actually blown up onsocial media.
People are just.
They love this story.
One of our school resourceofficers was driving and noticed
a car was kind of drivingerratically, so he stopped and
(13:40):
the person inside was sayingthat their child, their baby,
was having a medical issue andOfficer Anzalone saved this
baby's life was having a medicalissue and Officer Anzalone
saved this baby's life.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
A lot of layers to this story.
First of all, somebody drivingerratically and we did a traffic
stop.
That's kind of from theprevious segment, right.
That's great, I'm happy withthat.
But all kidding aside, you gotAnzalone, who's no stranger, who
our social media page is forawards.
He's a superstar at PelicanElementary School.
The kids love him, the staffloves him, we love him, and he's
(14:11):
not even at the school, seessomething, takes action on a
traffic violator.
You know why is this persondriving erratically?
And then you come to find outwell, their baby is not
breathing and to shift gears andscoop the kid up and perform
life-saving measures and bringthat kid back to life.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
Amazing, I mean number one.
Speaker 2 (14:32):
that's the brand for Chris Anzalone, that's him.
Number two, the fact that it'sblown up on social media.
You got a handsome cop, workswith kids.
A fan favorite, saves a baby.
The only thing missing is if hehad like a puppy on his
shoulder.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
I know right.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
It's just awesome and I had him in earlier in the
week to award him and just talkto him and it was nice because
I've had the award speech, ifyou will, with Chris before,
because he's been recognized forgreat work in the past.
But what he's done I told himjust on a conversation.
Like buddy, I wish I had 10more of you.
You know, you come to work withthe right attitude.
(15:14):
You put our vision, which is tobe the best, and our mission,
to partner with the community todo that.
Simple as that.
Right, we want to be the best.
And how do you do that?
You partner with the people tomake everybody feel safe and
just go be the cop that you wantyour family to get if they ever
need one, right, right, the oldgolden rule with a little blue
(15:35):
on it.
And that's him.
And it was really nice to justsit down with him and thank him.
And what a great story, what agreat way to wrap up the week.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
He's great, yeah, one of the best, for sure.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
Got a lot more.
Just like Chris, you just don'thear about it all the time, but
it's a great place to be and itwas awesome being here to talk
to everybody for yet anotherweek Awesome.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
Well, thank you so much for coming on.
We appreciate you taking thetime, as always, and we will
catch you next time.
Have a good one.
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