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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Colonel John Buldock, who is Superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol.
I wish the circumstances were happier, Colonel, but welcome. Good
to have you on.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Yeah, thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Gary.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Appreciate all the support and the reporting on the loss
of Trooper Mcasey.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Right, massive out pouring. And I was struck yesterday John
and the news conference with you and others that this
is this is such an amazingly tight knit fraternity, isn't it.
We don't we and not in law enforcement. I think
we appreciate that on some level. But you were, you
were touched by not only the death of trooper and Mcasey,
(00:38):
but the family you had to contact. Talk a little
bit about about this organization and law enforcement in general
in the brotherhood.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Well, yeah, Gary, the thing that bonds law enforcement officers
together is the fact that we go through experiences together
that most people don't and most people don't even understand.
You know, when you're in the people business and you're
serving people as a law enforcement officer, you deal with
(01:08):
very challenging circumstances, and that that brings us together. You know,
we have that shared experience. That's where trust is built.
And whether I just met somebody for the first time
who's a law enforcement officer, or somebody I've worked with
for thirty years. We kind of have that brotherhood and sisterhood,
and when a tragedy like this strikes, that glue that
(01:29):
holds us together really you know, it's accentuated and we
have that that kindred spirit you know about you know, look,
the reality is this could be any one of us,
and so we have that. We have that bond with
each other, we have that bond with our law enforcement families,
and that really helps us get through times like this.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Right, this was such a horrible accident. What kind of
is is there training for responding to that kind of thing,
or is more of the training about about patrolling in
general and serving warrants and that kind of thing.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
We have a robust training regiment around scene management and
you know, how to be safe out on the roadway,
and you know, obviously when a tragedy like this strikes.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
You know, we're going to look at everything. I mean,
we still don't have all the pieces of the puzzle,
but the things that we train the most for are
the things that are the most hazardous. Obviously, dealing with
armed people. You know, we spend a lot of time
on how to be safe defending ourselves against somebody with
(02:41):
a weapon. But if you think about the thing that
we do the most is we're on the highway. Our
troopers are out there every single day in all kinds
of weather conditions, dealing with two dangerous things, people and
moving traffic. And it's essentially hazardous. And so we understand
that we trained for that, but you can't train for
(03:04):
every possible scenario. And I think when this investigation is finished,
we will see a few causal pieces of the puzzle
that led to this terrible tragedy.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Yeah, and I noticed you said yesterday too that the
last trooper we lost was what twenty nineteen, and he
and Kyle were friends, right.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
They were very tight, and they were in camp together,
and when we lost Jerry, Kyle was literally right by
my side dealing with Jerry's family, his widow, his kids,
and they were tight because of their camp experience. So
Kyle was you know, he just had that go get
(03:47):
him attitude and that personality that was universal. Everybody loved Kyle.
I mean, he could strike up a conversation with a
complete stranger, but his relationship with the Smith family. He
made sure that I knew that he was tight with them,
and then we leverage that to help them in their
time of grief. And Kyl was that was him, that
(04:09):
was his heart.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
You know. Yeah, I say that meal train dot com
has a link. You can find that on my Facebook
post from this morning. Thanks for Satish for posting, Matt,
would you like to help out? What else can? Again?
The Kfab Nation no Colonel Bulldock about services or how
to help the family.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
So we're going to announce today publicly where the services
will be. It looks like it will be toward the
end of next week, and we'll have some logistics out
for the community if they would like to attend or
support in some way, and on our social media pages
on THEMSCU State Patrol Well Facebook page and our website,
(04:54):
we have some links where if somebody just wants to
write a note of encouragement to Kyle's family or to
you know, the troopers and that those things go a
long ways. I can't tell you how many emails and
phone calls and text messages I've received from all over
the country and actually all over the world, just saying hey,
we're sorry for your loss we're thinking about you. Please
(05:18):
share with your team you know how much these public
servants mean to us, and that really helps booy us
in times of a tragedy like this.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Yeah, well, I'm just one of the questions you were asking,
I guess it's legitimate, is what about any potential charges
against the plow driver? And I know there has to
be an investigation, but from your description, John, this just
seemed like a horrible accident.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Yeah, Gary, that's what it seems like right now. Of course,
that's why we do investigations. We gather all the information.
There's a lot of physical evidence, there's a lot of
witnesses and and and you know, we'll piece that all together.
But nothing jumps off the page right now that suggests
that this was anything but a terrible accident. You know.
(06:08):
One of the things that the team will be looking
at was were some of the safety aspects of the
snowplowd disabled from it being struck? As you might know,
you know, when a big vehicle like that backs up
is an.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Alarm that Yeah, and that's the that's the one that
was struck initially, right, the one that that happened, that's right, So.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
That truck was was rear ended and and you know,
obviously when it happens, there's damage. So one thing the
investigators will look at were some of those safety features
rendered inoperable. We don't know the answer to that, but
we will know the answer when they're when they're done.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Hey, colonel, thanks for the time and thank you and
now Nebraskan's far and wide reach out and sympathy and
support for Kyle's family and NSP
Colonel John Buldock, who is Superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol.
I wish the circumstances were happier, Colonel, but welcome. Good
to have you on.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Yeah, thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Gary.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Appreciate all the support and the reporting on the loss
of Trooper Mcasey.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Right, massive out pouring. And I was struck yesterday John
and the news conference with you and others that this
is this is such an amazingly tight knit fraternity, isn't it.
We don't we and not in law enforcement. I think
we appreciate that on some level. But you were, you
were touched by not only the death of trooper and Mcasey,
(00:38):
but the family you had to contact. Talk a little
bit about about this organization and law enforcement in general
in the brotherhood.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
Well, yeah, Gary, the thing that bonds law enforcement officers
together is the fact that we go through experiences together
that most people don't and most people don't even understand.
You know, when you're in the people business and you're
serving people as a law enforcement officer, you deal with
(01:08):
very challenging circumstances, and that that brings us together. You know,
we have that shared experience. That's where trust is built.
And whether I just met somebody for the first time
who's a law enforcement officer, or somebody I've worked with
for thirty years. We kind of have that brotherhood and sisterhood,
and when a tragedy like this strikes, that glue that
(01:29):
holds us together really you know, it's accentuated and we
have that that kindred spirit you know about you know, look,
the reality is this could be any one of us,
and so we have that. We have that bond with
each other, we have that bond with our law enforcement families,
and that really helps us get through times like this.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
Right, this was such a horrible accident. What kind of
is is there training for responding to that kind of thing,
or is more of the training about about patrolling in
general and serving warrants and that kind of thing.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
We have a robust training regiment around scene management and
you know, how to be safe out on the roadway,
and you know, obviously when a tragedy like this strikes.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
You know, we're going to look at everything. I mean,
we still don't have all the pieces of the puzzle,
but the things that we train the most for are
the things that are the most hazardous. Obviously, dealing with
armed people. You know, we spend a lot of time
on how to be safe defending ourselves against somebody with
(02:41):
a weapon. But if you think about the thing that
we do the most is we're on the highway. Our
troopers are out there every single day in all kinds
of weather conditions, dealing with two dangerous things, people and
moving traffic. And it's essentially hazardous. And so we understand
that we trained for that, but you can't train for
(03:04):
every possible scenario. And I think when this investigation is finished,
we will see a few causal pieces of the puzzle
that led to this terrible tragedy.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Yeah, and I noticed you said yesterday too that the
last trooper we lost was what twenty nineteen, and he
and Kyle were friends, right.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
They were very tight, and they were in camp together,
and when we lost Jerry, Kyle was literally right by
my side dealing with Jerry's family, his widow, his kids,
and they were tight because of their camp experience. So
Kyle was you know, he just had that go get
(03:47):
him attitude and that personality that was universal. Everybody loved Kyle.
I mean, he could strike up a conversation with a
complete stranger, but his relationship with the Smith family. He
made sure that I knew that he was tight with them,
and then we leverage that to help them in their
time of grief. And Kyl was that was him, that
(04:09):
was his heart.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
You know. Yeah, I say that meal train dot com
has a link. You can find that on my Facebook
post from this morning. Thanks for Satish for posting, Matt,
would you like to help out? What else can? Again?
The Kfab Nation no Colonel Bulldock about services or how
to help the family.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
So we're going to announce today publicly where the services
will be. It looks like it will be toward the
end of next week, and we'll have some logistics out
for the community if they would like to attend or
support in some way, and on our social media pages
on THEMSCU State Patrol Well Facebook page and our website,
(04:54):
we have some links where if somebody just wants to
write a note of encouragement to Kyle's family or to
you know, the troopers and that those things go a
long ways. I can't tell you how many emails and
phone calls and text messages I've received from all over
the country and actually all over the world, just saying hey,
we're sorry for your loss we're thinking about you. Please
(05:18):
share with your team you know how much these public
servants mean to us, and that really helps booy us
in times of a tragedy like this.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Yeah, well, I'm just one of the questions you were asking,
I guess it's legitimate, is what about any potential charges
against the plow driver? And I know there has to
be an investigation, but from your description, John, this just
seemed like a horrible accident.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
Yeah, Gary, that's what it seems like right now. Of course,
that's why we do investigations. We gather all the information.
There's a lot of physical evidence, there's a lot of
witnesses and and and you know, we'll piece that all together.
But nothing jumps off the page right now that suggests
that this was anything but a terrible accident. You know.
(06:08):
One of the things that the team will be looking
at was were some of the safety aspects of the
snowplowd disabled from it being struck? As you might know,
you know, when a big vehicle like that backs up
is an.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Alarm that Yeah, and that's the that's the one that
was struck initially, right, the one that that happened, that's right, So.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
That truck was was rear ended and and you know,
obviously when it happens, there's damage. So one thing the
investigators will look at were some of those safety features
rendered inoperable. We don't know the answer to that, but
we will know the answer when they're when they're done.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Hey, colonel, thanks for the time and thank you and
now Nebraskan's far and wide reach out and sympathy and
support for Kyle's family and NSP
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