Hold the Line with Mike Solan
Hold the Line with Mike Solan is an in depth long form discussion into the politics that surround and impact law enforcement. Mike Solan is a national law enforcement expert and the President of the Seattle Police Officers Guild. His reasonable approach to public safety has earned Mike accolades and the trust of law enforcement nationwide.
Episodes
In this explosive episode, Mike pulls back the curtain on the backstage chaos that fueled the controversial approval of the SPOG contract—and exposes Seattle City Council member Rob Saka's shameless hypocrisy in a no-holds-barred takedown.
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Mike welcomes Pierce County Deputy Sheriff’s Independent Guild President, Shaun Darby and Community Advocate Annie Jolie to discuss the impending implosion of the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office and their desperate struggle to recruit and retain deputies.
In this episode, Mike sits down with Aaron Schmautz, President of The Portland Police Association to discuss Portland’s long running affair with ANTIFA. How recent high profile events have impacted Portland cops, how ANTIFA’s violence affects public safety, and why they target independent journalists like @MrAndyNgo, @KatieDaviscourt, @nicksortor, @choeshow, and @camhigby.
In this episode, Mike welcomes back Bob Scales from Police Strategies to discuss the termination of the Seattle Police Department’s Federal Consent Decree. They dive deep into the grift of consent decrees and the efforts being taken to reform the process.
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Hardpressed: https://www.hardpressed-info.com/federal-judge-ends-seattle-pd-oversight-now-what/
Mayor Harrell’s statement: https://harrell.seattle.gov/2025/09/03/city-of-s...
In this episode, Mike sits down with D.C. Police Union Chairman, Gregg Pemberton to discuss the TRUTH behind Trump’s federal takeover of Washington D.C.’s Metropolitan police department. What were the causes and what it means for public safety across the nation.
In this episode Mike welcomes independent journalist @CamHigby to discuss his recent assault and ANTIFA’s war on the media and what that means for public safety.
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In this episode Mike breaks down the looming threat of “ANTIFA Season”, comments on SPD Police Chief Shon Barnes' virtue signaling statement to the city council and what that means for officer morale and public safety.
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- Chief Barnes' public statement: https://x.com/SeattlePD/status/1932575405439135763
- SPOG post about ANTIFA's actions: https://x.com/spog1952/status/1932926317500232070?s=43
- Chief Barnes' statement to cit...
Mike breaks down the decisions that led to the recent Cal Anderson Park disaster.
In this episode Mike reacts to Seattle Times reporter Danny Westnut’s hit piece on SPOG’s “This is Seattle” social media campaign. Mike also discusses Council Member Saka’s resolution that officially kills the “Defund the Police” movement, and exposes the anti-cop narrative of C.A.R.E.S. chief Amy Barden.
Seattle Times: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/cops-snarky-this-is-seattle-slogan-misses-their-own-big-news/
In this episode, Mike discusses the recent rogue actions of Assistant Chief Dan “Buster” Nelson, and his anti-union testimony before the WA state legislature. Links: • HB1816 latest draft: https://legiscan.com/WA/text/HB1816/id/3130268/Washington-2025-HB1816-Comm_Sub.pdf • Urbanist article: https://www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/17/state-bill-would-clear-path-for-seattle-civilian-responder-expansion/ • SPOG’s Buster Nelson video on...
Mike discusses the resignation of embattled OPA Director Gino "Turkey" Betts and what this means for public safety in Seattle.
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In this episode Mike sits down with SPOG endorsed gubernatorial candidate Dave Reichert to discuss his vision for Washington state.
Campaign website: https://www.reichertforgovernor.com/
Campaign on X: https://x.com/reichert4gov
In this episode, Mike is joined by author, Army veteran, and police officer Mike Simonelli to discuss Simonelli’s book: Justified Deadly Force and the Myth of Systemic Racism.
About the book: Americans are being manipulated as the media, activists, and politicians racialize deadly police shootings. This book proves through scientific evidence that what we are told about these tragic incidents being systemically racist is systemic...
In this episode Mike welcomes back Andrea Suarez from We Heart Seattle with special guest, recovering addict and homeless care advocate, Tom Wolfe. They dive deep into Tom’s backstory and discuss the root causes of the homeless epidemic plaguing the west coast.
In this episode, Mike discusses the recent Seattle Police Department “sick out” by its tired and overworked officers. How will this affect Seattle’s public safety?
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UCOPS: https://www.UCOPS.org
In this episode Mike and special guest Jason Rantz discuss the political failures of Andrew Lewis, and how his vote against the public drug use prosecution bill will impact public safety in Seattle. #police #crime #fail
Links: SPOG press release about Andrew’s city council vote: https://seattlepoliceofficers.com/seattle-police-officers-guild-statement-regarding-uniformed-officers-being-banned-from-the-seattle-pride-parade/
Mike sits down with SPD's Chief, Adrian Diaz as they discuss modern policing, public safety and the war on cops. #police, #Seattle, #shooting #defund the police
In this episode Mike sits down with professor and atmospheric scientist Cliff Mass to discuss how wokeness has infected universities like the University of Washington and how it has affected public safety in the Pacific Northwest and across the country. Cliff also recounts his own battle against cancel culture.
#police #Seattle #defund
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• The blog post that got Cliff “canceled”: https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2020/08/seat...
Mike sits down with independent journalist Brandi Kruse to discuss the hyper partisan coverage of Seattle’s public safety crisis.
#police #seattle #antifa
• The [un]Divided Podcast - https://www.patreon.com/undivided
• Seattle CID Homeless Mega-Complex Scrapped - How it Happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37e5vksVkM8
• Episode #26 - The Choe Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1NvTdla9zQ&t=271s
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