Tag: HumanizingTheBadge

Christmas time is when criminals are seeking easy opportunity to break into your home hoping to get some good gifts from their theft. We react to a video from “The List” on the topic and…

Awkward handshakes and other odd social encounters can make us all a bit uncomfortable. Mike and Dave are joined by Officer Butthurt and Nate to discuss some recent awkward encounters involving handshakes. As always, whiskey…

Bullying is a hot button topic these days and the Keaton Jones viral video has again brought up a lot of questions about how to respond to bullying in appropriate ways. As both a father…

Becoming a cop is usually a lengthy involved process. Both myself and Dave have become cops, stepped away from law enforcement for a period of time and reasons and then become cops again. The process…

Dealing with the evil of the Las Vegas mass shooting is not something that will be easy or fast. What often takes first responders years to accumulate in terms of what they’ve seen or experienced…

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All cops should train brazilian jiu-jitsu! Well, at least according to Mike and Dave. Not only do we think all cops should train, but we think BJJ is for everyone. It’s a great skill and…

Jimmy Kimmel’s compassionate late night monologue last week went viral, YouTube had to change its algorithm because of the crazies and can we please acknowledge that compassion doesn’t equal common sense or correctness? Let’s talk…

Is the stuff we see on shows like Stranger Things more real than we think? In this episode Mike the Cop and Dave discuss experiences in seeing and dealing with dead bodies in the course…

Mike and Dave are joined by “Officer Butthurt” who regales us with the most epic poop tale known to man. Have a better one? Share it by joining our patreon for just $1/month where you’ll…

Mike shares an embarrassing police academy story and in the FULL EPISODE: Dave discusses any differences between Army basic training and his police academy experience. Of course there’s randomness and whiskey in between. Like what…

Looters in Texas in Florida in the wake of Harvey and Irma are a disgrace. It’s one thing to fend for yourself and family in a dire circumstance; it’s another to go to sporting goods…

I ordered up a patrol series build from Agency Arms recently ( http://www.agencyarms.com/ ) and while they did not ask if I would make a video about the build, I did ask their permission to…

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The highlight from this week’s podcast episode is when Dave’s daughter Ally answers her phone in L.A. and tells the story of being hit in the clavicle with a nickel by a crazy lady on…

What do you do when the cops smell weed? While this video certainly doesn’t think through every possible scenario in which that would occur, I do react to a video out there on 3 things…

How does Army Basic Training compare to Police Academy or in general how does military life compare to law enforcement life. Dave fields user submitted questions in this clip of the Off the Cuff Podcast….

So the movie “IT” came out and Mike saw it but Dave hasn’t. We talk about television and movie choices and other random stuff in a truly unscripted OFF THE CUFF episode that will give…

Hi-Points are certainly cheap but do they have any real world uses? I think there are a few. What would you add to the list? —- SHOP: http://store.mikethecop.tv —- PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/mikethecop INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/mike_thecop FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/realmikethecop…

Flint, MI is hiring police officers for $11.25 an hour. Amazing right? Sure, if you want to deal with one of the most violent cities per capita while struggling to find clean drinking water. Seriously?…

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