It is time that we put LAW ENFORCEMENT back into POLICING with Sgt. Betsy Smith | TIR 065

It is time that we put LAW ENFORCEMENT back into POLICING with Sgt. Betsy Smith | TIR 065

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In this episode, I sit down with Betsy Smith:

 

Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith retired in 2009 as a 29-year veteran of a large metropolitan police department in the Chicago suburbs. Beginning her career as a police dispatcher at age 17, Betsy became an officer four years later and has held positions in patrol, investigations, narcotics, juvenile, hostage negotiation, crime prevention and field training.  She received her four-year degree from Western Illinois University in 1991, and was a class officer and graduate of the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety’s School of Staff and Command in May of 2001.

 

She supervised her department’s K-9 Unit, served as a field training sergeant, recruitment team sergeant, bike patrol coordinator, Crowd Control Bike Team leader, and supervisor of the Community Education/Crime Prevention Unit.  Betsy served on the Elderly Services Team, the Crisis Intervention Team, and was a proud founding supervisory member of NPD’s Honor Guard Unit.  Betsy received numerous awards and commendations from her police department as well as many local and national awards for her performance as a police officer and supervisor.

 

From 1999 – 2003 Betsy hosted various training programs and was a content expert for the Law Enforcement Television Network (LETN), is currently an on-air commentator and advisor for the Police One Academy and was a featured character in the Biography Channel’s “Female Forces” reality show.

 

She has been a law enforcement trainer for over 20 years and was a content expert and senior instructor for the Calibre Press “Street Survival” seminar from 2003 through 2012 where she also created the “Street Survival for Women” seminar.  Betsy is a popular keynote speaker at conferences and events throughout the United States and has trained in various international venues. Since 1995, Betsy has authored hundreds of articles for law enforcement, government and civilian publications including Innovations in Government, Police Marksman, Law and Order, Police Chief, Law Officer, PoliceLink.com, PoliceOne.com, LawOfficer.com and various civilian firearms magazines through Harris Publications including “Combat Handguns.” She served on the advisory board of Police Marksman magazine, was a featured columnist and video contributor on Officer.Com, NationalPolice.org and PoliceOne.Com.  Betsy is a media analyst and the spokesman for the National Police Association and is a sought-after law enforcement analyst on radio, in television and in print.   

 

Betsy is the creator of the only course of its kind for women in law enforcement, “The Winning Mind for Women” and is the owner of The Winning Mind LLC. Together, Betsy and her husband Dave develop and instruct cutting edge courses and travel extensively, bringing their inspirational messages throughout the world. 

 

Betsy can be reached through her website at FemaleForces.com.

 

 

Topics discussed:

 

·       Police Reform. Police Change.

·       Female undercover police officers.

·       Female law enforcement in the 1980s.

·       De-escalation and female police.

·       National Police Association.

·       Black Lives Matter.

·       Defund the Police Movement.

·       Second Amendment Support.

·       Law Enforcement Response times.

·       Putting LAW ENFORCEMENT back into POLCIING.

·       Law Enforcement and Politics.

·       Co-Responder Mental Health programs for Law Enforcement.

·       Being a criminal is a conscious choice.

·       Amicus Briefs

·       Border Patrol “whipping case.”

·       The soft bigotry of low expectations.

·       Believing in something bigger than you.  

 

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