Heroes Behind the Badge

Heroes Behind the Badge

Author: Citizens Behind the Badge Language: English Episodes: 50
Heroes Behind the Badge is a podcast that brings you the untold stories of America's law enforcement community, from the front lines to the final call. Guided by Craig Floyd, who spent 34 years working alongside police officers across the nation, and joined by veteran facilitator Dennis Collins and law enforcement expert Bill Erfurth, the show cuts through misconceptions and focuses on the real people behind the badge. In each episode, listeners can expect candid conversations, hard-earned insights, and powerful moments that highlight service, sacrifice, and the realities of the job. If you want to listen episodes that go beyond headlines and hear stories shaped by experience and respect, Heroes Behind the Badge by {author} offers a clear, grounded perspective on the law enforcement community.
Episodes
Tom Lange — The OJ Simpson Case: What the Jury Never Heard | Part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:02
Tom Lange was the lead homicide detective for the Los Angeles Police Department assigned to the OJ Simpson murder case — one of the most watched criminal trials in American history. In this second part of a two-part conv…
Rafael A. Mangual - The Data Behind "Criminal [In]Justice" | Part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:00
In Part 2 of his Heroes Behind the Badge conversation, Rafael Mangual opens with the story that drove him to write his book. In July 2019, Brittany Hill, 24 years old, holding her one-year-old daughter outside her home o…
Rafael A. Mangual - Why Killers Walk While Cops Go to Prison | Part 1 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:06
Rafael A. Mangual is a senior fellow and head of research at the Manhattan Institute's Policing and Public Safety Initiative, and the author of "Criminal [In]Justice." He is one of the most data-driven and unsparing voic…
CPR on "Superman": The Partner Rick Rossman Couldn't Save — Part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:01
Part 1 ended on the Thanksgiving 1983 murders of Rick Rossman's Metro-Dade partners Richie Boles and David Strzalkowski — shot with their own service weapons by ex-con Charlie Street — and Rick's admission that in more t…