Boston's Top Cop Reveals True State of Modern Policing 🕵️‍♂️

Targeted violence, domestic terrorism and international terrorism are changing. In the past, America has been the victim of large scale coordinated attacks. Today, acts of mass violence are as simple as cars, fireworks and household items.

On April 15, 2013 two terrorists blew up homemade bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Three innocent people were killed. Hundreds were injured. Boston Police Chief Daniel Linskey immediately found himself in charge of a mass casualty event and a multi-jurisdictional manhunt through the streets of Boston.

Chief Linskey joined Fran Racioppi to share how he overcame fear, panic and the realization that in an instant the entire city was looking to him for guidance and direction. He shares how preparation and training between law enforcement and first responders in the years leading up to the attack was critical in their response. And he explains why in emergency response, there’s no place for egos or credit, just action and results.

Join our conversation from the shores of Plymouth Harbor. Follow us on social media, read the full episode on our website, then head over to our YouTube channel or your favorite podcast platform to catch Chief Linskey talk about Team Maureen, an organization he founded to honor his late cousin focused on preventing cancer in our Veterans.

Highlights
00:00 Introduction
01:57 Becoming a US Marine
08:00 Joining Boston Police
13:57 Public Perception of Law Enforcement Today
25:00 Are we prosecuting enough crime?
31:15 Immigration policy effect on policing
36:30 You’re It at the Boston Marathon
50:10 The bombing
1:12:30 Standing guard over the victims
1:23:53 The Manhunt
1:40:05 Boston Strong
1:43:27 Mental Health Mechanisms
1:49:00 Biggest Lesson
1:51:52 Thank you

QUOTES
-“If you leave a place the same way you found it, you’re not leading.”
-“If you want to learn leadership, lead.”
-“It wasn’t a job they did. It’s who they were. It’s how they lived.”
-“Cops hate change. The other thing cops hate is the way things are.”
-“If you think there’s a problem with policing and leadership…ok…join and see what you can do from the inside.”
-“I would like to see any politician who is making policy on law enforcement to make them have to do a two week basic in-service class in law enforcement.”
-“If people think there’s no accountability for assaulting a police officer…they’re gonna do it.”
-“You can’t just say you’re training. You can’t just pretend you’re training. You can’t just say bang bang you’re dead.”
-“Leadership is putting your team to the task.”
-“He essentially said “Tag, you’re it boss. And I didn’t want to be it.”
-“Along with the devastation was a wave of shame and guilt that washed over me.”
-“I froze. I’m a United States Marine. I’m a cop. I’m the chief. I froze. I want to go home. I want to go home with my kids.”
-“In crisis there are 5,000 things you got to do, but you need to focus on the five most important right now.”
-“I made a vow to my wife and kids that night that we were going to go wherever we had to go and do whatever we had to do. We were going to find them. We were going to get them. I made a vow to my cops that morning that we were going to do that too.” SHOULD BE AT 18:24 IN FINAL VIDEO
-“Procedures are good, except when in crisis. You don’t need a procedure, you need a solution.”
-“You train for that bad day and prepare for the challenges that come your way. If you want to be a leader, lead.”
-“Train the way you respond. Train hard. Train constantly. Take care of your team.”
-“If you tell the troops what you want them to do and why they should do it, they’ll do it.”

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