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In this powerful episode of Wearing the Badge, host Garry McCarthy talks with 27-year veteran Commander Jason Moran of the Cook County Sheriff's Department about the painstaking, emotional reality of unresolved homicide and long-term missing person investigations.
Street gangs are turning handguns into fully automatic weapons, and the response has been caught in a political chokehold. Go inside the ATF's daily intelligence war room to see how federal agents are bypassing the noise, hunting down repeat shooters, and taking back the streets.
"The number one killer of cops is heart attack." In this powerful episode of "Wearing the Badge," host Garry McCarthy welcomes Dr. John Sheinberg, a man who navigates the worlds of both high-stakes medicine and law enforcement. With a career spanning three decades as a sworn officer and a parallel journey as a board-certified cardiologist, Dr. Sheinberg brings a unique perspective to the "perfect…
How crisis-intervention training and real officer wellness can change outcomes for families, communities, and the cops who answer the call.
Oak Brook Police Chief Brian Strockis and Garry McCarthy dig into proactive policing, political pushback on tools like ShotSpotter and LPRs, and the real-world tactics Oak Brook says are working — from disciplined pursuit policies to drones and “tag-and-track” technology.
Garry McCarthy leads a candid Chicago public-safety conversation in this special live town hall with Fox News' Gianno Caldwell.
In the first edition of Garry’s Take, former Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy breaks down his view of ICE enforcement: he says he’s okay with the mission, but raises concerns about tactics that can escalate into dangerous street-level confrontations. McCarthy argues the country can’t keep encouraging chaos around the law—and that if people want change, they should change the law—then…
He’s one of the few people who can say this truthfully: Tim McCarthy took a bullet protecting President Reagan. On Wearing the Badge, he tells Garry McCarthy what happened in the assassination attempt—and what 50 years of service taught him about leadership and the job today.
Former NYPD/CPD leader Garry McCarthy sits down with retired CPD gang investigator Terry Almanza and former DEA Special Operations chief Derek Maltz for a blunt conversation about America’s synthetic-drug crisis. They compare “overdoses” versus poisonings, unpack cartel–China pipelines, debate border and national-security gaps, and talk plainly about loss: both Garry and Terry lost daughters.…
Former Naperville detective turned national trainer Rich Wistocki explains how “leakage” on social media lets schools and police spot would-be shooters before they act. In a wide-open conversation, he walks through the three-phase playbook that’s stopped dozens of plots and how simple evidence steps turn red flags into real cases.
