Be Effective Podcast

Jeremy was a Police Officer with the LAPD over 25 years. During that time, he worked multiple assignments, including Patrol, Narcotics, Counter-Terror, Training, and Vice investigations. As a trainer, Jeremy contributed to the department by developing or helping to develop several of the departments more recent advanced training curricula, including the MACTAC (Multiple Attack Counter Terror Action Capabilities), which has become a...

Retired Sgt Major Seb Lavoie is the Chief Executive Officer of Raven Strategic Inc and a 23 yr veteran of both, the Canadian Armed Forces and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Most of Seb’s service was spent in full time tactical units where he spent over 12 yrs as a Team Leader, facilitating the problem solving of critical tactical dilemmas within and outside the province of British Columbia (BC).

Seb’s consistently demo...

Sean Larkin is a retired police sergeant from Tulsa, Oklahoma who is also known as “Sticks”.

You might recognize him from the A&E docuseries called ‘Live PD’ that focused on the reality of policing in America.

Sean served for over 24 years with the Tulsa PD where he worked patrol, Homicide, street crimes, footbeat, and with gang units. He retired as a lieutenant in 2021, but continues to make content for cops...

Kara began her career as an intelligence analyst in the United States Air Force where she was deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan to provide support on critical missions for the NSA. Later she was hired by the FBI where she specialized in Counter Terrorism.

Currently she works with DeliverFund as their Chief of Analytics, where she helps to fight against Human Trafficking. Kara is a reliable source of information when i...

Mr. Tucker joined the United States Army following the September 11th, 2001, attack on our country. He earned his Green Beret in 2004 and as a Green Beret served in both Afghanistan and Iraq. After 8 years of service with the Green Berets, Brent successfully completed the military's most demanding selection and training course, earning the right to be a member of the nation’s most elite unit, the Delta Force  

After retiring, B...

David Acosta started working in LEO at an early age. Over the course of his 17 year career, he worked with multiple departments with an emphasis in low-profile investigations, SWAT, tactical operations, and as an instructor.

Since Retiring from LEO, David coaches for his own company, Allegiance Defense Solutions LLC. There he focuses on helping other Americans become self-reliant in the defense of themselves and others.

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Andrew Keith is an officer with 14 years experience on patrol and 9 years experience in SWAT. He is a Firearms instructor, K9 Handler, DT instructor, master class IDPA shooter, and a Black Belt in BJJ. 

Andrew is also partnering with EFC to create a dry fire course to help you improve your proficiency with your fire arm in preparation for testing.

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Pete James is a retired law enforcement Officer with a 25-year career in the service. He is also a Navy veteran, computer forensics expert, privacy specialist, and a skilled Open-Source Intelligence investigator with experience investigating thousands of criminal, civil, and corporate cases. Pete also is the founder of OfficerPrivacy.com, a company that removes officers’ private information from data-broker websites to keep officer...

Shane Foster is a world known breaching expert, who has a long career of service in both police and military as an operator, trainer and advisor in 15 different countries.

In 2020 Shane begane creating a catalogue of professional training which included professionals from Special forces, SEALs, SWAT, OGA and more. This program became the Guild Solutions Group.

Shane is Joined by Jabo Long, the Guild's Senior Tactics instructor

Ja...

Wendy Hummell is a seasoned law enforcement officer with over 24 years of experience. She started her career in 1996 as a Special Agent with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). She retired at the rank of Detective after 21 years of service from the Wichita Police Department where she spent a majority of her career working in Persons, Crimes, and  Investigations. Wendy’s area of expertise is officer health and wellness...

​​Aaron Jannetti is a husband, father, teacher, business owner, and life long student. Co-owner of Endeavor Defense and Fitness, author of How to Survive and Active Killer, and creator of the Active Shooter Response and Knife Control Concepts programs. He has been training and teaching various forms of martial arts and defensive tactics for fourteen years. He has ranked and trained in Krav Maga, BJJ, Wrestling, Boxing, Kickboxing, ...

Nick is a former LEO turned entrepreneur after working for a sheriff's department in Arkansas for 14 years. In 2016 he created a radio microphone retention device which was later named The Mic Loop. In 2021 he left law enforcement to work The Mic Loop full time. Currently he uses their social media platforms to share valuable knowledge about law enforcement tactics, training, and equipment to their audience. He also helps othe...

Jay is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 2nd degree black belt and retired MMA fighter. He has 20 years experience as a street cop and spent 13 of those with SWAT. Jay has a very long list of instructor credentials to his name, including DCJS, Reality based training, Range, Progressive FORCE Concepts, and Defensive Tactics.

Jay is currently an active duty office and team leader for Jamestown Police Department SWAT team. He is also the Lead inst...

Nathan Kapler is a retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police Officer with over fourteen years of Policing experience.

Nate is a First Responder Mental Health advocate and has aimed his sights on promoting mental well being within all first responder working lines. He runs a successful podcast, Ten Thirty Three - Trauma Talk which has already positively impacted many on the journey.

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Mr. Tucker joined the United States Army following the September 11th, 2001, attack on our country. He earned his Green Beret in 2004 and as a Green Beret served in both Afghanistan and Iraq.  After 8 years of service with the Green Berets, Brent successfully completed the military's most demanding selection and training course, earning the right to be a member of the nation’s most elite unit, the Delta Force  

After retiring, ...

Doug Wannemacher retired after 21 years as a full-time trainer for Greenville County Sheriff’s Office in November 2020 where he oversaw 23 canine teams. He now totals more than 20,000 training hours and has trained 150+ teams in various disciplines. Doug is an accredited Master Trainer for North American Police Work Dog Association in Utility, Narcotic Detection and Cadaver Detection. He holds certifications from the SC Criminal Ju...

Joe Dawson is a retired Navy Seal of 14 years with multiple deployments in Iraq Afghanistan, and Pacific theaters.

He served as Lead Petty Officer in charge of Land Warfare Training and ended his career as the Course Supervisor and Course Manager for the Naval Special Warfare Sniper program.

His other qualifications include Lead Breacher, Sniper, Navy Dive Supervisor, Navy Master Training Specialist, LAPD MACTAC I...

After serving in the US Army with the 10th Mountain Division, Ryan Johnson joined law enforcement where he is currently assigned to a full-time SWAT team.

With 15 years on the job, almost 10 of which with SWAT, Ryan plays many roles: sniper, assaulter and currently holds the position of assistant tactical team leader.

He trains at the highest level, regardless of discipline, and is always striving to become a better police officer an...

Chance began his career as a cop in 2013. Since then he has served as apart of SWAT, ATL, FTO, on Federal TF, and as a trainer on Counter Terrorism Response. Chance is the Co-Founder of Holistic Solutions Group where he does Civilian, Law Enforcement, and Military Training. He also is a preacher of awareness for Gas Station Tactics (TM) 

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