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60 seconds OR She dies | A conversation with a Hostage Negotiator | The Basement w- Tim Ross #044

The Basement with Tim Ross

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The Importance of Mentorship in Law Enforcement

"The happiest that I was in law enforcement, take the team out of the equation," he says. "If somebody on my team or my squad or my group screws up ... It's on me." He gets promoted from detective bureau back to patrol division where he manages a group of seven to eight officers. 'I'm responsible for things' is his new mindset.

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Speaker 3
And so every, my history of life, have I heard somebody say,
Speaker 1
and then I messed around. And got
Speaker 3
promoted. Yeah.
Speaker 1
I demote it. I've heard, demote it. I've heard fired. I never heard nobody messing around and getting promoted. And so that's, that's, that's from my perspective, because I will tell you that the happiest that I was in law enforcement, take the team out of the equation. The happiest that I was in law enforcement was when I was in jumpouts. Yeah. That was, that
Speaker 4
was an insane, you know, I
Speaker 1
would look at people
Speaker 4
that I worked with closely and I'd be like, I can't believe that we get paid to do this. Wow.
Speaker 1
That's how much. But then
Speaker 2
again, you know, I was a young gun. That's exactly right. Yeah. Absolutely. And so, you know, I can say that now. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 4
So when I say I messed around and got promoted, yeah, that's when, you know,
Speaker 1
things took on a more serious nature for me. Yeah. It
Speaker 6
was more. All right.
Speaker 1
People are counting on me. Right. I'm responsible for things. Yeah. If somebody on my team or my squad or my
Speaker 3
group
Speaker 1
screws up. Yeah. It's on me. Yeah. For sure.
Speaker 3
So the mindset's a little bit there. Man, I'm maturing. You know, I'm all with
Speaker 4
it. Yeah. Yeah. Um, but anyway,
Speaker 1
to make a long story longer, my, one of the sergeants left the team. And they put me in a, um, in a
Speaker 4
team leadership
Speaker 3
role. Yeah.
Speaker 4
So
Speaker 1
I could get on the phone again, but that wasn't my job. And like we talked about earlier, you know, it's important to train your folks up. That's right. Give them a marching orders. That's right. Let them know. Get out of their way. That's right. That's the position that I was in now.
Speaker 2
Yep. Did you enjoy it?
Speaker 1
Um, I enjoyed, um, the mentorship.
Speaker 4
The mentoring. Okay.
Speaker 1
I enjoyed the mentoring. I, I, I, I wanted. So let me, let me rewind this.
Speaker 6
The normal,
Speaker 1
um, way this works is you get promoted. And in my, I'm a detective. Right. I get promoted. You don't stay in that specialized assignment. You get, get back to the road. So I go from the detective bureau back to patrol division where I get a group of seven to eight officers.
Speaker 4
Um, and my job is
Speaker 1
to manage that. And one of the things that really irritated me when I was in patrol or in the detective bureau was the lack of quality in initial reporting by the patrol officer. So somebody breaks into your house.

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