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The Zen Cop Podcast
Mac Rollins (host) began his law enforcement career in 2010 in Northern California. He is currently assigned to his agencies Detectives Bureau. The Zen Cop Podcast focuses on topics ranging from mental health, problems in policing and agency practice, to other relevant issues facing all walks of life and careers fields.
Episodes
39 episodes
S3 Episode 1: Special Guest Dustin Hill
Dustin Hill is a retired cop turned gun manufacturer and part-time archeologist- not officially, but you'll have to listen to hear more. From entering the narcotics underworld of the upper Midwest, to diving into some of the most questionable w...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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S2 Episode 16: Special Guest Darrel Lambert
In this episode we sit down with Detective Darrel Lambert to discuss some interesting topics involving interview and interrogation, confidence in interviewing, crimes against children, and how we can help keep our kids safe. Darrel currently wo...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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S2 Episode 15: Special Guest Brian Sanders
In this episode I sit down with Brian Sanders. Brian is a retired Lieutenant from a large metropolitan police department on the east coast. Brian worked as a patrol officer before finding his passion and true calling working as a Detective in h...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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S2 Episode 14: Boiling water, bad words, and wtf.
It doesn't matter how many times we do this job right, because society won't remember. What they absolutely will remember is when we do it wrong. This episode will discuss the importance of verbiage and how the small things can make the biggest...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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S2 Episode 13: Guns, Kids, and Societal Decay
In this episode we discuss the ongoing epidemic of societal decay- specifically, violence among the youth of our inner-cities across the nation.
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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S2 Episode 12: Special Guest Dr. Erica Fung
Dr. Erica Fung is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist currently working as a supervisor in the Correctional Health Department for the County of Los Angeles. Erica was born and raised in Hong Kong before traveling to the United States with aspirati...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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S2 Episode 11: Risk and relationships, how much is your agency willing to gamble?
In this episode we will discuss the concept of relationships- specifically with you and your employer. There will never be a perfect relationship in the realm of shift work, but if we don't try, or more importantly, the employer doesn't try, it...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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S2 Episode 10: Special Guest Chris from Visiblue LLC
Training, mindset, and how the little things can make big differences. Chris is the co-owner of the company Visiblue LLC based out of Maryland- and they offer a lot more than just a beanie. While the company itself is based on a very simple i...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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S2 Episode 9: Cops are dying, society is afraid, why is nothing changing?
With recent and past events, there seems to be a major disconnect when it comes to finding any resolve for public safety and cops being killed regularly. This episode will discuss the issues with we are facing on a daily basis along with a lack...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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S2 Episode 8: Special guest Jamil Syed
Jamil is a former CDCR Officer turned entrepreneur. The company he has built from the ground up is a direct result of personal life experiences that provided him with the knowledge and fortitude to be successful. His story is very motivating an...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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S2 Episode 7: Lessons in grief. How death changed my life forever.
In this episode I share stories from my own life that involve the concept of loss. Since a very young age, I experienced a variety of scenarios that involved the loss of family. When I was 21, I experienced the loss of my father. Those experien...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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S2 Episode 6: California Dreamin' with special guest Joey @9MM.MUSASHI
This episode will be the last of the California Dreamin' series and I was very excited to have Joey on the show as my final guest. Joey is an active police officer in the bay area of Northern California. Joey is also a former LAPD officer, curr...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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S2 Episode 5: California Dreamin' with special guest Marlon Marrache
Marlon is a retired Sergeant from the Los Angeles Police Department. In his 25+ years with the LAPD, he worked a variety of assignments as an Officer and supervisor including Internal Affairs (yes, he knows I recorded him). Marlon is the host o...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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S2 Episode 4: California Dreamin' with special guest Meagan McCarthy
Meagan is retired deputy from the San Bernadino County Sheriff's Department. Her retirement ultimately stemmed from an officer involved shooting where life and death hung in the balance. Since her retirement, she has become an advocate for cr...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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S2 Episode 3: California Dreamin' with Special Guest Hector Bravo
This will be the first episode of the California Dreamin' series. This series will focus specifically on the internal issues California is currently facing within the legal system and public safety overall. Hector Bravo is a retired Lieutenant ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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S2 Episode 2: Special guest JT from Survive Policing
I had JT on the show for season 1 and he brought a lot to the table, I was very excited to bring him back for season 2. In this episode JT and I explore some of the issues with different perspectives on modern policing, as well as managing the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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Episode 1: Retention, Appreciation, and an intro to season 2
This will be episode one of season two. Short and sweet, but the topic of retention and employee departure is how I wanted to start off the new year. I also discuss future episodes and content. I will be having a lot of guest...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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Episode Twenty: The day that changed my life forever
I've been planning on doing this episode for a long time. A lot of people have asked me "why" I do what I do, and more importantly "what happened to me" to make my motivation so strong when it comes to content and the like. The answer? It all s...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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Sidebar: Part two- Gun violence in America
This will be the second and last sidebar episode on "gun violence in America." It will discuss the some of the most skewed statistics when it comes to firearm related offenses, and also contrast the purchasing process to that of owning an autom...
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Episode Nineteen: How our brains can quickly save us, and slowly kill us.
Our brains are capable of a lot. What can happen inside our of heads in a matter of seconds is absolutely incredible. It can also cause the body to, over time, reach a threshold where that good life saving activity can start to damage the body ...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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Episode Eighteen: New Cops. New Mindsets. How we can teach the new guys to be better in both body and mind
If you are thinking of entering the career of law enforcement, you've probably made the inquiry to a family member or friend. With that inquiry will come a variety of viewpoints and opinions. This episode will address some of the realities that...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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Sidebar: Part one- Gun Violence in America
You will start to see "sidebar" episodes pop up from time to time. I enjoy my creating my podcasts with content that ranges from current to past and so forth, but I feel as though there is definitely a need to address certain issues or events w...
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Episode Seventeen: Special Guest Brady Tucker from "Books Behind The Badge"
Brady Tucker is an active member of the law enforcement community in Nebraska, and he is the owner and operator of "Books Behind the Badge." He created Books Behind the Badge as a way introduce literature as a means of growth, education, and co...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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Episode Sixteen: History repeats itself, and we are watching it in real time
This episode will discuss social justice reformation efforts both past and present, as well as a debrief of the Rodney King incident. Further, it will examine those efforts and see if they are making things better, or making them much worse.&nb...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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Episode Fifteen: Marriage, and why it will never be 50/50
Cop relationships are either some of the most rock solid or absolutely chaotic relationships in existence. We top the charts for domestic violence and divorce is extremely prevalent within the law enforcement community. My question is, why? Mor...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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