Guest Episodes
An old school police lieutenant talks Baltimore, O’Malley, police commissioners…
BPD Police Lieutenant Wayne Wilson takes us back to old school policing in Baltimore. Wilson shares his wisdom about the O’Malley years, the best Baltimore Police Commissioner in the last 50 years, the police response to the Uvalde school shooting, and how the failure of the Baltimore School System is related to the city’s homicide…
Read MoreWe’re Talking SWAT with a City Swat Officer
Have you ever wondered why certain search warrants are served by SWAT teams and whether you are safer — or in great danger — when a SWAT team arrives? This episode is a very interesting discussion with a SWAT officer in a “major city on the East coast of the United States.” Serge and Clarke…
Read MoreSave Our Young—The life and work of a cop.
The lives of so many Baltimore children are beset by the trauma of violence. In this podcast, Serge and Clarke talk to a man whose father was shot in the head in Baltimore when the man was in the second grade. He remembers being driven to Shock Trauma in a police car, where his father…
Read MoreLenny Stamm and Michael Stamm v MSP Forensic Science Division
Black and White and Thin Blue Lines introduces our listeners to men and women who fight the eternal battle for justice, or those who have fought it, or those who aspire to fight it. In our first episode of Season 2, we invite you to get to know the father/son team of lawyers, Lenny Stamm…
Read MoreKemp Freund Weighs In on School Resource Officers
As communities struggle with increasing violence, school boards debate the utility of having police officers assigned to public schools. Two leading Democrat Presidents — Clinton and Obama — urged Congress to fund SROs (School Resource Officers) nationwide. Yet, the United States Department of Justice and the Department of Education have issued reports that SROs discipline…
Read MoreBlack History Month: A Living History Interview with the Hon. F. L. Antonin, Ret. (Part 2)
In honor of Black History Month, Serge and Clarke interview the third African American woman appointed to the Superior Court of New Jersey. Serge was able to secure this interview because Frances Lawrence Antonin, who helped break barriers for African American female attorneys, especially in New Jersey, is his mother. Clarke recommends this interview for…
Read MoreExpert James (“Jim”) Lilley on the Use of the Choke Hold
Our guest in this episode is Sgt. James Lilley, Howard County Police Department, ret. James (‘Jim”) Lilley is a nationally renowned expert in police tactics, the creator of a police training series on handgun retention by police, and the author of fiction and non-fiction books. He is a former marine and a lifetime student of…
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