Brian O'Hara

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314 appearances 12 recordings 12 series first heard Dec 2025 last heard 30 Jan

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The Daily · ‘A Breaking Point’: The Minneapolis Police Chief on ICE · 12 Jan 2026 podcast

But it does have to do with having an honest conversation with

about reality.

We've had many instances of people being stopped, family members of police officers being stopped that are American citizens.

Yeah, it's definitely, at best, it is definitely questionable.

They're not stopping family members of folks who are Norwegian or Irish.

That's not happening.

We are doing it right now.

And we are proving to the world that this is possible, that this is not the same police department it was five years ago or 10 years ago or 15 years ago.

But it is an unbelievable stress on everyone involved.

And I think everybody needs to turn the heat down and hopefully get some sense of

some basic things to return.

Thank you, Michael.

Global News Podcast · Lebanon completes first phase of plan to disarm Hezbollah · 8 Jan 2026 podcast

In my years of experience as a police officer over the last 25 years, I can tell you police officers have been training more and more as time has gone on to try and avoid these situations in the first place, especially the last few years.

There's been a very strong emphasis on trying to de-escalate situations whenever possible.

But certainly for many years, professional law enforcement training has been to try and avoid situations

using tactics that place officers in a situation with an unarmed motorist where deadly force may be necessary.

I think the overwhelming majority of city police departments in this country have been training to try and avoid putting officers in situations where deadly force may be necessary, particularly when there is no underlying serious criminal threat.

In this case, it appears that this woman was not the target of any preplanned law enforcement investigation and that the initial reason for approaching the vehicle was because she was blocking the street.

So that being in mind, certainly everything that we do in law enforcement, we are trying to be proportionate and reasonable.

Consider This from NPR · An immigration crackdown gone wrong. What do we know? · 8 Jan 2026 podcast

Hi.

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