Greg Anderson
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Well, that was one thing I liked about my department is we would bid a position once a year and then you'd work that for 12 months.
Well, that was one thing I liked about my department is we would bid a position once a year and then you'd work that for 12 months.
Well, that was one thing I liked about my department is we would bid a position once a year and then you'd work that for 12 months.
Yep. How do you not get completely, how do you not just hover at an empty battery? Well, bro, and that's the thing, the science behind being in any type of shift work, a nurse, a firefighter, a police officer, exactly what you're saying. It's, it's, it disrupts your sleep patterns. It loads your body with cortisol and statistically you die within five years of retirement.
Yep. How do you not get completely, how do you not just hover at an empty battery? Well, bro, and that's the thing, the science behind being in any type of shift work, a nurse, a firefighter, a police officer, exactly what you're saying. It's, it's, it disrupts your sleep patterns. It loads your body with cortisol and statistically you die within five years of retirement.
Yep. How do you not get completely, how do you not just hover at an empty battery? Well, bro, and that's the thing, the science behind being in any type of shift work, a nurse, a firefighter, a police officer, exactly what you're saying. It's, it's, it disrupts your sleep patterns. It loads your body with cortisol and statistically you die within five years of retirement.
And that's what every cop, like almost every cop that I know, the young ones that are new are go-getters. And anytime I talk about this, I always am careful because like, I'm not shooting on the profession. And if you're a hard charger and you're a cop and you like your job, by all means, continue to do that job.
And that's what every cop, like almost every cop that I know, the young ones that are new are go-getters. And anytime I talk about this, I always am careful because like, I'm not shooting on the profession. And if you're a hard charger and you're a cop and you like your job, by all means, continue to do that job.
And that's what every cop, like almost every cop that I know, the young ones that are new are go-getters. And anytime I talk about this, I always am careful because like, I'm not shooting on the profession. And if you're a hard charger and you're a cop and you like your job, by all means, continue to do that job.
But there's a ton of cops out there that feel trapped because they have 10 years left. They don't know what else to do. And they're like, well, I get my retirement when I'm 57. And so I have to be here for another 12 years. And they're miserable. And it's a scary place to arrive because people feel stuck.
But there's a ton of cops out there that feel trapped because they have 10 years left. They don't know what else to do. And they're like, well, I get my retirement when I'm 57. And so I have to be here for another 12 years. And they're miserable. And it's a scary place to arrive because people feel stuck.
But there's a ton of cops out there that feel trapped because they have 10 years left. They don't know what else to do. And they're like, well, I get my retirement when I'm 57. And so I have to be here for another 12 years. And they're miserable. And it's a scary place to arrive because people feel stuck.
But statistically, if you just keep grinding that out and then you finally reach that retirement, your heart gives out a couple of years later.
But statistically, if you just keep grinding that out and then you finally reach that retirement, your heart gives out a couple of years later.
But statistically, if you just keep grinding that out and then you finally reach that retirement, your heart gives out a couple of years later.
Bro, I don't think human beings, I don't think we're meant to be exposed to that kind of stuff for 20 or 30 years. I think being a soldier, I think being a patrol officer, I think being a firefighter, I think that those things are a young man's job. Or a young woman. You get people calling in being angry at you. That was Greg Anderson. Made the sexist and misogynistic comment.
Bro, I don't think human beings, I don't think we're meant to be exposed to that kind of stuff for 20 or 30 years. I think being a soldier, I think being a patrol officer, I think being a firefighter, I think that those things are a young man's job. Or a young woman. You get people calling in being angry at you. That was Greg Anderson. Made the sexist and misogynistic comment.