Greg Anderson

I'll tell you, bro. I knew that I probably had a five-year window as a police officer before it was time to move on. And I'd already been in the profession because I was a deputy down in Los Angeles for a while, too. And I'll tell you, the Port of Seattle was a good department to work for. Like, the people were cool. My chain of command was made up of pretty good people. I didn't mind...

who I worked for, but the profession in itself was starting to eat at me. And it's like, dude, you wake up every day and you go to work and you drive around and you just, you deal with stuff that you don't feel like is even really making a difference, especially in Seattle. It's always like petty thefts, car prowls, a lot of drug stuff, a lot of trespass, like every once in a

who I worked for, but the profession in itself was starting to eat at me. And it's like, dude, you wake up every day and you go to work and you drive around and you just, you deal with stuff that you don't feel like is even really making a difference, especially in Seattle. It's always like petty thefts, car prowls, a lot of drug stuff, a lot of trespass, like every once in a

who I worked for, but the profession in itself was starting to eat at me. And it's like, dude, you wake up every day and you go to work and you drive around and you just, you deal with stuff that you don't feel like is even really making a difference, especially in Seattle. It's always like petty thefts, car prowls, a lot of drug stuff, a lot of trespass, like every once in a

I revived a guy that had a heart attack that day. You go home proud of yourself, things like that. Right. Or you catch a dude taking pictures, a little boys taking a piss. And it's like, Oh, I got a good one today. Right. But I would say 95% of the time, um, It's just low vibration activity that you just start to carry and it feels heavy.

I revived a guy that had a heart attack that day. You go home proud of yourself, things like that. Right. Or you catch a dude taking pictures, a little boys taking a piss. And it's like, Oh, I got a good one today. Right. But I would say 95% of the time, um, It's just low vibration activity that you just start to carry and it feels heavy.

I revived a guy that had a heart attack that day. You go home proud of yourself, things like that. Right. Or you catch a dude taking pictures, a little boys taking a piss. And it's like, Oh, I got a good one today. Right. But I would say 95% of the time, um, It's just low vibration activity that you just start to carry and it feels heavy.

And I didn't know how heavy the profession was until I walked away from it. I had a lot of people telling me the next, I would say within six months of leaving law enforcement, they're like, dude, you're starting to age backwards. Like, yeah, good. Because I'm not carrying on.

And I didn't know how heavy the profession was until I walked away from it. I had a lot of people telling me the next, I would say within six months of leaving law enforcement, they're like, dude, you're starting to age backwards. Like, yeah, good. Because I'm not carrying on.

And I didn't know how heavy the profession was until I walked away from it. I had a lot of people telling me the next, I would say within six months of leaving law enforcement, they're like, dude, you're starting to age backwards. Like, yeah, good. Because I'm not carrying on.

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.

It's so fucking nuts.

It's so fucking nuts.

It's so fucking nuts.

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.