Episode 1026: Inside the Future of Police Off-Duty Management with Augustus Hellwich
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Oh, shit. I need four guys tomorrow. Let me send you the address. Let's get going. And we did a hundred grand that month with that one customer. And I looked at Luke and I went, okay, this is going to work, right? I mean, this is ridiculous. We're solving the biggest problem these businesses have, right? Which is I can't find reliable officers. Not that the officers are reliable. I don't have a reliable way to find officers.
You guys, welcome to this episode of the Street Cop Training Podcast. I'm your host, founder and CEO of Street Cop Training. My name is Dennis Bino, and if you're watching this video, I'm a little tan because I've been out in the sun. But with that being said, I'd like to welcome to this show today. I heard John calling you August. Am I calling you August or Augustus?
Honestly, in my whole life, I've gone by both. Legally, it's Augustus. Everybody knows me as August.
All right, so August Hellrick. which is not a German name, which I'm lying about. It's a very German name. Very German. But if you guys could see him, not only will you see me tan and reddish, but you will see that he has a profound mustache that I imagine you put a lot of thought and care into it. Now, if I was German, I'd be very careful about how short that mustache goes. Well, see, mine's actually empty.
It's empty in the middle. So it, you know, it works.
It sends the right signal that you do not support the other thing because that empty... in the middle of your mustache. Anyway, with that being said, dude, welcome to the show. And just tell us all who you are, what you do, and what we're doing today. Yeah, it's awesome.
I appreciate it. Thanks for having me on, Dennis. Eight years ago, I co-founded a company that became what's now Aluno, which is a national marketplace for off-duty police officers. really acts as a bridge between local officers and the communities that need extra coverage, need extra help. So it's been a hell of a journey and happy to talk about it.
Yeah. So why don't you explain what this technology does?
Yeah, Aluno really acts like Uber for off-duty police. And it's super cliche and I hate even saying it, but really it's the easiest way to explain it. We're not a service on behalf of the city, right? We're not getting in bed with the mayors and the city managers trying to convince city councils to adopt our product like other companies in the off-duty space do. We really just act as an independent marketplace. So you have active officers that are sanctioned by their PD to work off-duty. Again, off-duty takes different names, right? Off-duty, extra duty, extra jobs, extra details, chiefs, overtime, secondary employment, whatever it is locally, they jump on our platform. They sign in through.
This is an app that people can download on like the app store.
Yep.
Yep.
Yep. Any officer, any business in the country. It's I-L-L-U-N-O. So, yeah, it's I-L-L-U-N-O.
Let me ask you this. How did you come up with some idea to invent something like this? What was the issue that you saw that cops were facing in the field and you needed a Luno app?
Yeah, it's a great question. My original co-founder, his name's Luke, he was a 20-year firefighter actually in Graham, Washington. And he would tell the story, he'd get off a 24-hour shift, working side-by-side with law enforcement all night. He'd get off and go home and they'd say that they were going to take off and go to Walmart, work another 12 off-duty, go to Safeway, go to a bank, whatever it is. And he just kind of fell into the world of off-duty. After he separated from the fire department, opened up a local brokerage service about 30 minutes south of Seattle, which is where I'm originally from. And a couple months in, you know, it had pretty much
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–8:16
2
How did Illuno start as a local off‑duty brokerage and scale nationwide?
8:16–20:53
3
How does the Illuno app work for officers and businesses step‑by‑step?
20:53–26:56
4
How are officers classified (1099 vs W‑2) and how does Illuno handle state rules like California?
26:56–29:18
5
How does Illuno set pay rates, avoid union conflicts, and generate revenue without charging officers?
29:18–38:26