The Tactical Debrief with Dr. Massimino
The Tactical Debrief podcast
(Formerly The Staff Assistant Podcast) is designed to assist and educate public safety personnel about mental health issues and managing work-related stress. Dr. Massimino is a licensed clinical psychologist who works within a large law enforcement agency and treats first responders in her private practice.
Each episode is designed to mimic an intake session - giving you an inside look into what meeting with a therapist would look like - through the eyes of other first responders. The goal of The Tactical Debrief podcast is to normalize therapy for law enforcement and first responders, and to reduce the suicide rate for this population.
The Tactical Debrief with Dr. Massimino
Episode 41: NYPD Detective Edward Conlon
In this episode, we interview retired NYPD Detective and New York Times best selling author Edward Conlon.
Conlon writes and narrates a scripted historical podcast called Talk to Me, which tells the inside story of how the field of hostage negotiations was created. In the wake of major 1970’s tragedies such as the Attica prison riot and the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics, the NYPD realized there was an urgent need to develop a system for handling hostage incidents. With news archives and first-hand accounts from hostage team founders Frank Bolz and Harvey Schlossberg, they bring to life cases large and small to explore what worked—and what didn’t. The world’s first hostage negotiation team pioneered the use of psychology in saving lives and created a model that is still used around the world today.
Conlon is Harvard graduate, and wrote an autobiographical memoir called, "Blue Blood," which chronicles stories from his days patrolling the housing projects in the Bronx. Conlon later worked as a detective in the Street Narcotics Enforcement Unit in the South Bronx. Years later, he returned to the NYPD to work at the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.