PHIT PD
PHIT PD hosted by Juan Cephas and Ashley "Smashley" Cummins reveals what it takes to be at your best physically and mentally for your duties as a police officer.
Episodes
48 episodes
What the Public Never Sees - Inside a Detective's Mind
Educational Content Notice: This program is intended for educational, historical, and public safety purposes. Discussions involving crime, violence, law enforcement, and trauma are presented to educate, promote prevention, and encourage i...
He Went Back for Evidence - Then the Gunfire Started
Educational Content Notice: This program is intended for educational, historical, and public safety purposes. Discussions involving crime, violence, law enforcement, and trauma are presented to educate, promote prevention, and encourage i...
What Cops Carry Home - Guerita Mexicana
Educational Content Notice: This program is intended for educational, historical, and public safety purposes. Discussions involving crime, violence, law enforcement, and trauma are presented to educate, promote prevention, and encourage i...
Nobody Would Talk - Homicide & Gang Investigations
A veteran police detective reflects on the realities of gang and homicide investigations and the people who make the job possible. We discuss trust between partners/teamwork, the components of effective teams, ethical leadership, victim advocac...
Is the Job Hurting My Body? What Can I do About it?
Educational Content Notice: This program is intended for educational, historical, and public safety purposes. Discussions involving crime, violence, law enforcement, and trauma are presented to educate, promote prevention, and encourage i...
Can Police Training Be Safer? LAPD Veteran Shares Vision
Educational Content Notice: This program is intended for educational, historical, and public safety purposes. Discussions involving crime, violence, law enforcement, and trauma are presented to educate, promote prevention, and encourage i...
A Life of Redemption: Lesson Learned EME member "Boxer" Enriquez
What can law enforcement, families, and communities learn from someone who lived on both sides of violence?In this episode, former Mexican Mafia member René “Boxer” Enriquez shares his personal journey from a difficult childhood and inv...
Leadership Starts with Accountability: Training Deputies and Raising Future Leaders
Educational Content Notice: This program is intended for educational, historical, and public safety purposes. Discussions involving crime, violence, law enforcement, and trauma are presented to educate, promote prevention, and encourage i...
Behind the Badge: A Sheriff's Captain Reflects on Leadership, Ethics & Major Investigations
Educational Content Notice: This program is intended for educational, historical, and public safety purposes. Discussions involving crime, violence, law enforcement, and trauma are presented to educate, promote prevention, and encourage i...
Courage Under Fire
In this powerful episode, we sit down with El Cajon Police Sergeant Tim McFarland to discuss one of the most defining moments of his law enforcement career—a violent encounter that left his partner and FTO, critically wounded by a gunshot to th...
Cartels, Child Soldiers and America's Street Gangs
Former DEA Chief of International Operations Mike Vigil joins the show to discuss his powerful book Ursula: Child Soldier, a gripping story inspired by the real-life experiences of children caught in the crossfire of violence, revolution, and n...
Breaking the Gang Cycle: From Trauma to Purpose
What can law enforcement learn from someone who lived the gang lifestyle?In this episode, we sit down with a former 9 year old gang member and drug dealer with deep roots in Southern California’s gang culture. Drawing from his book No E...
A Hero's Pain No One Saw: A Mom's Mission After Son's Suicide
Behind every badge is a son, a daughter, a spouse, a parent, and a family whose lives are forever intertwined with the call to serve.In this deeply personal and emotional episode, we sit down with the mother of CHP Officer Alexander Gue...
Hidden in Plain Sight: Recognizing Human Trafficking Through a Survivor's Eyes
Natasha was just 19 years old when she was deceived, kidnapped at gunpoint, and forced into the world of human trafficking. In this powerful episode, Natasha shares her firsthand experience of survival, the psychological manipulation used by tr...
How the Rodney King Incident Changed Policing Forever
In this episode, we sit down with a retired San Diego police detective whose career spans one of the most transformative eras in modern law enforcement. Starting with the Los Angeles Police Department in 1988 and later joining the San Diego Pol...
Gangs, Informants and the Pursuit of Murderers
In this episode, we sit down with a former California Department of Corrections officer and retired San Diego Police sergeant who spent years working patrol, gangs, and criminal investigations—operating in the environments where intelligence, t...
Shot in the Face. Still in the Fight.
Some stories aren’t just about survival—they’re about what you do after you should have died.In this episode, I sit down with a sheriff’s deputy who was shot in the face with a shotgun from just 18 inches away… and lived.But thi...
Policing the Police: Rampart, Corruption & Accountability
What really happens when the police police themselves?In this episode, we sit down with retired Los Angeles Police Department lieutenant Marlon Marrache—an immigrant from Peru who grew up in California’s San Fernando Valley and built a ...
Memorial Day Warriors: Police, Military and the Price of Service
In this powerful episode, we explore the legacy behind the badge and the responsibility of training the next generation of peace officers to carry forward the stories, sacrifices, and lessons of those who came before them. From fallen officers ...
Behind the Wall: Where Officer Safety is Life or Death
Today’s guest is Hector Bravo from the podcast "Hector Bravo Unhinged" he brings a rare combination of frontline experience, leadership under pressure, and unfiltered perspective.He’s a former U.S. Army infantry soldier who served in Ir...
Blood, Duty and Redemption: Season 2 Recap
In this powerful Season TWO recap of Line Up with phitPD, we revisit the unforgettable voices that shaped Season Two - stories of sacrifice, resilience, redemption and the human spirit behind the badge. From a police captain's untold stor...
From Alter Boy to Hitman: Inside the Mind of a Mexican Mafia Enforcer
In this gripping and unfiltered episode, we sit down with a former member of the Mexican Mafia who went from altar boy to prison gang enforcer—and from convicted hitman to law enforcement trainer.As a young man shaped by the California ...
Bulletproofing the Badge
Physical fitness in law enforcement isn’t about looking good — it’s about survival.In this episode, 13-year Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy and founder of 9-1-1 Strong, Dru Mejico, joins us for a powerful conversation about wha...
Fit Isn't Fight-Ready: What Officers Get Wrong
In this powerful and unfiltered conversation, we sit down with the President of the San Diego Police Officers’ Association, a seasoned sergeant with real-world experience on the street and in leadership.He breaks down the truth behind t...
Bulletproof Mindset: Empowering Women to Become Unstoppable
What happens when the badge is taken away — but the warrior spirit remains?In this powerful episode, we sit down with a former law enforcement officer whose career was cut short by a devastating on-duty injury and shocking back pain tha...