Choir Practice Podcast
First Responders, and Public Servants, share the most extraordinary experiences from their careers. Here on Choir Practice our mission is to preserve our guests personal legacies for friends and family, sharing their stories for anyone who might be curious or interested in a career in public service.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 162 minutes
- Episodes
- 203
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Michael Warren (Retired Oro Valley Police Corporal and K9 handler, AZ Department of Corrections)
Michael and I met through the podcast Facebook page. His wife, Gayle, works in the Tucson Police Crime lab and specializes in IT Forensics. We start this episode by bragging about and g…
Joe Knipp (Retired Pima County Sheriff Sergeant, current San Diego PD Motor Officer)
I tried to warn you, he's back with all new stories! This here is a continuation of the career of a man who kept a journal, wrote down the extraordinary and, occasionally, I help him re…
Lindsay McCall Long (Gwinnett County, Ga, Paradise Valley, AZ and Tempe, AZ Police Dept)
Lindsay started her career with Gwinnett County Georgia in 2004. She worked in the division that made her grow up real fast. With high crime and a heavy call load, she quickly gained ex…
Joe Knipp Part 2 (Retired Pima County Sheriff's Dept)
Hey Squad, each of these Knipp interviews is different with their own crazy stories you don't wanna miss! Tune is, turn it up and let's get this show started!!!
Be safe out there, if a b…
Dr. Kevin Gilmartin (Pima County Sheriff's Dept, Author of Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement)
* Description provided by the Dolan Consulting Website, https://www.dolanconsultinggroup.com/instructor/kevin-gilmartin/
DR. KEVIN GILMARTIN
Attorney
Dr. Gilmartin is a behavioral scientis…
Tracy Suitt (Retired Pima County Sheriff Deputy, Corrections and US Navy)
One of the nicest guys you'll ever meet, who would give you his BB rifle during slow times, it is my honor to host Tracy Suitt. He spent time working as the Public Information Officer, …
Sean Payne (Retired Pima County Sheriff Lieutenant)
Sean began his law enforcement career at the jail in the 1990's. We worked together briefly before he left to become a Deputy in 1997. I joined him a year later and we both enjoyed the …
Ron Payette (Retired Tucson Police Officer and Chaplain)
I think you are going to find Ron's start with the Tucson Police Department to be very interesting, I know I did! He was one of those officers who had a knack for catching bad guys. Man…
Dave Stone (Retired Tucson Police Officer)
Dave and I worked together in the Special Investigations Section, buying and selling stolen property, drugs and whatever else to catch bad guys. He had a great career and continues to s…
Gary Youngling (Retired Fairfax Co Master Policeman, Author)
Gary was kind enough to be my guinea pig as my very first interview two years ago. At the time, he had published his first book and now has his second book available (See the link below…
Jason Rockwell (Retired Pima County EOD Sergeant)
Jason joined the Pima County Sheriff's Department as I was leaving for the bright lights of the city! He spent 23 years serving the community as a Deputy, SWAT operator and EOD technici…
Barb Harris (Retired Marana Police Deputy Chief, Pima Community College, Tucson Police, ISP)
Barb started her professional life as a dispatcher for the Tucson Police department, became a street cop and things took off from there! She promoted to Sergeant but left the department…
Joe Knipp (Retired Pima County Sergeant, Current San Diego PD)
WHAT A CHARACTER! Joe definitely has to come back because we only made it through one page, of six, of the notes he brought to chat about. We had a great time, and I know you're going t…
Jim Mellen (Retired Pima County Sheriff Lieutenant)
Jimmy is back, brought a bag of scraps (Scrap book) and a ton of more stories. Turn it up, welcome him back with that warm "Choir Practice Squad Welcome" and please enjoy the show.
Reme…
EPISODE 100- Dan Lewis (Retired Tucson Police Lieutenant)
What a huge milestone! This show continues to grow, the Squad continues to grow and I'm honored to be the steward over this awesome show that allows you all to get to know your protecto…
Larry Summerfield PT2 (Retired Pima County Sheriff Deputy)
I enjoyed this chat. We shared more stories from Larry's career but more importantly he gave a little tribute to his wife. It is my mission, the most important thing to me, that each gu…
Sean Bailey (Retired Tucson Police Sergeant)
This was such a good time! I'm excited for you all to get to know Sean. He began his career in 1994, his stories were fantastic and I'm so glad he is the newest member of the most amazi…
Tom Holz PT 2 (Retired Pima County Sheriff's Dept, Village of Park Forrest, Ill.)
Squad! Give Tom a warm welcome back. We had another good session and the stories were fantastic. I'm honored, and I'm so appreciative of you all continuing to tune in.
I know some pretty…
Greg Perrin (Retired Tucson Police Motor Officer, USMC)
I can't tell you how happy I was to reconnect with Greg. The last time I really saw him was 2004! His career was ended tragically short by a collision while on his police motorcycle. He…
Tom Holz (Retired Pima County Sheriff, Village of Park Forrest, Illinois PD)
Tom was introduced to me by Gator, so it was good to meet him. He began his career as a paramedic/ EMT but was seduced by the call to be a cop! He was hired by the Village of Park Forre…