Welcome to our podcast about life and wellness as a first responder in emergency services. After 28 years under the police radio headset, Dawn chats with her son Gabe about police dispatching, crime, and life in the trenches. Gabe provides fresh ideas and questions with the millennial perspective. Together they interview first responders and their families including 911 dispatchers, call takers, and police officers. Through the lense of first responders, they talk to wellness experts from me ...
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Here is our follow up to episode 5 on Heroes at Work, in our season finale. Gabe edited the original 911 call, radio traffic, calls to the would-be killer's mother, along with the audio from the award presented to the Lawsons from Chief Shearer. We share the terrifying details the detectives discovered in the would-be kidnapper's AirB&B. After 28 y…
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Dispatcher Shannon Seulement from Teacher to Dispatcher, The Voice of Experience
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Welcome Shannon Seulement! She has 34 years as a police dispatcher and plenty of stories to share. I am thrilled to share my mentor and trainers experiences with all of you. 14 mins - longevity 15 min - team environment 16 min - importance of briefing together and then facing person 17 min - from teacher to dispatcher in 1989 19 min - shocking part…
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What We Can Hear When We Listen to Our Bodies ft. Christina Bour, LMT
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Thanks for Listening. Leave Us a Message https://www.podpage.com/echo-of-connections/Από τον Dawn and Gabe Hansen
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Officer Conner O'Leary 1st K-9 Deployment to Save a Child's Life
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Meet Conner O'Leary, the amazing story teller, who shares his journey from the Marines to Police Officer. He takes us on his journey as he finds his way into police work and eventually becomes a K-9 Handler. Conner’s first deployment with K-9 Kirby is a heroic tale told with cinematic appeal. We hope you enjoy his fabulous storytelling. Bring on th…
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Millennials on Life, Work, Neuroscience & Marriage ft. Alex & Leah Blankenship
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Join us as we talk to Alex and Leah Blankenship, two of Gabe's friends as we get a younger prospective from trying out for the police force and a brief look into the world of studying the brain. https://www.podpage.com/echo-of-connections/ Thanks for Listening. Leave Us a Message https://www.podpage.com/echo-of-connections/…
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Strengthening Your Mental Armor Join us as we talk to Stephanie Conn, PhD, author of Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel, Strengthening Your Mental Armor, and founder of First Responder Psychology. Stephanie shares her experiences as a daughter of a police officer, her path as a dispatcher/call-taker, her years as a police offic…
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Tina Pardee is a 16 year police dispatcher who wears many more hats. She is a mother of 2 children, who managed single parenting during her kids teen years. She married a police officer and along the way became an instructor in many areas. Tina is the administer of the Perfex Test for the hiring process. She trains the field training officers on ho…
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Tony Biglan, PhD, is a Retired Senior Research Scientist from Oregon Research Institute and President of Values to Action. https://www.valuestoaction.org/. Join Gabe and Dawn as we learn from a leading figure in the development of prevention science, Tony Biglan. He has over thirty years of research to identify effective family, school, and communi…
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Improving Our Lives ft. Tony Biglan, PhD
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Tony Biglan, PhD, is a Retired Senior Research Scientist from Oregon Research Institute and President of Values to Action. https://www.valuestoaction.org/. Join Gabe and Dawn as we learn from a leading figure in the development of prevention science, Tony Biglan. He has over thirty years of research to identify effective family, school, and communi…
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Sending Out Angels ft. Officer Tanner and Mandy Bazer
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We are thrilled to present Tanner and Mandy Bazer as we talk to them about family life in emergency services. Listen to the amazing strategies they employ to help each other and their family stay grounded, through shift work, SWAT calls, and FTO training. Mandy recognizes when Tanner needs his time hunting. Tanner knows when it is time for Mandy to…
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Heroes at Work, Saved a Child from a Kidnapper
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Heroes at Work Gabe listens and asks questions as I take him back to 1998, where I was a four year call taker. The Thurston High School shooting was my first big event in law enforcement. Gabe was surprised by the technology and logistical issues, as was I looking back ;). After the worst call of my four year career, I didn’t know what to expect. I…
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We welcome Helene Dubov, a Clinical Social Work/Therapist, to Echo of Connections. She gives us the background on EMDR therapy basics on how it started and how it works. Helene gives us an overview of the process and the foundation needed for using EMDR. Trauma, what is it? Helene gives us an easy answer to remember. Helene recommends EMDR for proc…
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Dawn just got back from training in Florida presented by Labor Relations Information System (LRIS). Dawn discusses labor laws that protect employees health related issues as taught by Will Aitchison from LRIS. After hearing LRIS guest speakers share their expierence and knowledge on how to help employees with the stress Dawn a better understanding …
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Burnout ft Tracey Komisar
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Our first very special guest, Tracey Komisar joins us to share her 29 years of working as a dispatcher at 911 and police dispatcher. She shares her most difficult call of her career, a school shooting, along with her ability to compartmentalize to make it through big incidents. Tracey and Dawn explore their recent revelations after Dawn attended tr…
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Gabe and Dawn try to talk about their origin story, but get distracted by 2020. 2020 is full of wild fires, protests turning to riots, siege of our police department, covid shut downs, and moving out after a 27 year marriage. Lots of big changes overshadowed our origin story to create the mayhem of this episode. We hope you enjoy! Our next episode …
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Gabe and Dawn Hansen team up to discuss trauma and building resilience in emergency services. Dawn has worked as a police dispatcher for 28 years. Gabe was born into a life of crazy shiftwork, stressful work, and being in the center of true crime as it unfolds. Gabe has observed the effects of trauma on Dawn and as a result on him as well. We team …
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