#1750 Door Pop - Bonus for ep 1749
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Scott Benner (0:0) Hello, friends. (0:01) Welcome back. (0:02) This episode is bonus content for episode 1,749. (0:06) If you haven't heard that, go listen first. (0:08) Basically, at the end of my conversation with Connor, he told a bunch of stories about being a police officer, and we put them right here in this short kinda ten, fifteen minute episode.
Scott Benner (0:17) So if you wanna hear about his diabetes and everything else, seventeen forty nine. (0:21) This year, 50 is the bonus to that. (0:25) Nothing you hear on the Juice Box podcast should be considered advice, medical or otherwise. (0:29) Always consult a physician before making any changes to your health care plan. (0:34) Ever have to draw your gun at work?
Conner (0:36) Oh, I mean, yeah. (0:38) You draw I I guess, like, you know, if you go to alarms and stuff like that, you're clearing buildings, you're you're drawing your gun, you say you're in a pursuit, like, I I draw my gun a a decent amount. (0:52) I guess so. (0:54) I'm in a little bit different of a of a role now. (0:58) Like, I'm not like a a road.
Conner (1:01) I'm not out on the road, like, every single day doing, like, normal police work right now. (1:06) Mhmm. (1:06) But, yeah, I have a dog, I guess. (1:10) I haven't mentioned that.
Scott Benner (1:11) You have a k you think you you run a canine unit?
Conner (1:14) Yeah. (1:15) So I'm I'm a dual purpose canine handler. (1:18) So
Scott Benner (1:19) Oh, nice.
Conner (1:19) My dog, he's trained to alert to the odor of narcotics. (1:24) That's, one one of the things that he does. (1:27) And then the other thing is he's an apprehension dog. (1:30) So, like, someone robs a bank, we we can track them. (1:34) And if needed, we can apprehend them or someone's fighting me and
Scott Benner (1:38) Well, have you ever has that ever happened live? (1:40) Have you ever watched your dog take somebody down?
Conner (1:44) So I I just got a new dog a a few months ago. (1:48) My old dog, he had a whole bunch of issues and
Scott Benner (1:52) I'm sorry.
Conner (1:52) Ended up dying. (1:53) But, yeah, my old dog, he he, he was a star. (1:57) He he definitely took some some bad guys down.
Scott Benner (2:01) So, Connor, even though it's a thing you've seen and you've trained on, when it actually happens, is there a little part of your brain that still goes, oh, damn. (2:08) Like, when it like because it looks like it's it's interesting when you see it on video. (2:13) I've never seen it in person. (2:15) But when the like, the body of, a shepherd, like, hits the body of a person and latches on, like, you realize how, I don't know, defenseless the person is really against the dog. (2:26) You know what I mean?
Scott Benner (2:27) Yeah.
Conner (2:27) No. (2:27) It's it's like I mean, it's it's like watching the YouTube videos in real life.
Scott Benner (2:32) Like, you're like,
Conner (2:34) you you still get the same, like, adrenaline and, like you know, it's it's crazy what what's the the people are thinking because, like, for me and how I was trained and how I I train other people, like,
Scott Benner (2:49) Oh, because you're saying don't run. (2:51) I'm gonna let this dog go, and it's like yeah.
Conner (2:53) Like, I'll give you one one example. (2:56) Like, I'm I'm in a vehicle pursuit, and, you know, vehicle pursuits, they're they're very dangerous. (3:02) And I work for, like, a a sheriff's office. (3:06) So, like, I don't have, like, the backup that, like, normal, like, city police officers normally, like, in the city, like, something happens. (3:13) Like, you got you got backup, like, seconds away.
Conner (3:16) Well, out in the county, like, your your backup could be, like, twenty minutes away.
Scott Benner (3:21) Right.
Conner (3:22) So you're you're in a vehicle pursuit and someone crashes out. (3:26) And I I had one where vehicle crashes out, and I can see the person, like, messing with their car door. (3:37) And I'm like, hey. (3:38) Do not do not get out of the vehicle. (3:40) Do not get out of the vehicle.
Conner (3:41) And they hop out. (3:43) I grab my dog, and they they're looking right at me. (3:46) I'm, like, I don't know, 20 feet away from them. (3:49) Mhmm. (3:49) They're looking right at me.
Conner (3:50) They see me with the dog. (3:52) I'm like, stop or I'm gonna send the dog. (3:54) Stop or I'm gonna like, I literally told them, like, five times.
Scott Benner (3:56) Yeah.
Conner (3:57) And they take off, start running. (3:58) I'm like like, I'm, like, in my brain, I'm like, I cannot believe this is happening right now.
Scott Benner (4:03) It's not what you wanna do. (4:04) Right? (4:04) Like, you're not looking to release the dog on them, but, like, that's yeah. (4:08) I know. (4:08) I it must be so adrenaline filled.
Scott Benner (4:10) Plus, if they've got something to hide. (4:12) Right? (4:12) Like, they do Yeah. (4:13) They get into
Conner (4:13) their head. (4:13) Yeah. (4:14) So, yeah, like, and then, yeah, you send the dog and the dog does its job and gets the apprehension, and you're just like, wow. (4:21) Like yeah. (4:23) It's just like the YouTube video.
Conner (4:24) Or, like, the the another cool thing is, like, on on my vest, like, I have the little button where I can it, like, remotely pops the door.
Scott Benner (4:33) Oh, till you release the dog from
Conner (4:34) a distance. (4:35) Yeah. (4:36) So, like, you know, I had one where I'm I'm out patrolling, and I'm looking for this this guy that has these fairly good warrants, and I I see him walking down the street at, like, one in the morning. (4:50) And I'm like, I'm pretty sure that's the guy. (4:52) So I flip back around and I start talking to him.
Conner (4:55) I'm out on my foot. (4:56) I don't put talking to the guy, and I I've talked to him a bunch of times so I know exactly who he is, and I confirm who he is. (5:04) Let him know he has a warrant, and I'm trying to get him to cooperate with me the whole time. (5:08) And he's just like he's like, man, like, this is stupid. (5:11) Let me go home and tell my wife or whatnot.
Conner (5:14) And eventually, you know, after, like, five minutes of trying to
Scott Benner (5:17) Yeah. (5:18) Nice about.
Conner (5:19) Yeah. (5:19) I go I'm like, okay, man. (5:21) I gotta put you in cuffs. (5:22) And he's like, nope. (5:24) And just boom.
Conner (5:25) Takes off running. (5:26) And I was like, I I had never done a a door pop. (5:31) Well, my last dog I had for probably six years, I had never never popped the door before. (5:37) Mhmm. (5:37) And that time, I I did the door pop.
Conner (5:40) My dog comes out, and it was pitch black and I just took my flashlight and I shined it on the guy and my dog was like it was like a laser beam and
Scott Benner (5:50) took off in. (5:51) I see him, boss. (5:51) I'll be right back.
Conner (5:52) Yeah. (5:53) And then the funny thing is is so my dog's biting the guy right on the butt, and I'm I'm going up to the guy, and the guy's like, man, I'm a dumbass. (6:03) Like, he's called himself a dumbass. (6:04) Knows. (6:05) Yeah.
Conner (6:06) So, like, you you have situations like that where, like, you and you always like, for apprehensions, you're always, like, warning them multiple times. (6:15) Hey. (6:15) You're gonna get bit by my dog. (6:16) Stop. (6:17) You're gonna get bit by my dog.
Conner (6:18) Or, like, when you if someone's hiding in a building, you know, you always you're always giving announcements before you send like, so people know.
Scott Benner (6:26) Yeah.
Conner (6:26) And when we do the training, like like, if I'm the bad guy and they have me in, like, the big marshmallow suit Mhmm. (6:31) Like, if I'm in the house and I'm hearing these announcements and the dogs are barking at the doorway, like, I get scared and I'm in the bite suit, and I know the dog's not gonna do anything. (6:41) So I don't know what's going through these people's minds that
Scott Benner (6:44) they're not have YouTube. (6:46) Right? (6:46) Like, do they not Yeah. (6:47) See like, it's the same thing with tasers. (6:49) Like, we've all seen enough taser videos now.
Scott Benner (6:51) When someone goes, I'm gonna tase you, just go, hey. (6:54) You know what? (6:54) I give up. (6:55) I'm sorry.
Conner (6:55) Yeah. (6:56) Exactly. (6:57) Yeah. (6:57) Like, I I don't know. (6:58) I think drugs probably have a lot to do.
Conner (7:00) They do. (7:01) They're probably high on drugs. (7:02) I but then yeah. (7:03) So, like, you you have that side of of the the police work for the dogs, and then you also have the the the detection, which my dog's narcotics Yeah. (7:15) Detection.
Conner (7:16) So, like, mainly what it is is, like, sniffing the exterior vehicles to get probable cause. (7:21) But, like, one one cool little example that I have is I go I'm watching this car at a gas station, and I know it's it's gonna be a good stop because I knew who the the owner of the car was. (7:37) And I end up stopping the car, and someone in the passenger seat just takes off running after, the car stops. (7:45) So I'm chasing them on foot, but, like, you don't know why they're running, and they hadn't committed a felony yet. (7:52) So I wasn't gonna door pop, and I'm not gonna bite someone for just, like, a a simple misdemeanor or whatever.
Conner (7:57) So I'm chasing him, and I end up I I get him, handcuffed, and I go back to the car. (8:06) And by that time I was in the city when I made that traffic stop, so there was already a whole bunch of backup there. (8:12) And they had all the end up having all the occupants, the rest of the occupants of the vehicle detained. (8:19) So I was like, they gotta have drugs in the car because what why why are they being so weird? (8:24) So I get my dog out, and I go to have him sniff the exterior of the car that I have stopped.
Conner (8:31) And my dog is like, he wants nothing to do with sniffing the car. (8:36) Like, he keeps pulling away from it. (8:38) And I'm like, at this time, I'm just getting, like, pissed off. (8:40) I'm like, what are you doing? (8:42) What are you doing?
Conner (8:42) Why will you not sniff the car? (8:44) And finally, was like, whatever. (8:45) We'll see what he's what what my dog's doing. (8:47) And, like, I'm not joking. (8:49) Like, 20 yards away, he just pulls me straight over this backpack that's, like, 20 yards away from the car in this grassy little area kind of, like, in a commercial by, like, a Taco Bell and all this
Scott Benner (9:01) ran and dumped the pack as he was running from you?
Conner (9:04) No. (9:04) He it's so he lurched to the back the backpack, and I go back and I have to, like I watch my dashcam. (9:12) And as the guy is running, they open up the car door and chuck the backpack out out the car. (9:18) Oh. (9:18) So, like, we never
Scott Benner (9:20) Yeah. (9:21) The the guy running drew your attention and they tossed it
Conner (9:24) back. (9:24) Yep.
Scott Benner (9:25) What was in that backpack?
Conner (9:27) A bunch of methamphetamine and syringes and stuff like that.
Scott Benner (9:30) Okay.
Conner (9:31) Yeah. (9:32) So, yeah. (9:33) Like, I mean, you got stuff like that where, like, you know, dogs, like, their noses are so good, like, you know, doing search warrants on houses and stuff like that. (9:45) And we'll have, like, you know, all the all the police officers that are there search the house, and they think they found all the drugs. (9:54) And they're like, hey.
Conner (9:55) Run the dog through here to see if there's anything else in here. (9:58) And, like, normally, like, you don't really find a a whole lot else. (10:04) But, like, sometimes you do, and, like, the dog goes and he starts, like, alerting to this one area. (10:09) You're like, hey. (10:10) Like, my dog's alerting over here.
Conner (10:11) You guys have already searched the whole thing, and you you somehow find, like, a little secret compartment and, like, just cool little stuff like that where, like, you would never you would never Just to find find
Scott Benner (10:24) it on your own. (10:25) Yeah. (10:25) That's awesome, man. (10:26) Yeah. (10:26) It's a great they're great house.
Conner (10:27) And you you yeah. (10:28) You build and you build a great bond with them. (10:31) Like, they're there they're there for you, you know, if if you need something
Scott Benner (10:35) Dog come home with you?
Conner (10:37) Yeah. (10:37) So my old dog, the dog that died, he was, like, he was the best dog you could ever ask for because, like, he could flip the switch. (10:48) He go to work, and he could apprehend people, sniff drugs. (10:52) And then when we got home from work, like, I could just let him into the house, and he would not tear up the house. (10:59) He would run-in, jump on and, like, I literally, I would get home.
Conner (11:04) I would go take a shower, and my dog would jump up in bed with my wife and cuddle with my wife.
Scott Benner (11:08) Yeah.
Conner (11:09) I'm like, that's the kind of dog my old dog was. (11:12) Like, he he could flip the switch and he was totally fine. (11:15) And, yeah, he they they live with you pretty much twenty four seven.
Scott Benner (11:18) Okay.
Conner (11:19) My new dog is, he's a younger, very, very, very, very energetic dog, and he's he can't be in the house because, I don't know if I would have doors and stuff in my house because he probably would have torn them down already Okay. (11:36) If he wasn't in a garage for most of time.
Scott Benner (11:39) Well, we don't want that. (11:40) Yeah. (11:41) No. (11:41) Man, I I can't thank you enough for sharing your story with me. (11:43) That's really, really fantastic.
Scott Benner (11:45) I'm so happy that you're doing well and that the podcast had a part in helping you. (11:50) And really, man, I'm just I'm I'm super happy for you. (11:54) I I wish you a long, happy, healthy life. (11:57) Really is
Conner (11:57) Thank
Scott Benner (11:57) really wonderful. (11:58) Like, I you're just you're the exact kind of person I'm trying to reach, and I'm thrilled that it found you.
Conner (12:03) Yeah. (12:04) Well, I'm I'm happy that I found you because it's definitely changed my life, and, I'm assuming it's gonna keep changing my life as we keep learning more about, you know, new things. (12:16) Yep.
Scott Benner (12:16) I'm glad, man. (12:17) I really am. (12:18) But, again, congratulations on everything. (12:21) It's really, really fantastic. (12:22) And I I honestly, I'm gonna I'm gonna hang up now and ask you.
Scott Benner (12:26) Seriously, there's you paid the girl or something. (12:28) Right? (12:28) Like, there's something going on. (12:30) I in honestly.
Conner (12:31) I I don't know. (12:32) I got. (12:32) Dude. (12:33) I I definitely got lucky.
Scott Benner (12:34) Yeah. (12:34) You shared a lot, but there's a secret you don't have that you've you've not told us about. (12:38) That's all.
Conner (12:38) Maybe. (12:40) I don't know. (12:40) Alright.
Scott Benner (12:40) Hold on for a second, Connor. (12:42) Thank you.
Conner (12:42) Yep.
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