Under the Shield Presents: Fight In Progress Episode 79 Master Police Officer Jonathan Hickory
In this latest episode, Host Susan Simons and co-host Tom “TheBombDotCom” Haubold speak with Jonathan Hickory Master Police Officer and Author of the award winning book “Break Every Chain”
Jonathan Hickory is an award winning author and speaker and an active Master Police Officer in Central Virginia. In his 19 plus years of police experience, Jonathan has mentored other officers as a Field Training Officer and a driving instructor. Jonathan spent seven years investigating the reconstruction of fatal vehicle crashes and three years as a motorcycle officer. Jonathan proudly serves as a member of the Police Department's Peer Support Team providing Critical Incident Stress Management support to fellow officers. Jonathan has written several articles for Law Officer magazine and also instructs a DCJS credit approved Resilience, Mental Wellness and Suicide Prevention class he developed for veteran police officers, dispatchers, and jail officers. Jonathan has been married to his wife Stacy for over 18 years and has three beloved children.
As a veteran officer, Jonathan has worked the streets, facing the darkest moments of humanity. After battling alcoholism and PTSD related depression for years, he found himself in the middle of the ultimate battle of good versus evil; the battle for his soul, considering suicide. After allowing the enemy of unresolved trauma to destroy his life and his family for so long, Jonathan cried out for help. Jonathan now helps other First Responders to heal from their trauma. Jonathan's award winning book, Break Every Chain, has sold thousands of copies and released as an award winning major motion picture in December 2021. For more information, visit breakeverychainmovie.com.
Welcome to Fight in Progress!
Description:
Fight in Progress with Susan Simons aims to discuss problems and difficulties our officers face every day from sleep deprivation, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, and adrenal fatigue, to depression, isolation, physical illnesses, emotional distress, divorce and all too often suicide. Fight in Progress looks to cover these topics and discuss their solutions to help these warriors navigate these threats through education and preparation. We speak to experts, officers and their families from around the country to have hard discussions on what challenges this community faces, and what we can do to strengthen our men and women in law enforcement.
About the Host-
Susan, President and founder of Under the Shield, is a leading subject matter expert in First Responder Stress/PTSI, and has been an instructor for 26 years in many major military and law enforcement installations around the country including, FBI Academy Quantico VA, US Marine Corps 3rd Battalion 23 Marines Lima Company, US Air Force Europe, consulting clinician NYPD/FDNY post 9-11, National Tactical Operators Association, and Luke AFB in Arizona (current). In these trainings she provides resilience training for all first responders and takes a head on approach to the issues of suicide, divorce, and Post traumatic stress, with solutions to the real issues affecting those in the first responder community.
Through her non-profit, Under the Shield Inc., she has created the only Stress Coach Certification in the United States specifically for law enforcement, first responders, military and their families. Susan holds a M.S. in Counseling and Human Development from Troy University and is a Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress as well as a Fellow with the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress.
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Susan Simmons (334) 324-3570 or susan.simons@undertheshield.com
Tom The-Bomb-Dot-Com (480) 861-6574 or Thaubold@undertheshield.com
Spousal Dress Coach (480) 518-3775
Tracy “Mrs. The-Bomb-Dot-Com”
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