Two Ordinary Cops
by benschultz
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Latest episode
Episode 147 – Honouring Our Heroes: A Week with Two Ordinary Cops
Episode 147 – Honouring Our Heroes: A Week with Two Ordinary Cops
About this podcast
The two ordinary cops are former Northern Territory Police Officers Remote Sergeant Ben Schultz and Detective Sergeant Damien Barbe. With over 25 years experience Ben and Damo share stories from their time in the job. Follow along through the laughter, anger and tears that come with the rigours of Policing Australia’s last frontier.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 153 episodes
- Episode 147 – Honouring Our Heroes: A Week with Two Ordinary Cops · 11 min · Episode 153This week, Schultzy goes solo for a short episode, bringing listeners up to date with what's happening behind the scenes at Two Ordinary Cops. Following an extraordinary evening…
- Episode 146 – Part 1 – Esther McKay: Behind the Crime Scene · 59 min · Episode 152Welcome back to Two Ordinary Cops! In this episode, Damo and Schultzy are joined by former NSW Police forensic officer and author Esther McKay, who takes us back to the beginning…
- Episode 145 – Zero to a Thousand: The Reality of Frontline Policing · 55 min · Episode 151One minute it's a routine job, the next you're fighting for your life. In this episode of Two Ordinary Cops, Damo and Schultzy discuss the recent stabbing of a Queensland police…
- Episode 144 - Police Cars: Built Tough, Driven Hard and Sometimes Destroyed! · 1 h 8 min · Episode 150Welcome back to another episode of Two Ordinary Cops! This week, Damo and Schultzy kick things off with some fantastic listener feedback, shout-outs and a reminder of why talking…
- Episode 143 – From Trauma to Territory Day - You Asked, We Answered · 48 min · Episode 149This week we hand the episode over to you, answering questions and sharing a few stories along the way. We start on the serious side after a listener reaches out following a…
- Episode 142 – Who’s Got the Cops’ Backs? · 37 min · Episode 148A listener question gets Damo and Schultzy talking about something every cop should understand — who’s got your back when things go wrong? In this episode, the boys look at the…
- Episode 141 – Roger Mayer APM Part 4 - Brett Meredith, Police Dogs & the Jobs That Stay With You · 1 h 25 min · Episode 147Welcome back to the Two Ordinary Cops for the fourth and final part of our interview with Roger Mayer APM. In this episode, things get personal as Roger remembers his former NSW…
- Episode 140 - Interview with Roger Mayer APM - Part 3 - Riots, Detectives & Police Dogs · 1 h 12 min · Episode 146Welcome back to the Two Ordinary Cops as we continue our conversation with Roger Mayer APM. In this episode, Roger takes us from the NT Police to the NSW Police, where the action…
- Episode 139 - Part 2 - Interview with Roger Mayer APM - Policing the Territory in the late 70's · 59 min · Episode 145Welcome back to Part Two with Roger Mayer APM. In Episode 139, Roger takes us back to what it was really like joining the Northern Territory Police in the late 1970s and early…
- Episode 138 - Part 1 - Interview with Roger Mayer APM - Foundation, Training and Introduction into Policing · 1 h 4 min · Episode 144This episode is an absolute blast. Roger Mayer not only tells you of his upbringing and how it turned him into the police officer and man he became. But it explains dedication…
- Episode 137 - The Man Who Wasn't There. · 60 min · Episode 143What does a major murder investigation really look like from the inside? This week, Damo takes us back to Operation Nina, the investigation into the 2011 murder of Ray Niceforo…
- Episode 136 – Behind the Cordon/ When Police Face the Unthinkable. · 41 min · Episode 142This week on Two Ordinary Cops, Schultzy and Damo take listeners behind the police cordon following the recent tragic murder-suicide in Charleville. We break down what actually…
- Episode 135 – Undercover, Unbroken: Todd Maguire · 1 h 36 min · Episode 141Former Queensland Police detective and undercover operative Todd Maguire shares the story behind the badge. What starts as a conversation about policing quickly becomes something…
- Episode 134 – Courage Under Fire: When a Routine Call Turns Critical · 19 min · Episode 140A routine welfare check can become a life-or-death situation in an instant—and this week we discuss the tragic shooting of Queensland Police Constable Jordan May and the…
- Episode 133 – Different Countries, Same Badge: Policing with Inspector Ben Dimmock · 1 h 7 min · Episode 139What happens when police officers from opposite sides of the world sit down and compare notes? As it turns out, far more is shared than separates them. This week, Schultzy and…
- Episode 132 – More Than a Dog Handler: Purpose Through Tragedy with Joel Davidson · 47 min · Episode 138When Queensland Police Dog Squad Officer in Charge Joel Davidson first joined the police at just 19 years old, he never imagined the journey ahead. From proactively hunting…
- Episode 131 – Personal Responsibility, Policing, and the Cost of Doing Your Job · 55 min · Episode 137In Episode 131, Schultzy and Damo tackle one of the biggest questions facing modern policing: at what point does doing your job become a crime? Using the recent conviction of NSW…
- Episode 130 – The Real Northern Territory: Beyond the Headlines · 1 h 22 min · Episode 136Before Two Ordinary Cops ever had a name, one of the titles we seriously considered was The Real Northern Territory. It only seems fitting that 130 episodes later, we finally…
- Episode 129 – The Battle After the Battlefield: Bravery, Betrayal and the Price of Service · 1 h 1 min · Episode 135The conversation around Australia's Special Forces has never been more relevant. After watching the powerful documentary Bravery and Betrayal, Schultzy and Damo take an honest…
- Episode 128 – Courage, Trauma, and the Birth of Queensland's Tactical Policing with Keith Banks.mp3 · 1 h 38 min · Episode 134In this powerful episode, the boys sit down with Queensland policing legend Keith Banks. From working deep undercover and helping build Queensland’s early tactical policing…
