Joining via zoom is Kristofor from the state of Texas! Kristofor is a prior Special Agent w/ U.S. Customs & Boarder Protection where he served honorably for 15 years. Kristofer is currently married with two children.

In this podcast, we talk about a call for service where Kristofor was 10 ft. away from someone who died via a self inflicting GSW, his involvement in the largest telefraud case in U.S. History, Boarder Agents killed off-duty, locating decomposing deceased bodies near the boarder, and Officer suicides within the federal agency.

Furthermore, Kristofor talks all about his book called, "In Valor, 365 Stoic Meditations For First Responders. This book give you the tools you need on and off duty to survive! Head over to Amazon to purchase the book today! You can also follow his podcast by searching The Stoic Responder, which will be added to T.O.C.'s App soon.

Thank you to Kristofor for supporting T.O.C. and for all your work in our First Responder in the past and present.

Joining via zoom is Matt and Shavonne in beautiful Southern California at Throttle & Thrive's Facility, which is a Men's Substance Misuse Facility Exclusively For First Responders and Veterans.

Matt was born in Florida and served as a Fire Fighter for 18 years. Furthermore, Matt was married and has three children and unfortunately his substance misuse was a contributing factor to him becoming divorced in 2018. Matt has attended SIX different treatment centers and was not seeing improvement in himself.

Matt got connected with Shavonne in early 2024 and attended Throttle & Thrive, which is exactly what he needed as the facility is geared towards our first responder and military community. Matt shares his experiences being a Fire Fighter, diagnosis of PTSD, relationship challenges, substance misuse, and shares the need for our community to learn about the great work Shavonne is doing at Throttle & Thrive.

Thank you to Matt for being willing to be vulnerable and share your story for our community!

If you would like to learn more about Shavonne and Throttle & Thrive, we encourage you to listen to SZN 6 EP 5 and SZN 6 EP 10. Throttle & Thrive was a proud sponsor at T.O.C.'s "Be Here Tomorrow" symposium in February of 2024. You can also find Throttle & Thrive's website at Throttleandthrive.com.

Thank you all and don't forget to download The Overwatch Collective App to listen to T.O.C.'s Podcast in addition to others for our community.

Joining via zoom in Southern California is Rob, a retired Police Captain, who honorably served 30 years in the profession. After retirement, Rob obtained his Masters Degree in Social Work and now operates the Unified Wellness Center for our first responder and military community in Southern California.

Throughout Rob's 30 years, he was an F.T.O., Detective investigating ICAC cases, Detective Sgt., IA Sgt. Traffic Lt., and Captain of the Patrol Division and oversaw the start of the department's peer support team.

Enjoy this great episode as we talked about how peer support is mostly just a check in the box, the retirement process and known lack of preparation for it due to funding/resources, suicide numbers under reported, and the challenge of retired life for our community.

You can learn more about the Unified Wellness Center at Unifiedwellnesscenter.com.

Thank you all and don't forget to download The Overwatch Collective App to listen to T.O.C.'s Podcast in addition to others for our community.