Blue Leadership

In this episode, Captain Adam Oberdorfer of the Santa Clara County, CA Sheriff’s Department talks about his passion for teaching and training law enforcement officers and the importance of his role in overseeing academy and in-service level training. The episode provides meaningful perspectives on key training programs like Below 100, Blue Courage, and fair and impartial policing as some of the most critical courses for LEOs to attend. The Captain highlights the importance of continuous learning

In this episode, our guest, Ben Opfar, Risk Manager for Gillette College in Wyoming, shares his LE Journey with the Blue Leadership audience. Ben is a lifelong learner whose career has spanned four states and three decades. Ben's journey began with his time in the USAF and then continued as an officer in Texas, Wyoming, Georgia, and Arizona. Ben highlights what it was like to go through four different police academies during his years of active service; he also discusses paying his own way to at

In this episode of Blue Leadership, Dennis sits down with Nuno Tavarez, a retired investigative lieutenant from the Placer County DA's office, nationally recognized cold case detective, and faculty member with the MS LEPSL program at the University of San Diego. With a career spanning 27 years in law enforcement, Nuno shares his experience investigating homicides and serious crimes, including the cold case of Christie Wilson, which was first featured on the CBS show “48 Hours” in 2021, and again

In episode 37 Dennis Nayor interviews Captain Jolie Macias from the Newark, California Police Department. Captain Macias shares her journey from police officer to SWAT team commander, highlighting the importance of training, mindset, accountability, trust, ownership and teamwork. She talks about the lessons learned from an operation that didn’t go as expected, and her advice to those seeking appointment to a tactical team. Captain Macias also emphasizes the value of diverse training and maintain

This episode of Blue Leadership features Chief Tom Worthy. He shared his insights on completing an agency accreditation process, policing near an area experiencing protracted levels of civil unrest and his experience operating at full staff, when recruitment and retention efforts are currently a nationwide challenge.