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RETIRED POLICE COMMANDER & STRONGMAN
Welcome to The Strong Commander, a unique blog here for you to explore from my Policing and strongman career, as well as my battles with mental health. I love having the opportunity to share my life's experiences, tales and especially my lessons learnt. Read on, and enjoy.
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Resilience is about how you recharge – not how you endure
Law enforcement is not a career for everyone. It demands a special kind of individual, someone who can withstand the consistent and...
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Nov 8, 20234 min read
Who's Protecting the Protectors?
Excited to share that I've just received the first copy of my new book titled: Who's Protecting the Protectors?-Leadership in Law...
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Nov 1, 20235 min read
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity”
“.. I cannot talk about my mental health issues from work .. I have struggled for many years .. I am also gay and my country outlaw’s...
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Apr 11, 20233 min read
“Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.”
Illustrtion credit - "Lewis" Theodore Roosevelt, former US president & New York city Police Commissioner, once famously said "Nobody...
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Apr 3, 20233 min read
A NEW MINDSET OF LEADERSHIP THINKING
‘We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.’ – Albert Einstein A new mindset of leadership...
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Mar 29, 20234 min read
USE THE HOLIDAY PERIOD TO DEVELOP YOUR OWN 6 PILLARS OF HEALTH
With the Christmas and New Year holiday period rapidly approaching, it should be remembered that for many, it can be a tough time for...
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Dec 13, 20227 min read
I PULLED A FIRE ENGINE TODAY-BUT MISSED A GUINNESS RECORD
Image curtesy of Jeremy Lasek Today I embarked on an attempt to break a Guinness record for the fastest time to pull a Fire engine 50...
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Jun 28, 20225 min read
THE IMPACT OF BEING TOLD I'M OBESE - AND I'M NOT!
HAYSTACKS CALHOUN My physical size has at times been useful, but also a hinderance throughout my life. I’ve never considered myself...
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Jun 9, 20226 min read
PULLING FOR A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD
On June 27, I am attempting a Guinness Book of World Records for pulling a fire truck 100 metres. Why you ask? Good question. This date...
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May 18, 20225 min read
THE UNTHINKABLE - CHILDREN TRAFFICKED FOR SEX
"THERE IS A CHILD IN THIS PICTURE IF YOU LOOK HARD ENOUGH" We often hear term “the innocents of children”. It should be a universal right...
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Apr 20, 20227 min read
Putin's Organised Crime Goldmine in Ukraine
On the 24th of February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin shocked the world with a military offensive against the neighbouring...
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Mar 28, 20225 min read
MENTAL HEALTH IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS PHYSICAL HEALTH
I suffer from PTSI, unipolar depression and high functioning anxiety. I also suffer many comorbid physical conditions due to my mental...
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Mar 17, 20226 min read
THE GRANNY WHO RIPPED OFF THE WELFARE SYSTEM
One of the areas I worked during my policing career was Fraud. In policing parlance, ‘fraudies’ (the colloquial term) are perceived as...
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Mar 7, 202218 min read
What it's like to pull a 201 tonne Locomotive
Although it’s over 25 years ago, I clearly remember my time at the inaugural Weet-Bix World Series Strongman competition at the Sydney...
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Feb 23, 20228 min read
CUTTING OPEN A DRUG COURIER
One of the many way drugs enter a country is via ‘mules’; people who are recruited to smuggle contraband across international borders by...
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Feb 20, 20226 min read
INVESTIGATING A SERIAL KILLER
For years, society has been fixated with serial murderers. remained an enduring source of fascination law enforcement investigators,...
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Feb 15, 20224 min read
SHOOT TO KILL
Much has been detailed by the voracious media about the Policer shooting death in the Northern Territory. Constable Zachary Rolfe, 30,...
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Feb 9, 20226 min read
MY LIFE LESSON FROM A 'TEXAS RANGER'
Whilst I was deployed with the AFP in Los Angeles one of the regular deals was to attend retirement functions. One of the best was a...
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Jan 31, 20228 min read
HOW CAN A PARENT KILL THEIR CHILD?
As a retired police officer one of the worst, most atrocious calls you can receive is to the murder of a child. What’s even worse, if...
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Jan 24, 20228 min read
THE BULLSHIT FACTOR
Many organizations are drowning in a flood of corporate bullshit, and this is particularly true of organisations whose leaders tend to...
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Jan 16, 20224 min read
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