224: How to Help Community Understand Police (On Being a Supporter & Telling Our Stories) w/ Abby Ellsworth

Blue Grit Radio: the Police Performance Podcast: Mindset, Wellness, Leadership · Jun 5, 2025 · 40m

If only people understood what we did.. why we do this job.. what it takes.. what it tests.. If only they knew we were people, doing our best..I connected with Abby in July 2023 and was humbled to be featured in an interview with her, (ep. 47 of On Being a Police Officer). In it, she called out my "relentless optimism." It was one of the coolest compliments I've heard and part of me wanted to deny it, since optimism is often a struggle and by no means easy. (However, I can't prove her wrong, since I'm still doing this thing called Blue Grit - and that's the whole point of it!). I've gotten to…