Back Your Blue
Daniel Matalon, CEO of A 2nd Chance Bail Bonds, and host Tug Cowart bring you Justice Unfiltered. Real conversations with real people from every side of the justice system.
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The Crazy Tricks People Try to Beat Alcohol Monitors: Bologna. Chicken Skin. Foil.
How Accurate Is a GPS Ankle Monitor? Closer Than You Think.
Clients Are Asking to Keep Their Alcohol Tethers. Here's Why That's a Big Deal.
She Came In for 12 Hours a Week. Eight Years Later She Runs the Show.
No Bonding Company Would Touch Him. A 2nd Chance Said Yes Anyway.
She Got Her Dream Job, Cried the Whole Way Home, and Never Showed Up
She Was Due to Give Birth in Jail. Electronic Monitoring Changed Everything.
Why Cobb County Is Clearing Old Bench Warrants and Rethinking Low-Level Traffic Arrests
Justice Unfiltered Episodes
Trailblazer for Community Supervision: Back Your Blue Ep. 39
Commissioner Michael Nail started his career as a probation officer and worked in all aspects of corrections before serving as the first commissioner of The Georgia Department of Community Supervision (DCS) following its formation in
December 14, 2024
Comfort in the Face of Crisis: Back Your Blue Ep. 38
Roswell Fire Department Chaplain Dorie Griggs explains the very important role chaplains play in the first responder community. In the face of tragedies, a comforting figure serves a valuable function to victims as well as
December 7, 2024
Helping Youth BEFORE They Find Trouble: Back Your Blue Ep. 37
“Isn’t it better that your first experience with the police is a positive one and not at a traffic stop,” asks Sgt. Anwar Sillah of the Dunwoody Police Department. Building a closer, positive relationship between
November 23, 2024
Seeing What it Takes to Wear the Badge: Back Your Blue Ep. 36
The Citizens Police Academy brings about valuable relationship building when citizens can actually see behind the scenes of police work in the community and officers gain insight into how the citizens they serve are interested
November 16, 2024
Supporting the Mental Health of Those Dedicated to Service: Back Your Blue Ep. 35
Marietta Police Department Wellness Officer Jonnie Moeller-Reed explains that while it’s difficult enough to recruit someone willing to devote themselves to public service and to wear a gun every day, additional effort and resources need
November 9, 2024
Measuring the Impact of the Homeless Population: Back Your Blue Ep. 34
Housing intervention is a lengthy and expensive endeavor and Melanie Kagan discusses its importance to safe communities as well as The Center for Family Resources’ (CFR) partnership with law enforcement to measure the homeless population.
October 26, 2024
Cash Bonds & Common Sense Should Go Hand in Hand: Back Your Blue Ep. 33
“Charitable Bonds” have more people thinking about bail and the role it plays in the criminal justice system, so Mike Whitlock hopes common sense is making a comeback as it relates to cash bonds.
October 19, 2024
Leadership for the Entire Cobb Population: Back Your Blue Ep. 32
Leadership matters, and Cobb Sheriff Craig Owens brings his prior law enforcement and military experience to lead the state’s third largest sheriff’s department. A heart for community service has propelled his success with initiatives that
October 14, 2024
It’s as bird, it’s a plane, no it’s a drone for law enforcement! Back Your Blue Ep. 31
Sergeant Jeremy Blake with the Cobb Sheriff’s Office discusses the astounding capabilities of their drone program to serve in a first response situation and even deliver medical supplies. He also addresses how drones can be misused by
September 23, 2024
Wild Attempts to Beat Ankle Monitors – Shocking Hacks Experts Tried, and Why They Fail
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