Mike Drop Podcast Episode 46: Sam Bonilla - Law and Order, Chicago

About this video

Mike Ritland interviews Sam Binia, a Marine Corps veteran (4 years active), 22-year law enforcement officer in suburban Chicago, practicing attorney specializing in civil liability for law enforcement, and police academy coordinator. Binia recounts his path from Brooklyn to the Marines to policing, shares colorful arrest stories and bizarre on-the-job encounters, discusses his firearms preferences and training philosophy, and reflects on work ethic learned from his parents, boot camp mindset, and how he applies Marine Corps structure to police academy instruction.

Key takeaways

• Binia attributes his work ethic to his parents’ example and describes how Marine Corps boot camp’s structure and discipline shaped his approach to law enforcement training.
• As a police academy coordinator and firearms range master, Binia prefers the Glock 17 or 19 as standard service pistols and emphasizes matching equipment to individual officer capability.
• Binia recounts arrest stories involving mentally unstable and intoxicated subjects to illustrate the unpredictable, chaotic nature of street policing and the challenges officers face.

Episode details: published October 18, 2019 · 40.4K views · 3:46:55 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.

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