Team Dog 003

About this video

Mike Ritland interviews Eric Stanpro, a 23-year police officer, K9 trainer, and former Naval Special Warfare multi-purpose K9 trainer. Stanpro discusses his intense daily routine balancing police work and dog training, recounts his career path from McDonald’s employee to police officer, and shares experiences from two officer-involved shootings. The conversation covers tactical equipment preferences, training philosophies, and the realities of police K9 work.

Key takeaways

• Stanpro describes his demanding schedule: rising at 4:45 AM, training dogs, working out, policing until 3 PM, then training dogs again until 11:30 PM, seven days a week
• Stanpro recounts two officer-involved shootings during his career, including a fatal encounter at seven feet where he slipped on gravel after firing and the suspect was armed with a BB gun
• Stanpro attributes his work ethic to early lessons about credit and responsibility from his father, though he regrets quitting baseball and sports at 16 to work at McDonald’s

Episode details: published August 15, 2018 · 40.7K views · 2:46:51 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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