The Quiet Professional
The Quiet Professional, a part of Vigilant Media Inc., is a podcast that strives to educate listeners and inspire change through candid and critical exploration of topics centered around national security, intelligence, law enforcement, and justice. Find The Quiet Professional across all podcast platforms and on Instagram @TQP780 and X @TQP780.
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The National Police Federation is the sole certified bargaining agent for regular Members and reservists of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police below the rank of Inspector. The National Police Federation (NPF) was certified to represent ~20,000 RCMP Members serving across Canada and internationally in the summer of 2019. We are the largest police labour relations organization in Canada, the second largest in North America and the first independent national association to represent RCMP Members.
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The Canadian Historical Arms Society, founded in 1967, promotes the collection, preservation, and application of all categories of arms. CHAS owns the Genesee outdoor range southwest of Edmonton which is one of the best outdoor shooting facilities in the region. The club also hosts a number of shooting leagues and events at the range.
CHAS objectives are:
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To provide our members with a means to discuss historical artifacts and arms
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To further the knowledge of our members as to the history of arms and their restoration & maintenance
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To encourage the safe handling of and respect for arms.
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To promote recreational and social activities among the members of the society
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To promote public awareness of the historical value of arms.
Episodes
Episodes
Monday Apr 06, 2026
Monday Apr 06, 2026
Original Recording Date: 2026MAR23.
Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.
Views and opinions of the participants are their own.
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Guests:
Qiuana Williams - Director for the documentary and her son, Shawn Reynolds, was a victim of gun violence.
Cornelius Wills - Cornelius, an inactive member of the Bounty Hunter Bloods, who shares his journey from gang violence to becoming a community advocate.
Tim Pearce - Tim is a former LAPD gang officer who dedicated his career to patrolling high-risk areas such as Watts.
Topics:
The Story Behind the Story — How individual lives ripple outward, leaving marks on families, neighborhoods, and entire communities.
Impact Beyond Borders — When the story can’t be contained, echoing across cities, countries, and shared human experience.
Colliding Narratives — Black and white. Law and lawless. Cop and criminal.
Truth vs. Portrayal — The uncomfortable reality: what we’ve been shown isn’t the full picture. The real story lives in the spaces that movies and media rarely capture.
References & Resources:
The WATTS documentary website: https://nothingtoseeheremovie.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nothingtoseehere_watts
Tim's links:
Accuracy Under Fire (A.U.Fire) website: https://www.aufire.com/
Tim on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timpearceaufire/
Qiuana's links:
Sanctum (non-profit) on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sanctum_impact/
Qiuana on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/qiuana-williams-3056711a/
Cornelius on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wah_one_ooo/
Monday Mar 30, 2026
Monday Mar 30, 2026
Original Recording Date: 2026MAR23.
Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.
Views and opinions of the participants are their own.
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Guest:
Kevin Cohen – CEO and co-founder of RealEye.ai. Head of Cyber Intelligence at Trident Group America. Regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, The American Spectator, and a variety of other media sources.
Topics:
Demography as Destiny - shifting populations, mass migration, and the quiet reshaping of national security from within.
The Asylum Game - where loopholes become pathways: student visas, paper marriages, and manufactured claims hiding in the open.
Wolves Among Sheep - the erosion of vetting in a borderless world. No records. No history. No problem. Come on down!
Radicalization at Home – not imported but cultivated. A slow burn beneath the surface.
Soft Signals - AI as the edge: enhancing instinct and accelerating awareness.
References & Resources:
Kevin’s bio, articles, and further links: https://en.everybodywiki.com/Kevin_Cohen
Kevin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-cohen-a77b041b1/
RealEye.ai: https://realeye.ai/
Trident Group America: https://gotridentgroup.com/
Monday Mar 23, 2026
Monday Mar 23, 2026
Original Recording Date: 2026MAR06.
Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.
Views and opinions of the participants are their own.
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Guest:
Cassandra Harvey - J.D. Applicant and Victim’s Advocate at Diamond and Diamond Lawyers LLP, with lived experience in sex trafficking, domestic violence, and sexual assault.
Topics:
The Unvarnished Origin Story - A descent and survival: substance abuse, foster care, the slow pull into human trafficking, and the grip of domestic violence.
Distorted Love - How trauma rewires intimacy. When survival teaches you to confuse control with care, and pain with connection.
Ownership of the Narrative - In survivorship, who gets to tell a survivor’s story, how it’s told, and who profits from it.
Where She Stands Now - Parenthood, advocacy, law, and reclaiming power.
References & Resources:
Find Cassandra’s work, social content and contact on her website: https://www.cassandraharvey.org/
Thursday Mar 19, 2026
Thursday Mar 19, 2026
Original Recording Date: 2026FEB26.
Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.
Views and opinions of the participants are their own.
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Guest:
Deborah Green - retired California Army National Guard, Military Police Officer, and dispatcher with the Sacramento Police Department and the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department. She retired in 2021 with PTSD/cPTSD diagnoses and now advocates for improved mental health support for first responders.
Topics:
The Unseen Lifeline - Voices in the dark guiding chaos in real time.
Relentless Call Volume - Hyper-vigilance without pauses. Emotional whiplash from tragedy to trivial complaints and back again.
The Quiet Toll - Coping in the shadows, where unhealthy habits take root and silence feels safer than help.
When “Holding It Together” Goes Too Far - Breaking points, diagnoses, and the cost of pretending you’re fine.
Where We Stand Now - Scars acknowledged, hard truths confronted, and a path forward through the noise.
References & Resources:
Find all of Deb's social media through Linktree: https://linktr.ee/d911green
Monday Mar 16, 2026
Monday Mar 16, 2026
Original Recording Date: 2026FEB18.
Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.
Views and opinions of the participants are their own.
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Guest:
April Sponsel - Mentorship Director with Legal Services for Crime Victims in Arizona. Also, instructor and CEO of Legion Lex
Doug McBride - Author and retired Sergeant from the Phoenix Police Department
Topics:
Violent Times - Phoenix, Arizona. Summer 2020. A city gripped by riots, unrest, and a rising tide of violence.
The Participants - Not chaos alone. Educated, coordinated actors moving with purpose and intent.
Unlike Anything Seen Before - Attacks on law enforcement unfolding not only in the streets, but inside the political arena.
In the Crosshairs - A prosecutor and a police Sergeant find themselves carrying the blame that wasn't theirs to begin with and that others escaped.
The Fallout - Years later, the consequences still echo. Where the dust has settled and where it hasn’t.
References & Resources:
More to this story with April and Doug at Politically Charged website: www.politicallycharged.com
Legion Lex Institute: https://www.legionlex.org/home
Legion Lex Institute on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/legion-lex-institute
Find April on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprilsponsel/