Did you cop the podcast yet?
In 2019, it’s every Americans’ duty to possess the following: a borderline debilitating fixation on one’s smartphone; the knowledge that Amazon is probably evil but a total inability to stop ordering stuff from it because it’s so convenient; and your very own original podcast.
On Wednesday, the Portland Police Bureau slowly merged into the congested never-ending audio storytelling highway.
PPB dropped three episodes in, potentially, season one of its “Talking Beat” podcast. One of the podcasts focuses on traffic safety issues and featured discussions with Sgt. Ty Engstrom and Officer Chris Johnson. The other podcasts focus on behavioral health issues and recruitment.
In the 36-minute traffic episode, the law enforcement officers discussed what they view as the most pressing dangers on Portland’s roads (distracted driving and speeding), the risk associated with making a traffic stop, the emotional toll the job takes responding to sometimes…
