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ATO: BRIDGING THE DIVIDE

ATO:BRIDGING THE DIVIDE

The Dallas Assist the Officer Foundation in Dallas Texas was created in 1999 to assist the first responder community financially if they suffered injury, illness or death. Now the...

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Episode list

114

  • July 29, 2025

    1 hr 18 min

    Episode 118 (Ret.) Drug Enforcement Administration Agent and Wake Up/Level Up Margaret Bedolla: Go Gently

    Today we are honored to sit down with retired DEA Agent and Founder, lead facilitator of Wake Up/Level Up Margaret Bedolla. Margaret walks us through her journey, growing up the da...

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  • July 9, 2025

    1 hr 21 min

    Episode 117 Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux: Let's Geaux!

    We are honored to sit with the 31st Police Chief in the Dallas Police Departments nearly 150-year history, Chief Daniel Comeaux. Chief Comeaux is a 33-year law enforcement veteran,...

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  • July 4, 2025

    1 hr 18 min

    Episode 116 Dallas Fire and Rescue Chief Justin Ball: The American Dream

    Today we sit with the 18th Fire Chief in the Dallas Fire Departments storied history. Chief Justin Ball immigrated to the United States from England more than thirty years ago, joi...

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  • June 24, 2025

    33 min

    Message From the Wellness Unit: Dallas SWAT Lt Dre Taylor and Sgt Gordon Fulton

    Today we sit down with three familiar voices to the show to address an ongoing problem in the Dallas Police Department and the first responder profession. Welcome back on Sgt. Gord...

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  • June 9, 2025

    1 hr 53 min

    Episode 115 Dallas Fire Department Battalion Chief Greg Stoy: A Legacy of Dallas Fire

    Today we sit down with one of the Dallas Fire Department’s true leaders in Chief Greg Stoy as he enters his 40th year of service in the City of Dallas. Dallas Fire and Rescue has a...

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  • May 21, 2025

    2 hr 12 min

    Episode 114 Healing our Heroes: ATO Counselor Confidential

    “Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself for the unacceptable” To further this show’s mission to change culture in the first responder profession in the...

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