Oct 6, 2026 · 2 hr · 27 segments
New York City will always be one of the number one targets in the world — and stopping the next attack is nothing like TV. Retired NYPD Detective Tom Smith reveals why complex investigations span…
Steve MurphyHostWhat makes me angry is people that still don't understand this job and what it entails and that there's human beings that are in those uniforms that still will, till the day I'm gone, infuriate me that no matter... what the situations are and how many times it's seen and shown that people still think cops are robots and they're not allowed to make mistakes and they're not allowed to see emotions and all that.
And that will always get me because the biggest critics in this country would never do our job for five minutes for five minutes i would love to hand one of these p these politicians a 40 pound ram and tell them go hit that door go through it having no idea what's on the other side and i'll be behind you go ahead they would tell me i'm out of my mind But they'll be the first ones to criticize us about anything.
Because you see people that, and I've told the story before, I won't bore everybody.
And she used to just try to beat me down whenever we talked in our criminal justice classes.
She became one of the biggest supporters of law enforcement you'd ever meet after she saw what actually goes on out there.
And even Terry Crews, who's a former football player, and he's on America's Got Talent.
He went through one of the programs, especially in the shoot, don't shoot situation, and he shot what he shouldn't have.
But you know what, Steve? We're all experiencing enough that that unfortunately is never going to change.
There's people going to be out there that have no idea what goes into this job.
And I'm going to throw this stat out because I do it as many times as I can whenever I'm on a show to put in perspective what police officers go through.
What makes me angry is people that still don't understand this job and what it entails and that there's human beings that are in those uniforms that still will, till the day I'm gone, infuriate me that no matter... what the situations are and how many times it's seen and shown that people still think cops are robots and they're not allowed to make mistakes and they're not allowed to see emotions and all that.
And that will always get me because the biggest critics in this country would never do our job for five minutes for five minutes i would love to hand one of these p these politicians a 40 pound ram and tell them go hit that door go through it having no idea what's on the other side and i'll be behind you go ahead they would tell me i'm out of my mind But they'll be the first ones to criticize us about anything.
Because you see people that, and I've told the story before, I won't bore everybody.
And she used to just try to beat me down whenever we talked in our criminal justice classes.
She became one of the biggest supporters of law enforcement you'd ever meet after she saw what actually goes on out there.
And even Terry Crews, who's a former football player, and he's on America's Got Talent.
He went through one of the programs, especially in the shoot, don't shoot situation, and he shot what he shouldn't have.
But you know what, Steve? We're all experiencing enough that that unfortunately is never going to change.
There's people going to be out there that have no idea what goes into this job.
And I'm going to throw this stat out because I do it as many times as I can whenever I'm on a show to put in perspective what police officers go through.
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