Episode Details

Sheriff John Staley has over 20 years of law enforcement experience in Central Arkansas. His father and brother also work in law enforcement, so he has strong family ties to the criminal justice system. He is passionate about the Peers Achieving Collaborative Treatment (PACT) program in Lonoke County, which seeks to aid inmates battling addiction.

Sheriff Staley also gives his take on two major career events. In 2019, Sheriff Staley struck an inmate at Lonoke County Jail during a search, and footage of the incident was later released. Then in 2021, Sheriff Staley fired a sergeant who didn’t follow body-cam protocol when he approached a teen … who he later ended up shooting to death.

Sheriff Staley also talks about his work as an instructor for other law enforcement officers and shares stories about his time on the other side of the law.

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00:00 Intro 

01:12 Lost Trail Communications (AD) 

02:08 Childhood and Upbringing 

05:22 Generational Criminality

09:33 Are people born Evil?

11:45 Separating Feeling on the Job

13:35 Media make the job harder?

19:43 Why is County Jail so bad?

25:58 Morals as an Officer 

27:14 Unable to save everyone

31:21 Toughest aspect of the job

33:41 Lost Trail Communications (AD)

35:06 Officers that don’t comply.

37:50 Day-to-day as a county sheriff

41:07 County Sheriff vs Police Chief

44:51 Craziest Arrest 

49:08 Aware of the power he holds?

53:03 Solitary Confinement 

54:03 Escape attempts 

58:12 Crazy Smuggling Contraband Story 

1:01:33 No Intimate Relationships with Inmates Allowed 

1:05:46 Message 

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