Jason Lacayo drops raw truths on the Real Mentors Podcast—exposing the mental toll of policing from Bronx streets to badge.

From NYPD's violent 46th Precinct ("the Alamo") to White Plains PD's Mental Health Outreach Team, Jason reveals how cops compartmentalize gunshot victims, cope with morbid humor on severed limbs, and fight loneliness after losing street friends. He slams "defund the police" as "dumbest sh*t," shares his Honduran roots policing "from the middle," and opens up on peer support, generational shifts in recruiting, and building men's mental fitness via Agora Social Club.

This episode uncovers policing's human side: soul-draining calls, split-second life-or-death choices, and staying compassionate amid stigma.

This Episode Explores:

- Bronx project's heavy-handed cops vs. respected neighborhood officers

- NYPD rookie shock: "Guys get stuck seeing holes in them"

- Cop bars, alcohol, and dark jokes on accidents/dead bodies

- "Uniform = tool of death": Why officers cry post-shootings

- Policing "from the middle": Bridging streets and blue

- Mental Health Outreach: Housing unhoused, aiding mentally ill

- Losing friends as a cop: "Instantly you sell out?"

- Generational cop shift: Remote jobs over pensions

- Agora Social Club: Jujitsu, co-working for men's mental health

- Real talk on cop trauma, reform realities, and reclaiming humanity under the badge.

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