Hey Chaplain: The Police Wellness Podcast

Jared Altic

heychaplain44@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

Hey Chaplain is a police wellness show that features law-enforcement professionals (plus chaplaincy voices) sharing practical, experience-based guidance on surviving and thriving in high-stress work. For PR, it’s a strong fit for guests who can speak credibly about officer mental health, trauma, culture, and safety/legal realities like use of force.

Metrics

Episodes: 248

Frequency: Monthly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 346 subscribers

Instagram: 339 followers

Contact Information

heychaplain44@gmail.com

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Host

Jared Altic - The description says the host, Jared Altic, has almost 30 years of experience serving and counseling military and law enforcement families, and he shares the humorous and traumatic sides of police ...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Serving or retired law-enforcement personnel (e.g., detectives, patrol officers, SWAT members, marshals/sheriffs/US Marshals) and subject-matter experts related to police wellness, trauma, officer mental health, chaplaincy in law enforcement, and/or operational/legal topics like use of force and expert testimony.
Required Achievements:  
Years of on-the-job law enforcement or first-responder service (often decades), Operational credibility via high-stakes roles (SWAT, homicide, tactical work) or courtroom/consulting credibility (expert witness on use of force), Experience handling critical incidents and the wellness/mental-health impacts of police work

Recent Guest Discussions

Doug Deaton - Use-of-force Testimony And The '21-foot Rule' In Court; How Expert Testimony Should Clarify Distance And Deadly Force Decisions; Police/legal Implications Of Shootings.

Steve Littlefield - Critical Incidents From His Firefighting Career; Comparing Police Vs Firefighter Health Outcomes; Mental Health And Risk/injury Experiences.

Stuart Littlefield - Critical Incidents From His Career; Comparing Which Service Is Healthier And Which One Is Worse (police Vs Firefighting) In Relation To Health/mental Strain; Risk And Injury/danger Experiences.

Recent Topics

Police Wellness, Law Enforcement, Mental Health, Chaplaincy, Trauma

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Hey Chaplain: The Police Wellness Podcast
:

144 - The Chaplain Goes to an Autopsy: Kelsie Gwartney, Chief Death Investigator

June 29, 2026

Text the Show or Leave a VoicemailThis is episode 144 and we're going to talk about autopsies.  Don't worry I'm not going to take it too far; you can go ahead and keep eating your breakfast.  But I'm going to share with you the my recent visit to observe an autopsy and also my conversation with the local Chief Death Investigator.  First I made a recording of my thoughts as I drove to visit the coroner's office to observe an autopsy.  Then I recorded my reaction immedi...

Blue Grit Radio Interviews Jared Altic and Matt Domyancic - Bonus Ep 52

June 22, 2026

Text the Show or Leave a VoicemailThis is a special bonus episode of Hey Chaplain and we're giving you a replay of Episode 319 of the Blue Grit Radio podcast by Eric Tung.  In this episode Eric interviews chaplains Jared Altic and Matt Domyancic about police wellness and various chaplain related topics, including some of the problems helpers have when engaging police culture and what a chaplain's chief motivation needs to be.Music is by Jessie Villa.Hey Chaplain podcast Bonus Episod...

143 - Expert Testimony In 21 Feet Or Less: Doug Deaton

June 15, 2026

Text the Show or Leave a VoicemailImagine that someone with a knife or another deadly weapon is charging at you with intent to kill.  How close do they have to be for you to deploy deadly force?  Did you say 21 feet?  That's what I've always been told.  But what if you take that shot and now you're on trial for murder and the prosecutor has evidence that says the assailant was twenty-two feet away when you took your shot.  Oh, no!  Our guest today is Doug Deaton, and hopefully ...

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