ATWJE - Nicolas Smith - The Analyst That Never Gives Up

Episode: 00117

Release Date: July 25, 2022

Description: A success story for the ages! This week our guest, Nicolas Smith gives a compelling story of his educational and professional journey that took him from Trinidad and Tobago to The Big Apple. Nicolas explains how his military training helped him prepare and transition into civilian analysis, and how he helped addressed package thefts in NYC as part of his analyst badge story. Nicolas is currently a crime analyst for the New York Police Department and an adjunct professor at the College of Science, Technology, and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago. 

We have a new segment called The Analysts of Tomorrow where we highlight up-and-coming analysts with exceptional potential in the field of law enforcement analysis. Got someone you'd like us to highlight? Let us know in the comments, or if you’d like to be featured in a future episode, please send us a recording (no more than 30 seconds) of who you think is an "Analyst of Tomorrow" and why to leapodcasts@gmail.com. 

CHALLENGE: There are Easter eggs in one of the tables of the chapter that Jason wrote for the IACA textbook. First-person to email us at leapodcasts@gmail.com about what the Easter eggs are will receive a $20 gift card from us. Happy hunting!

Name Drops: Alexander Lynch/Deb Piehl (00:01:10), Professor Vincent Nicolosi (00:13:03), David West (00:16:25), Kenneth Tiech (00:26:38), Deb Piehl (00:27:31), Ramberto Rios (00:32:57), Forrest Stuart (00:57:42), David Kennedy (01:01:26), Andrew Karmen (01:03:39)

Public Service Announcements:
Dawn Reeby’s New Book (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawn-reeby-%F0%9F%92%AB-holistic-coach-for-service-based-leaders-3b24439b/)
Freddy Croft (https://www.leapodcasts.com/e/atwje-freddy-croft-the-key-master-as-opposed-to-gatekeeper/)
Brian Napolitano (https://www.leapodcasts.com/e/atwje-brain-napolitano-the-legend-of-tomorrow/) 

Related Links:  https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wsf5b2/PACKAGE_THEFT_PRESENTATION.pdf
Link related to Drill Rap and Gangs: https://youtu.be/-TWwkoOwrDA https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-clarifies-criticism-drill-music/story?id=82929870 https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/mayor-takes-late-night-meeting-with-drill-rappers-promises-violence-solutions/3556598/
Ballad of the Bullet: Gangs, Drill Music, and the Power of Online Infamy. By Forrest Stuart. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2020.

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Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-smith-5319641a, irwin.smith@nypd.org 

Transcript: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/jx8edn/Nicolas_Smith_transcript.pdf  

Podcast Writer: Mindy Duong

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00:00:17 – Introducing Nicolas
00:11:17 – Qualify Yourself and Apply
00:18:36 – Clear Line of Sight Writing
00:24:09 – Arriving at 1 Police Plaza
00:29:05 – Break:  Dawn Reeby, Freddy Croft, & Brian Napolitano
00:30:18 – Challenges and Successes at NYPD
00:35:34 – ABS:  Package Thieves
00:56:33 – Next:  Drill Music
01:02:47 – Words to the World