UNHOLSTERED
Hosted by Kayla Blakeslee
UNHOLSTERED is an in-depth podcast about how police officers serve their communities and how all people can stand up for the brave men and women who go out every day and put their lives at risk to get their job done. Your hosts Kayla Blakeslee, a Fort Wayne radio personality, and Sofia Rosales-Scantena, a Captain with the Fort Wayne Police Department, join forces to give listeners an unfiltered look at the stories, events, and topics that show how our officers serve and fight for our community every single day. No topics are off-limits! From saving lives to soul-crushing losses and every incredible moment in between, this is a podcast unlike any other as you will hear your police officers as you’ve never heard them before.
All Episodes
Ep 6: Getting Familiar with Fentanyl
When it comes to drugs. Times have changed. The opioid epidemic that emerged in the late 90’s and early 2000’s has shifted to a fentanyl epidemic. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid, and it is inside almost every street drug that[...]
Ep 5: Policing Post-9/11
The September 11th attacks have fundamentally changed policing, each police officer's approach to policing and each city's relationship with the police department. Some for the better, some for the worse. One major in change within the Fort Wayne Police Department[...]
Ep 4: Police, Mental Health & Drugs
Police interactions with mental illness and drug addicts have skyrocketed in just the last 12 months. Not just across the country, but also in the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Since the beginning of 2021, the Fort Wayne Police Department[...]
Ep 3: Law Enforcement in Schools
Students and staff perform best in school when they are surrounded by a safe environment. Surely that is something we can all agree on. Yet when it comes to discussing armed School Resource Officers or SROs the topic often becomes[...]
Ep 2: Tracking Your Digital Footprint
Day by day we are getting closer to a post-COVID world and everyone is using digital more now than ever. Whether we want to or not. By using all of this technology we are leaving behind a digital footprint. Today[...]
Ep 1: Policing Matters
Policing is a job where you never stop learning and every citizen relies on law enforcment to keep them safe. Get to know one of your local police officers and one of your Unholstered hosts, Sofia Rosales-Scatena, Captain with the Fort[...]
Introducing Unholstered
Meet your Unholstered hosts. Kayla Blakeslee is a veteran radio host and media personality in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Sofia Rosales-Scantena is a Captain with the Fort Wayne Police Department serving over 20 years on the force. This podcast was born[...]