 What's up guys, and welcome back to the John and Q channel. Yes, if you're watching this video, you read the title correctly I'm no longer a police officer depending on who you ask you might be sad about that or You might be really happy that I'm no longer a police officer it depends on who you are and who you ask also Do you see this new kind of setup that I got this like podcast? I mean I'm kind of like in this look if you like it comment down below and Like this video and subscribe to the channel, but no I like this. It's a good starting point I got more things I gotta put in the background, but so far I'm digging it very quickly before we get into this video just so you guys know what to expect in the video I'm gonna tell you that I'm not a police officer kind of why and What happened and then kind of a glimpse into the future of this channel, okay? So it's no secret that Johnny Q was a police officer about a year and a half to two years ago, okay? You saw my tiktok videos Instagram videos YouTube shorts You saw everything that I did in the academy the idea was to inspire other police officers as To what I was doing in the academy post Academy field training and then as an officer and what they do Right and so that was my goal and that's what I did I thought it would be really fun and unique like a unique experience to enjoy online But boy was I wrong people especially police officers hated my Guts at first I didn't know why but now I do know why and honestly I don't care that they hated me. It was my journey not theirs They were salty old cops and you know newer cops that didn't like what I was doing that Was posting about what law enforcement is like becoming a tiktok cop, okay? So minus all the hate which I got tons and tons like thousands of DMs comments and hundreds of emails saying bro You're not a cop. You're a waste of space like these cops sergeants lieutenants captains Would threaten me over social media Crazy I know but it happens like that is just the nature of being a police officer and being a police officer is No joke whoever does it for 25 30 years. You're freaking awesome You deserve a medal because that is not an easy job. I would come home sometimes and I would feel defeated I would feel like I'm not fit for this job And I feel like it was just too much to handle sometimes like you see some really weird crappy stuff every night every day And so you kind of have to just cope with it and I was Okay in those situations, but I had to learn right and as I was learning those things I would have posted on not the specific situations, but what I would be doing how I would feel how I would do in those situations people didn't really like that Unfortunately and so despite all the hate I was in field training. I passed field training I had a great field trainer the third phase of my field training You know regiment or whatever it is like yeah that guy I respect him so much and if you're watching You're freaking awesome dude without you I mean he was like a true mentor without being a mentor and I don't know if he knows that but He should know that because he has so much value to bring to other officers So if you're watching you're freaking awesome And so he kind of prepped me and he was like, you know He had some hard conversations with me saying do you really want to do this because this is what you get and he Showed me we went through different videos of his and it got pretty real so Despite all of that I still wanted to be a police officer. I wanted to help serve help my community and Protect and help people like that just sounds so cheesy, but it's true that's why most people most men and women get into law enforcement and I was attracted to something like that and Once I got into the groove I felt like I succeeded but I couldn't show people that side of the success because it was like I can't just release body cam footage of What I was doing on the job like it doesn't work like that And so I kind of just started making like here's me as a police officer And then I started making kind of offshore content as to kind of mimic what it is like to be an officer And I would make videos Answering people's questions kind of not getting into like specifics But more of kind of overall general idea of law enforcement and what that meant to me in these videos and people hated that And so a lot of like meme pages came out and we're just roasting me every single day with the right me I mean honestly sexually harass me over the internet like there's some really weird stuff that people got into and We're saying about me and posting about me And I just thought you have so much time to think about me. That's just crazy So a lot of people think that I got fired a lot of people think that I got let go a lot of people think and want to Assume that I went to a different agency or I stopped doing the job because I couldn't handle it I'm here to tell you that's not true. That's not what happened. Okay We will touch more on what happened a little bit later in the video. Did it deter me? No, was it hard to go to work? Yes, because the same people at my department were the ones who hated my freaking guts Maybe it was because I'm some tiktoker with three million Followers which by the way got banned. Whatever. I had a million plus subscribers on YouTube Cool, but like I wasn't that guy with that was cocky and so I think people Labeled me as something without getting to know me first Which as we all know that just doesn't really work out and sometimes when you get to meet someone and talk to them they're actually pretty pleasant to deal with and The people who know me at that department and who got to know me and work with me would say hey at first I thought you were this but after going and you know Talking to you going to calls with you getting to know you you're not that guy And it was hard to convince people online that I wasn't the guy that they thought I was and So I kind of just stopped trying to convince people and I was doing me and if I offended people like Okay cool So fast forward, you know, I'm on my own. I'm doing it. I'm going to calls. It's going great I got some really cool things. I did some really awesome things I wanted to be on SWAT like that was my thing. I was training every single day Week and I was going to the gym. I was shooting a bunch catching up on like the laws the state laws Municipal, I mean all of that stuff trying to be like the best officer so that I can try out for SWAT and be a good SWAT officer too and last year there was just some family trouble some family issues and I had to choose it was more so I Could do what I'm doing now, which I loved and it was awesome But I should maybe think about family life and what that means and I chose family Over this job, which I really liked and I loved and I thought it was really good at and I was affirmed by people Who trained me saying dude, you're getting better. Good job. You're working. Well, you're doing this wrong but also you're improving and I was really pumped to be there I had built a really good friendship with another officer and You know, I just did not want to leave But I did and so I chose family over a job and I thought you know what maybe I could do this YouTube thing. Maybe I could do social media. I think I'm good enough People are watching my videos. They're successful. They're getting views So it kind of just makes sense to migrate in that direction Which brings me to this point of kind of a glimpse into the future of this channel This is it right here like more of this. I want more Maybe I answer people's questions in this kind of format Maybe we talk about certain things that are happening in the country like guns since you guys know I love guns firearms people Maybe not politics. I don't know about that. But for example should teachers have firearms Should they be trained with guns in a school my answer? Yes, they should be okay, and we can talk about that in another video But this is the future of Johnny Q. I will still be doing shorts Firearm content, but this is gonna be it. Okay, there wasn't some big Explosion at the police department. I wasn't let go. I wasn't fired and nothing like that happened So yeah, I'm here to tell you guys that I was not fired let go. I left the department on good terms. I Love that department. They treated me very well minus Some officers that I will not name that did not like me and I could tell and people told me but that's okay We're there to do the job if they were in trouble I would go help and I would go lay my life for them because that's what I'm called to do But anyway, this is kind of it And so if you guys kind of resonate with this video if you like what I'm doing on Social media, you know share this with your friends Comment leave a like subscribe all those things that you guys know But I'm gonna take it a little bit more seriously and make videos that I want to make and I Want to show you a different side like I want to challenge you to critically think about no firearms guns aren't dangerous They're not dangerous in of themselves, right? Like we can talk about more about it But they're just not it's the training or lack of training or people handling the firearms in a negligent way And so I'm very passionate that people should protect themselves and their family And I think this is gonna be a great way to talk about all of that. So with that being said guys, thanks for watching I hope you guys saw a little bit about me in this video. I'm a human too I do regular things and I just happen to have a YouTube channel that has a following And so hopefully you guys resonate with this message and hopefully with my future videos If there's something like wrong or you want to talk about and it's like pressing you comment down below Like let's talk about it, you know, maybe we'll have some good discussion in a different video about set topic So thank you guys for watching this video. Thank you for trying to understand me Thank you for even listening and hearing me out. So for all the officers out there who hate my guts I'm still here. I'm just not an officer which makes you really Happy Maybe you want to applaud but that's okay. I am a little sad But that's okay because what's this? Well, that's crickets. Oh, no, I'm really pumped to be here And we'll be doing some more training. It's gonna be great. Thanks for watching and I'll catch you in the next Johnny Q video peace