The Fallen But Not Forgotten Podcast

The Bloodhound Warrior: Pain, Peace and the Facade of Perfection, with Joe Cirrito

Chris Jay

THE FALLEN BUT NOT FORGOTTEN PODCAST:
“The Bloodhound Warrior:  Pain, Peace and the Facade of Perfection, with Joe Cirrito”
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I sat down with my friend and fellow street copper, Joe Cirrito.  

Joe is a New York City native, who was inspired by his friend, Fallen Officer Dominick Pezullo, to move to Los Angeles California and become a police officer.

Since then he’s accomplished tons of endurance runs like marathons in uniforms & ultra marathons.  He’s ran from LA to Sacramento in full uniform & leads a yearly 24-hour workout on 9/11 named “The Dom” after his friend. 

We take a deep dive into how he gets through the pain of his endurance runs and extreme workouts.  
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TIMELINE:

00:02:15 - Tobacco Pipes 
00:08::00 - Finding peace in a frenzied mind 
00:11:00 -  Trail runs & daydreams  
00:13:20 - Laziness 
00:14:20 - Pain 
00:17:35 - Inspiration 
00:20:20 - “The inner governor” -Goggins 
00:23:00 - The spirit of a bloodhound 
00:24:00 - Extreme measures 
00:28:00 - The power of people 
00:36:46 -  The bond with Kristina Tudor
00:38:20 - Lt Humphries 
00:39:45 -  Mileage count vs humility
00:42:25 -  The treachery & the beauty of  California’s “Grapevine” 
00:49:45 -  Books & leaderships. “The Need to Lead” by Dave  Berke & books by Jocko Willink. 
00:55:00 - Perfection in policing 
00:59:50 - Figure it out
01:04:27 - Skittles galore & brown piss
01:07:30 - Project Endure 3 and shark repellent 
01:08:10 - What’s next? 
01:13:00 - Joe shares a heartfelt dedication to Deputy Andrew Nunez of San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department End of Watch October 27th 2025



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