Episodes

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Dustin Watts former NZ Police Special Tactics Group (STG) and Private Security Contractor. Dustin joined the NZ Police in 1996 and spent 8 years as a general duties officer and in 2003 Dustin successfully completed selection and training to become an Operator in the Special Tactics Group. However one month into his STG career he was suspended from duties due to an incident he was involved in whilst a general duties officer. After being cl...

Send us a text On today’s Zero Limits Podcast I am joined for a chat with Mitch Ashworth NSW Police K9 Unit Handler. Mitch is a 16 year veteran of NSW starting in Goulburn as 20yr old in 2006 and finishing in 2007 in biggest ever NSW Police intake. Spending 10 years as a K9 handler in the Police K9 Unit. During training Mitch was paired up with police dog “Kane”. Kane had multiple bites which also led to multiple arrests of offenders. Kane retired and Mitch ended up with another dog Yap. Mitch t...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Victorian Police Sergeant Mark Thomas and founder of the Code 9 Foundation. Mark joined the Victorian Police in 1996 and spent over 23 years in the force. However over the course of his career with the Victorian Police Force, Mark had attended many distressing scenes and usually recovered well, that is until he was called out to a suicide. Nearly a decade later, the situation came to a head and Mark was hospitalised. During this period, ...

Send us a text On today’s Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Hagar Quirke former Royal Australian Infantry Warrant Officer. Hagar enlisted into defence in 1996 as a reservists. After time in reserves Hagar enlisted into the Australian Regular army as an infantry soldier posting to the 1st Battalion. Hagar deployed to East Timor in 2000, 2003 and 2006. In 2007 Hagar deployed as a section commander from the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment as the first regular army Mortar section to Afghanista...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio by Mark Direen former SASR Australian Special Forces operator. Mark enlisted into the military in 1993 and after completing infantry training he was posted to the 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. Mark applied for, and was selected to join the elite ranks of the Australian Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment. Serving in the SAS for over 10 years, Mark specialised in mobility operations, sniping, personal protection dut...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio by a former Royal Australian Infantry Sergeant Dean Caswell and Youtube digital content creator. Cas enlisted into the military as an infantry soldier posting to 2/4RAR after a couple of years he was then posted to the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment where he spent majority of his soldiering career. Cas deployed on four operational tours of duty which saw service in Rwanda 1995 Central Africa with UNAMIR 2, INTERFET ...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with former NSW Police K9 Handler Paul Zubcic. Paul was born in Queensland however soon moving at a young age down to the NSW South Coast. After finishing school Paul went to University and completed a bachelor in Business Administration however had set his sights on becoming a Police Officer. Paul joined the NSW Police in 2012 and first posting was to City Central LAC. Up until joining the K-9 unit Paul became a weapons trainer, OSG Officer a...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Krishna Thapa former British Gurkha and 22 SAS operator. Krish grew up in mountains of Nepal, he applied to join the British Army's Royal Gurkha Rifles as a teenager and was successful. He spent 7 years in the Gurkhas before attempting SAS selection, becoming one of the first two Gurkhas to ever join the Regiment. Krish spent the next 17 years within the regiment rising to the rank of Warrant Officer. During that time he became the leader...

Send us a text On todays Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Patrick Hopkins former Royal Australian Army Medic. Pat was born in the UK and migrating as a young kid with his family to Queensland. Pat enlisted into catering corps as a cook in 1999 . Post training cycle he was then posted to 3RAR an infantry airborne unit. During this time the unit was deployed to East Timor in which shortly after arrive into the battalion Pat deployed to East Timor. After a couple of years in the role as a cook Pat ...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio by Craig Hamburger former Australian Special Forces 2nd Commando Regiment operator. Craig enlisted into the Defence Force 1999 into the infantry and after completing recruit and initial employment training he was posted to then 4RAR. During this period 4RAR at the time were transitioning into becoming a specific special forces unit in which Craig completed all training to become a qualified commando. He deployed on multiple...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio for a chat by Deb Wallace by former Detective Superintendent 36 year NSW Police veteran. Deb joined the NSW Police in 1983 and quickly found herself gaining notoriety early in her career, when she was involved in the investigation into the murder of 26-year-old nurse Anita Cobby. From this she was invited to undertake Detective training which led to an extensive career commanding various specialist squads, including the Sout...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I have a chat with Jeff Casson former Australian Army Armoured Corps Cavalryman and Queensland Police Officer. After being rejected on his first attempt to enlist into the defence force due to a previous knee injury after successful appeal Jeff enlisted into the Australian Defence Force in 2005 as a cavalryman within the Royal Australian Armoured Corps. After the completion of basic training and initial employment training at the school of armour he ...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio with Brad Dawes NSW Police Officer from the Protection Operations Unit. Brad spent over 20 years serving in the New South Wales Police predominatley spending the majority of his career within the Protection Operations Unit. The unit specialises in close personal protection with coordinating security operations within NSW for Internationally Protected Persons and public dignitaries. Brad has provide close protection for a lar...

Send us a text On today’s Zero Limits Podcast I speak with Australian Army veteran Adam Kelly from the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. Adam enlisted into defence late 90s however on his first attempt after 14 weeks at Kapooka he was medically discharged. After finding legislation allowing him to try again he eventually successfully reenlisted and completed all training to be an infantry soldier. In previous podcasts with the “The Dentist” aka Karl Fabreschi and Kyle Wilson we spoke abou...

Send us a text The Debrief hosted and moderated by Zero Limits Podcast host Matty Morris and panel guests are Shaun O'Gorman former Queensland Police K9 Unit Police Officer and Jason Semple former NSW Police TOU, Australian Federal Police SRG and Private Security Contractor. Today's discussion we have set a time limit of 1 hour to chat about all things the world and current main topic Police. We chat about the current events unfolding in the middle east with the Israel - Palestinian conflict. T...

Send us a text On todays Zero Limits Podcast I chat with "DAVE" former 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment and current forgein fighter with Chosen Company Ukraine. Dave joned the Australian defence force joining as an infantry soldier posting to the 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. After dishchargin Dave headed to the Ukraine and enlisted to serve with the chosen company which is made up of foreign fighter assisting in the efforts against the russian invasion. However since recording...

Send us a text On todays Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Arin Hanohano former United States Marine Corps Crew chief and current US Police Officer. Arin enlisted into the United States Marine Corps in 2009 aircrew contract and after completing the basic aircrew school he was selected to be a Huey crew chief. In 2012 Arin deployed to Afghanistan as a crew chief in the UH-1Y Super Huey. During his deployment the unit was tasked with supporting Task Force 66 (TF66) Australian Special Forces more sp...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio by John Breda former NSW Police Detective Sergeant Child Abuse Squad. John served in the Police force for the past 25 years, dealing with serious criminal offence’s involving gangs, drugs, guns, murder and physical and sexual offences against children. During the arrest of sex offender nick newman who was facing six counts of aggravated sexual assault of a person under 16, indecent assault and intentionally choking a person,...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Jon Wynn former Commando Australian Special Forces 2nd Commando Regiment. Jon's journey in health and fitness started when he was young. Jon was very active in Athletics, and was selected to compete in the World U18 titles in Javelin. Jon received an injury shortly after, and that finished his athletics career. Jon played rugby league for a few years and then enlisted in the Australian Military at age 20 into the Special Forces direct ent...

Send us a text The Debrief hosted and moderated by Zero Limits Podcast host Matty Morris and panel guests are Shaun O'Gorman former Queensland Police K9 Unit Police Officer and Jason Semple former NSW Police TOU, Australian Federal Police SRG and Private Security Contractor. Today's discussion we have set a time limit of 1 hour to chat about all things the world and Police. We chat about the current events unfolding in the middle east with the Israel - Palestinian conflict which led onto the il...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I am joined in the studio Kyle Wilson former Australian Army infantry soldier from the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. Kyle served roughly 5 years within the army serving at 2RAR joining the army through the "Gap Year" program. Upon completion of the gap year he then enlisted as a fulltime soldier remaining posted at 2RAR. During his service he ran into to some trouble during an incident which had him serve time at the Defence Force Correct...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with former Australian Army 5/7 RAR, Victoria Police and current Fire Rescue Victoria. Bradley joined the Royal Australian Infantry in 2005, deployed to Iraq in 2006 and East Timor in 2008 as a Section Commander. After those missions he then joined Victoria Police where he was part of the Critical Incident Response Team (C.I.R.T.). Brad is currently an operational firefighter. Brad runs Police Fit a personal training company that was created t...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Taylor Cavanaugh former US Navy and current French Foreign Legionnaire. Taylor had his sights set on becoming a seal at a young age however getting in trouble with the law on multiple occasions which attended a recruiting station and was refused to enlist. To expedite the probation process he spent 4 months in a penitentiary and after completing his time he was allowed to join the Navy. Completing BUD/s and SQT class 284, graduating Jul 2...

Send us a text On today's Zero Limits Podcast I chat with Robin Horsfall former 22 SAS British Army operator. Robin Horsfall joined the Army at the age of 15. He became a full member of the Parachute Regiment in 1974 and served three tours of Northern Ireland. In 1978 he volunteered for SAS selection and passed on his second attempt in March 1979. He went on to qualify as a Paramedic and Sniper. He was a member of the SAS counter terrorist team that assaulted the Iranian Embassy in London in 198...