I Was the Police Chief of the Virgin Islands — I Was Shot and Almost Killed
Ian Bick
64,949 views
Chris Howell returns to Locked In with Ian Bick for Part 2 — diving deeper into his rise from a DEA task force investigator in the U.S. Virgin Islands to Deputy Chief and ultimately Chief of Police. In this episode Chris breaks down the reality of crime corruption and violence in the islands where homicide rates have historically reached around 50 per 100000 people — several times higher than the U.S. average.
He shares what it was really like leading law enforcement in one of the most challenging environments in the country dealing with constant threats against his life internal corruption and the pressure of trying to control rising violence. And he opens up about the moment it all came to a head — when he was shot in a near fatal attack that ultimately ended his career.
#Cops #PoliceChief #TrueCrime #Violence #CrimeStory #LawEnforcement #LockedInPodcast #realstories
Watch part 1:
I Was on a DEA Task Force in the Virgin Is...
Connect with Chris Howell:
Email: howellvipd@gmail.com
Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:
https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?h...
https://ianbick.com/
Timestamps:
00:00 Police Chief of the Virgin Islands Shot in the Line of Duty — Chris's Full Story Part 2
00:19 Meet Chris Howell and His Background as Police Chief
01:00 Becoming Police Chief in the Virgin Islands and What That Rise Really Required
02:21 The Corruption He Discovered Inside the Department
04:30 His First Days as Deputy Chief and What That Transition Really Looked Like
06:01 The Extreme Homicide Rate in the Virgin Islands and What Drives It
10:54 His Baptism by Fire as Chief and the Crisis Mode That Followed
11:24 The Press Conference and Early Challenges He Faced Immediately
12:44 Building Trust and Finding His Role Inside a Broken System
14:40 High Profile Cases and Major Investigations That Defined His Tenure
17:04 The Broken Evidence Room and the System Failures He Had to Fix
19:19 Destroying Illegal Firearms and Cleaning House Inside the Department
21:41 Building a Police Task Force Team From the Ground Up
23:23 Recruitment Struggles and the Key Officers He Relied On Most
26:40 Street Operations and Crime Crackdowns That Defined His Leadership
28:31 Domestic Violence Calls and What Frontline Policing Really Requires
32:42 The Broken Windows Policing Strategy and How He Applied It
36:20 Public Perception and the Community Response to His Leadership
38:50 A Human Trafficking Sting Operation That Revealed a Hidden World
41:40 Police Corruption and the Internal Investigations That Followed
45:47 Living Under Constant Threat as Police Chief
51:16 His Conversations With Drug Traffickers and What Those Revealed
53:11 The Violence and Homicide Culture That Defines the Territory
01:01:20 His Crime Reduction Strategies and Leadership Philosophy
01:12:30 The Frustrations of Running an Entire Department
01:20:00 Internal Enemies and the Paranoia That Came With Leadership
01:26:21 A Cold Case Investigation Into a Fallen Officer
01:38:41 A Major Drug Raid and Takedown He Led
01:46:18 Trauma Training and What Real Police Work Actually Requires
01:53:32 Losing Officers and the Ongoing Violence That Never Stopped
01:58:39 Corrupt Officers He Exposed From Within His Own Department
02:01:44 The Crime Wave and Rising Violence That Defined His Final Years
02:07:36 Robberies and the Escalating Danger That Surrounded Him
02:13:42 The Night He Was Shot — the Complete Play by Play
02:27:54 Surviving the Shooting and What Recovery Really Required
02:35:14 Rehab and Life After Being Shot
02:44:07 His Ironman Comeback Story
02:50:05 Justice System Failures and the Aftermath of His Case
02:56:12 His Leadership Lessons and Why He Has No Regrets
02:57:40 His Final Thoughts on Policing and Corruption
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I Was the Police Chief of the Virgin Islands — I Was Shot and Almost Killed
Ian Bick
64,949 views
Chris Howell returns to Locked In with Ian Bick for Part 2 — diving deeper into his rise from a DEA task force investigator in the U.S. Virgin Islands to Deputy Chief and ultimately Chief of Police. In this episode Chris breaks down the reality of crime corruption and violence in the islands where homicide rates have historically reached around 50 per 100000 people — several times higher than the U.S. average.
He shares what it was really like leading law enforcement in one of the most challenging environments in the country dealing with constant threats against his life internal corruption and the pressure of trying to control rising violence. And he opens up about the moment it all came to a head — when he was shot in a near fatal attack that ultimately ended his career.
#Cops #PoliceChief #TrueCrime #Violence #CrimeStory #LawEnforcement #LockedInPodcast #realstories
Watch part 1:
I Was on a DEA Task Force in the Virgin Is...
Connect with Chris Howell:
Email: howellvipd@gmail.com
Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick:
https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?h...
https://ianbick.com/
Timestamps:
00:00 Police Chief of the Virgin Islands Shot in the Line of Duty — Chris's Full Story Part 2
00:19 Meet Chris Howell and His Background as Police Chief
01:00 Becoming Police Chief in the Virgin Islands and What That Rise Really Required
02:21 The Corruption He Discovered Inside the Department
04:30 His First Days as Deputy Chief and What That Transition Really Looked Like
06:01 The Extreme Homicide Rate in the Virgin Islands and What Drives It
10:54 His Baptism by Fire as Chief and the Crisis Mode That Followed
11:24 The Press Conference and Early Challenges He Faced Immediately
12:44 Building Trust and Finding His Role Inside a Broken System
14:40 High Profile Cases and Major Investigations That Defined His Tenure
17:04 The Broken Evidence Room and the System Failures He Had to Fix
19:19 Destroying Illegal Firearms and Cleaning House Inside the Department
21:41 Building a Police Task Force Team From the Ground Up
23:23 Recruitment Struggles and the Key Officers He Relied On Most
26:40 Street Operations and Crime Crackdowns That Defined His Leadership
28:31 Domestic Violence Calls and What Frontline Policing Really Requires
32:42 The Broken Windows Policing Strategy and How He Applied It
36:20 Public Perception and the Community Response to His Leadership
38:50 A Human Trafficking Sting Operation That Revealed a Hidden World
41:40 Police Corruption and the Internal Investigations That Followed
45:47 Living Under Constant Threat as Police Chief
51:16 His Conversations With Drug Traffickers and What Those Revealed
53:11 The Violence and Homicide Culture That Defines the Territory
01:01:20 His Crime Reduction Strategies and Leadership Philosophy
01:12:30 The Frustrations of Running an Entire Department
01:20:00 Internal Enemies and the Paranoia That Came With Leadership
01:26:21 A Cold Case Investigation Into a Fallen Officer
01:38:41 A Major Drug Raid and Takedown He Led
01:46:18 Trauma Training and What Real Police Work Actually Requires
01:53:32 Losing Officers and the Ongoing Violence That Never Stopped
01:58:39 Corrupt Officers He Exposed From Within His Own Department
02:01:44 The Crime Wave and Rising Violence That Defined His Final Years
02:07:36 Robberies and the Escalating Danger That Surrounded Him
02:13:42 The Night He Was Shot — the Complete Play by Play
02:27:54 Surviving the Shooting and What Recovery Really Required
02:35:14 Rehab and Life After Being Shot
02:44:07 His Ironman Comeback Story
02:50:05 Justice System Failures and the Aftermath of His Case
02:56:12 His Leadership Lessons and Why He Has No Regrets
02:57:40 His Final Thoughts on Policing and Corruption
Catch up on part one here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atbgH6Ypvas