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Invictus LEO - Jiu Jitsu Law Enforcement Collective - Cst. Ari Knazan

February 10, 2025 • Matt Waterman/Ari Knazan • Season 5 • Episode 1

We start out Season 5 of the True Blue Podcast talking with Constable Ari Knazan an 11 year veteran of VicPD. Ari was hired a little later in life compared to the average recruit but obviously that meant he brought a breadth of life experiences with him to the job. He has a couple of great stories behind his motivation for becoming a police officer. Victoria Police was the only department that he applied for and loved that he got hired in the city he lived and played in.

Ari worked in Patrol for the first 7 years of his career, was a Domestic Violence investigator in support of Patrol before moving to the General Investigation Section (GIS). He’s now back in Patrol and looks forward to some Field Training of rookie officers and some acting Patrol Sergeant duties. Ari’s Martial Arts background allows him to be part of the Department’s Use of Force training cadre, which he does as a secondary duty.

Ari met Chuck Norris in Las Vegas when he was 9 years old, and he says that encounter became his motivation for getting into martial arts training. One of Ari’s hobbies is podcasting; he and Chad Lyman run the “No Zoo Lions Podcast” (available on Spotify) where they focus on motivations for law enforcement officers to train hard and to understand the best ways to gain compliance. He also is a co-founder of the Invictus LEO organization with Jason Rebsch and they also use the podcast platform to better inform law enforcement. (please check out the links added below)

https://nozoolions.com/

https://invictusleo.com/invictus-podcast

Sound editing done by Todd Mason.

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