Including family in charity is a key to a strong bond with Sgt Will Moore

Stephen J: (00:11)
Welcome to behind the ten.com a podcast that introduces you to the ROIC men and women who wear the 10 while protecting our community and hearing about the extraordinary things they're doing when they're badges in the rock. Stephen Jay, the good Lieutenant here, along with Justin, the civilian producer. Here we are. What's going on today. Hey, once again, uh, we're going over the live broadcast that we did at Duche stadium back on nine 11, um, an amazing event that the renegades put together. Yeah, absolutely. Fantastic. Great, great night. We were blessed to have three guests come up to studio five. We are up in and, uh, suite number five, which was pretty cool. Yeah. Yeah. For, for a little while. Yep. If you, if you get on our Facebook page, you could see the pictures on there. Uh, Instagrams got 'em as well, but before we get into the nitty gritty of our, our guest, uh, that we had at the stadium, let's remember today's cocktail over conversation.

Stephen J: (00:56)
Sponsor is Denise from Hyde park. Denise. Thank you, Denise from Hyde park. Thanks so much. And we're having some Hyde park brewing company beer once again. What a coincidence. Ooh, it's it's the rough rider red. Hey, now not quite as favorite as my big easy blonde, but uh, but close it's pretty close. Close. We always thank our friends up there at Hyde park brewing company for being great sponsors and providing us with a nice beverage. We also have some sponsor. Those guys, print.com. Those guys print for all your custom apparel and promotional needs. Visit those guys. print.com bill be productions. Visit Hudson valley, djs.com or call bill Beal at eight four five two nine eight seven five seven six four bill be productions. So this guy comes to us, uh, Hudson, Holly, guns and hoses. One of the main like draws today to the nine 11 event, uh, organization that was established, uh, a few years ago. And I was happy to be a part of that. Yeah. And you guys, you guys have done, uh, quite a few baseball games over the years, too. We, we have, and I'm proud to say that the finest have always prevailed that the, the baseball games, uh, there's some other games we'll get into with will, uh, during this live podcast that we had with him. So if you missed it, here we go with will Moore.

Stephen J: (02:12)
Stephen J the good Lieutenant here with Justin, the civilian producer. Here we are. Stephen J nine Dutchess stadium at the nine 11 Memorial game here live from Dutchess stadium, suite number fives. We got some people here. We gotta give a shout out to Rebecca heady. Cabrera is out there watching. Thank you, Rebecca. We appreciate it. Bobby Faust is listening, says hello to the good Lieutenant and the civilian producer. And we have a new guest. We have a new guest Willmore president of the Hudson valley, guns and hoses. Hello, thank you. What's going on will not, not much will. Will's here with a Pepsi. He, uh, he's new to this podcast thing. I wasn't able to stop off at the concession stand once again. Thank you to Hyde park brewing company. Our, our proud sponsor. Unfortunately we can't bring in outside alcohol here in the stadium, but the Hudson valley renegades are taking good care of us.

Stephen J: (03:01)
So thank you to them for having us and giving us this suite. Uh, well, Hudson valley guns and hoses. We're gonna get into that a little bit, but I want to talk about, about who you are, what you've done, uh, in public service, because that's where our, our whole podcast starts about what you're, you're doing in the community, you know, wearing the tin. And, uh, you, you know, I've known you God, it's, it's over 20 years now. Yeah. Justin, every time we have a, a fricking guest here, I feel older and older. . I mean, we just had bill Beal, who I literally go back into the single digits of my, you know, my life, you know, I think it was nine years old when I met him. We were trying to figure it out before and now I met will when I was in my early twenties. I think I might have been 20 or 21. So we go back, but you know,

Will: (03:40)
20 what? Yeah, 20, 20, 20

Stephen J: (03:44)
Years ago, 20 years, 20, 21 years, 21 years ago, I met will. Uh, and that was in the police academy. Yeah. Yeah. So that's how far back we go once again, we're old. Yep. but, but besides knowing me for so long and being blessed to, to have in your life, let's talk about what you do in public safety. So everyone knows. Now you went to the police academy 20 years ago. Yes. But you've kind of moved around a little bit. So let's talk about that.

Will: (04:08)
Yeah. I, uh, I went to the police academy in 2000. Uh, I was a part-time deputy, uh, for DUS county, deputy Sheriff's, uh, office. And, uh, in 2007, um, I became a full-time correction, sir, with the DRS county Sheriff's office. And, uh, been there ever since,

Stephen J: (04:24)
But you, you worked part-time other places as well. I did,

Will: (04:27)
Uh, I had a, a stint with, uh, Millerton, uh, police department for a few

Stephen J: (04:30)
Years. Yep. Milton is the home of Eddie Collins. So that's gonna be the trivia question we're gonna throw out. And so you can answer that one on Facebook live, who is, who was, who is, who was, who was Eddie Collins and what was he famous for in Millerton New York? So that's a good one. I know there's some work being done in his honor out there right now. So you did the Millerton PD thing. You're doing the correction thing now for, I'm gonna quick math, 13, 14 years. Yep. Held different ranks, done different positions. Yep. Uh, you, you also did that. What I call playing fireman thing for a while. Yes. Yeah.

Will: (05:00)
I was a volunteer fireman, uh, for the Dover, uh, fire department for Ooh, five years. I think it was five or six

Stephen J: (05:08)
Years. So, and that, and that's a very involved fire company, as I recall. They're, I mean, they're not only going to the fire calls, but the community involvement they have with their bizarre and the parades they do. Yes. Uh, very big chicken

Will: (05:20)
Bakes, uh, uh, yeah. Uh, they have breakfast, you know, every Sunday throughout the whole winter. So it, it is a very involved department. I

Stephen J: (05:30)
Love it. I think it's so great.

Will: (05:31)
Bring yourself a little bit closer to that microphone so everyone can hear you. Nice and clear.

Stephen J: (05:34)
Sure. Hello will how you doing Chris Schreiber says hello, Chris. Thanks for giving us the shout. Hi, Chris. We appreciate that. Just watching a, our, our Facebook live here again. We're live at Dutchess stadium in suite number five. We're calling at studio five today, Justin. Yeah. 9 11, 20 years. It's it's amazing. 20 years later,

Will: (05:51)
Nine 11, suite five, Anthony Vos number. Oh,

Stephen J: (05:54)
There you go. So we're talking you, we were in the academy together. Uh, we graduated, uh, we were on the job, uh, at nine 11. Uh, one of the things that, that I recall was we were actually sent down. We have the culinary Institute of America. One of the things Justin loves here most about the Hudson valley in Dutchess county. Uh hu. The, the culinary was actually feeding the first responders at ground zero. And I don't know if you, you were in on that detail. I know I was several times of, of actually, uh, giving the escort of the trucks and actually filling the police car, the, the deputies car. Well, I didn't know about this with, with the sandwiches and bottled water and driving it all the way down to ground zero and some of the staging areas they had. Yeah. And, uh, you know, you never forget those images and you know, you talk about just a small, a part of something that was really major. And that was literally just helping feed feed the first responders that were actively looking, uh, to rescue and, and, uh, recover. Unfortunately, the people at nine 11. Absolutely. Uh, my,

Will: (06:48)
My brother-in-law actually worked down in the city for Verizon and he wa uh, he walked out of tower, uh, tower tower two, uh, 10 minutes, the plane

Stephen J: (06:59)
Crash. It's crazy. We have a guy that's gonna be a guest, uh, in, in the future. Uh, he was a firefighter from F D Y. He ended up writing a book about his experiences at nine 11, and that's gonna be crazy to actually sit down and have a discussion with him, you know, being so close to New York city, having these memorials, uh, you know, throughout the, the community today, yesterday, you know, and knowing you since before that, and that effect that it's had on, on so many here, you know, we talk about never forgetting. And one of the ways that we set that up is, uh, a bunch of guys got together, Jeff Mosman at F hill myself, and we created a foundation, uh, uh, Hudson valley, guns and hoses, and it's the started off. It was gonna be a small baseball game. And I think it was gonna actually be softball game in the first talks.

Stephen J: (07:42)
And it ended up being a baseball game and it was the firefighters, the Hudson valley versus the police officers, the Hudson valley and not to, to brag, but the police officers always usually win that game, but really what it started was to bring the community together. And, you know, if anybody remembers, you know, right after nine 11, and we just get back into the things and it's the Mets playing the Yankees, um, you know, and, and Mike Piazza hitting that home run. And I really think baseball had a big, big uplifting moment. Oh yeah, absolutely. For the community and, and bringing us back to normalcy. Mm-hmm, the other thing I remember is Saturday night live with Giuliani being on there and they asking, is it okay to laugh now? You know, and, and George Bush, president Bush throwing out that first pitch, um, you know, that year at the world series, just, you know, really memorable moments that all really are entertainment are sports, you know, which are kind of one and the same to me and, and, you know, guns and hoses was founded from that, you know, was founded from tragedies that people, uh, wanted to rep resent their, their fallen heroes.

Stephen J: (08:41)
And, you know, we talk about, uh, city Vike, uh, John FCON was killed, uh, in the line of duty and we wanted to remember him. Yep. And we never forget him as well. And, and the others that, you know, now that guns and hose around, so this, this foundation starts, you became involved right away. Yep. Uh,

Will: (08:58)
The year after actually, uh, you know, I was talking with you about it and, uh, I was like, I, I gotta get involved. You know, this is, this is a

Stephen J: (09:05)
Great idea. Now you're one of the guys that played on both sides as I recall over the years.

Will: (09:09)
Yep. Uh, I think I, one in one year I got traded mid-game yeah. From, uh, the finest to the bravest.

Stephen J: (09:16)
Did you get the ring for the win on that one after you were traded? Or did

Will: (09:19)
We, I think that was the one year that the bravest actually won. I doubt

Stephen J: (09:22)
It . I absolutely doubt it. , there's no way, but what an organization and you've, you've taken the helm and you guys have, uh, have done wonders, you know? So I just want to talk a little bit about guns and hoses and what you do. Uh, you know, you're, you're the chairman right now, you're the president. So why don't the people who don't know about gun SOS? Tell, tell 'em about what, what you guys

Will: (09:41)
Do really guns. We, we, um, we hold, we hold events. Uh, we, we, uh, do everything we can to raise money to, uh, you know, put the money towards the charity, which the charity helps out, uh, any, um, you know, uh, firefighter or law enforcement officer or any first responder that gets seriously injured in the line of duty or, or, you know, God forbid, uh, they die in the line of duty, you know, and, uh, in all the years we've been able to establish, uh, we have three scholarships, uh, that we give out yearly three, $1,000 scholarships. Um, and the, the scholarships started, you know, named after certain individuals, um, one being a, uh, past member. Um, so, so who, uh, ju uh, Julia LL, uh, Jules, um, you know, she, uh, passed away a couple years ago and, uh, you know, we'll never forget her. And I, I know, I know. I, I, I, I, I'm actually getting kind of choked up cuz yeah. Every time I think about her, you know, you know,

Stephen J: (10:43)
Well, you you're wearing a patch in her memory. Absolutely. Absolutely. On your executive committee shirt here, you know, she was near and dear to me, I knew her for a very long time, longer than I know you mm-hmm, uh, just a, a Spitfire person, absolutely. A person. If you had an organization, you want it a part of it. Cause she knew she'd get things done. And she was a part of guns and hoses right away. She was, I think our first, uh, secretary that we had, she she's a girl that took a lot of notes. It was great. And yeah, we miss her and that's one of the, and then there's two other scholarships that you have. Yes. Um, Jack Rose, I know one captain Jack Rose, young man, who's a volunteer firefighter. And Justin hears this often guys who started very young. Yeah. Very young. This kid was a, I think a Lieutenant, um, then became a captain and, and I don't think he was more than 25 years old if that

Will: (11:27)
I don't age, uh, low twenties. What, yeah. When he passed away

Stephen J: (11:30)
Tragically. So you have a scholarship him and then there's the Chris cutback, Chris cutback scholarship, uh, a young deputy again, kid that started his dad was a detective in the Duches county Sheriff's office. He got involved in law enforcement, young. I think his brother,

Will: (11:42)
You know, his brother's, uh, in law enforcement as well as well. And

Stephen J: (11:45)
You know, the things you guys are doing with those scholarships and, you know, we all say, we remember, especially today, we're talking about nine 11, but when you put a scholarship, you put a name on that. Yeah. And the way you guys do it with that perpetual scholarship that never will die is simply amazing to me. Yeah. Those three

Justin: (12:02)
Scholarships will, will last. Forever's great. And we've talked about how complicated and difficult that is to raise enough money to sustain a scholarship that can be oh yeah. In perpetuity. Yeah. And obviously the challenges that most people think on the surface like, oh, you know, raise a $5,000 and then we'll give away a $5,000 scholarship. But the idea here is to raise enough money. You can give that scholarship and the interest on the money that's there. Right. Will continue to fund that scholarship forever and ever absolutely perpetuity. Yeah. It's, it's a really big deal and guys should be

Stephen J: (12:33)
Really proud of them. Yeah. And it's amazing to see the applicants. I was part of that for a long time to watch the applicants that come in and, and you know, they write about their heroes and they write about how law enforcement of the fire service affected their lives. And then for this organization, along with the community foundations of Hudson valley, be able to give that money to them. It's just special. You know, you talk about getting choked up that's life changing moneys. Sometimes mm-hmm, a thousand dollars to a kid or 5,000, whatever it may be. Oh, absolutely. For books. I don't even know they use books or, or the online books anymore, but that's, that's real money. That's helping real people who want to do real things in their community. Mm-hmm so absolutely amazing. So, but there's other things that you guys do as well. Not just the scholarships you talked about when a five firefighter or police officers hurting a line of duty, you guys are there. Yeah.

Will: (13:18)
We're there and we're, we're, we're there to assist in any way we can, you know, if it's, you know, helping out the family, uh, you know, if we need to, we'll get some food and uh, you know, help 'em out for whatever, you know, or they need a ride, you know, if they're injured and they need a ride, you know, we'll, we'll work that out. We'll get 'em a ride or, you know, some way shape or form we'll, we'll help them out in any way we can.

Stephen J: (13:38)
What I'd love that you guys have done also is you've worked with other organizations. Yes. You know, um, and, and chips here and chips, a fireball when it comes to getting things done, a go-to guy, um, when other organizations come to you, whether it be a fire department or a police department, they of that tragedy knock on wood. It's usually very rare for those places, right? Yes. But you guys, because you're involved in the whole Hudson valley and all these other places, unfortunately, to a degree, but fortunately to another degree have the experience of, of doing these events. And I know that you guys jump in and sometimes it's not even with the guns and hoses name on it, mm-hmm, because it's all for, for, for them. But I think that's an unsung hero thing that you guys are doing is, is offering that service.

Stephen J: (14:21)
You know, I know there's been cornhole tournaments and yes. Uh, horseshoe tournaments and softball tournaments and hockey, bowling tournaments. Yeah. Bowling tournaments that you guys have stepped up. And I think it's amazing. And I think anybody that does that, you know, we take our hats off because you're putting aside your own organization per se, and you're helping the other ones. And, and why do they do it? Because that's what it was founded on. Mm-hmm, absolutely, it's not about who's wearing the patch or who gets the, the certificate at the end or who gets the recognition. It's about doing the right thing for the organization, but for that person that that's in need. So kudos. Do you guys for that, what, uh, what events you guys have coming up? I know that it's been tough with COVID and getting together, but I know we're starting to get back into that. Yep. Getting together mode

Will: (15:04)
For the last yeah. You know, year and a half it's it's been tough. Uh, it's been tough cuz a lot of our events are the in-person events and we, we have big crowds and for a long time we were, we couldn't have a big crowd. Uh, so we are, we're starting to gear up and starting to look for our, uh, winter classic again, get our, uh, hockey back in action. And since we didn't have it last year, we're gonna actually try to have two, two of them this year, you know, kind of kind cuz you know, last year, you know, with the hockey and uh, some might not know this is, you know, we have the bravest against the finest. So the law enforcement against the fire service and uh, they raise, they raise the money, uh, to play. So each, each, uh, player raises at least $250. Oh wow. Um, to play on a team. Okay. So, you know, walking in the door, we have, you know, ex you know, quite a, what about a mid, quite a big amount of money raised, uh, already just walking.

Stephen J: (15:56)
So the fundraiser already pretty much happened before the game even happens. Absolutely. Yep. Yep. So how many players on a hockey team? Uh,

Will: (16:01)
We carry 20 on

Stephen J: (16:02)
Each 20 on each quick band. That's two 50 is just help me out here. 20 grand a lot. Yeah. 20 grand.

Will: (16:09)
Cause it's more than, you know, the players are so gung ho out it, they, they don't raise the minimum. They, you know, some, some are raising a thousand, $2,000. So in with minimum 20,000, absolutely.

Stephen J: (16:19)
Wow. What a, what a great concept, because then it's free. Usually I think all your events are free events free to

Will: (16:25)
Right. Free to show up. Um, and you know, people want to make donations, uh, at our merchandise, uh, booth. They can, if they want to add, you know, don't eat and purchase some of the, uh, merchandise that we have, you know, the guns that hoses t-shirts and stuff, all that money goes to the charity as

Stephen J: (16:41)
Well, which is amazing. And, and being a free event and you know, we're at the Hudson valley renegades, we're live here, they're playing the, the, uh, the Cy, uh, the cyclones, who are they playing, uh, Brooklyn, Brooklyn cyclones, right. Which the Mets affiliates. So it's really a met Yankee game here today. Yep. And, and today they're honoring guns and hoses, you know, in, in, along with nine 11 and you guys are giving out challenge coins or, or poker chip challenge coins, which are beautiful. Yes. As a, as a memento to remember, these are just beautiful. We're gonna try to put them up on the Facebook page later. Uh, but just a great idea. And obviously you have great support from the renegades to be able absolutely.

Will: (17:12)
They, they they're behind us 100%. You know, when we couldn't kind of, um, have the normal baseball softball event here, they came to us and said, Hey, listen, this is the 20th anniversary of nine 11. Let's, let's do something together. And that's what got everything going for tonight's event.

Stephen J: (17:29)
So most of the times when you go to a free event, you get what you pay for. Right. But that, that's not the case with guns and hoses, baseball or

Will: (17:36)
Hockey, is it absolutely not, especially the hockey. I mean, you, you get a, you get a hockey event, any,

Stephen J: (17:41)
Any good stories with the hockey, these

Will: (17:43)
Sneakers that you're allowed to share no,

Stephen J: (17:46)
okay. Any that you shouldn't share that you're gonna anyway for me,

Will: (17:49)
, let's just say there, there's some fights that happen out on the, on the ice. And, uh, it gets, it's a, it's a real hockey game. It's not, it's not just a little charity game that everyone's kind of like, you know, pushing around. There's some checking and there's some physical, um, pushing and shoving and actually turns into some fights at

Stephen J: (18:07)
Times. I mean, these guys are playing to represent their service, whether it be law enforcement or fire, and they don't want the other one winning.

Will: (18:13)
No, absolutely not. And then the crowd gets in it and you know, the fire service is yelling, dunking donuts towards the, toward the law enforcement, you know, side. So, and what,

Stephen J: (18:23)
What do law enforcement, you grab your pillow or what, what are they yelling? That's what I do. Sit

Will: (18:27)
Your alarm. Right.

Justin: (18:29)
You know, I've been to these hockey games. I know too, you a spectator and they, they really are wild, wild games packed lot. Yeah. Completely jam packed. The venue's great. You guys make it such a fun, cool event. And it's, it's

Will: (18:41)
Always something we look forward to every, every year we have, you know, at least at least 7,000 people that show up and watch the game. Oh

Justin: (18:47)
Yeah. Yeah. So

Stephen J: (18:48)
It's a great event. It's a great event. Again, it's free. So we're gonna make sure that anytime there's an event, we're gonna throw it on our podcast page. We're gonna share it out there, get, get as many people as we can. You know, I know that there's been questions about other organizations, uh, you know, teaming up with you. So we're gonna try to help push them. You know, we've had guests on here that have been involved in so many different charities. Uh, we're gonna try to make sure that, that our community keeps growing. Cuz as I always say, the network is your net worth mm-hmm and we all can grow together in our community. So I think that's really great.

Will: (19:16)
And, and we're, we're always, uh, looking for volunteers that want to, you know, come and, uh, jump on the, uh e-board or, you know, and, and, you know, get a position and, you know, help us with, you know, they, someone might come in and have a whole, you know, ton of different ideas and might, you know, it's all about the

Stephen J: (19:32)
Work. Absolutely. Right. Cuz it takes hard work to get these events together, takes hard work to raise that money. But again, that money is going to things that, you know, we don't want it to go to quite honest, we never want it to happen. But when it does, you guys are prepared. So outside of guns and hoses, you're also involved. You have two kids, two grateful kids. Yes, yes. That are quite involved in sports.

Will: (19:50)
Yes they dance. Yep. My, uh, my daughter dances, um, you know, ballet and all that, you know, competitively and uh, my son, uh, does travel baseball and travel

Stephen J: (19:59)
Soccer. So I know you're involved in that cuz we talked about it. Yes. And I kind of ripped you a little bit. Yes. So what do you do for the, your daughter's dance? Let's

Will: (20:07)
Hear about this one. So, so technically my title is dance prop, dad I'm head dance prop, dad. What, what is a prop dad? So I, I deal with all the props for all the dances. Okay. So, uh, you know, I, I help get 'em there and then I help get 'em, you know, behind stage and thanks chip .

Stephen J: (20:26)
I don't know what chips,

Will: (20:28)
Chips, the

Stephen J: (20:28)
Dresses. Oh yeah. He saw about you sew up the dresses. That's

Will: (20:33)
Probably true. You know, I get all the props out on the stage before, you know, right before the dance and I get all the, you know, as soon as the girl or girl or girls done, I get 'em right off.

Stephen J: (20:42)
So you're like the kid that runs out and puts the tee down for the kicker. Yes. Yeah. And then he runs off and he gets it again. Yeah. I'm just trying to correlate with, with things that I know. Cause I know nothing about dance now. Is there any like daddy daughter dances that happen where you have to perform? Absolutely not. I believe there is. And I believe we have the video somewhere um, so we're gonna try when Justin edits this down. Oh good. We're gonna see if we can share that one. cause I believe you not. Are you talking to daughter? I don't believe you're being truthful with me right now. I thought we were friends, so yeah.

Will: (21:12)
We're it might be one

Stephen J: (21:13)
Video out there. Just one. Huh? We'll have to fight out about that. I'll have to punch that one up. Yep. so then now, now that's your daughter and, and she is very active in that, that dance. I see the, the Instagram posts with her, her uh, yeah, teacher. Is it a teacher instructor?

Will: (21:28)
Her, uh, studio owner.

Stephen J: (21:30)
Studio owner. Yep. You wanna give a shout out to the studio?

Will: (21:32)
Yes. Star, uh, star studio of dance out in, uh, Kent, Connecticut. Uh, starless. She is, is the studio owner out

Stephen J: (21:38)
There outstanding. And they do wonderful things. I know they went down to a Mets game and

Will: (21:42)
Actually next weekend we're going down to city field. My daughter will be dancing on the field with, uh, the Brooklyn nets, uh, cheerleaders. See that. Oh wow. So yes.

Stephen J: (21:53)
You gonna wear sunglasses that day? Absolutely. Yeah. I bet. Yeah. So your son's involved in a couple travel teams for sports? Yes. Yep. And what do you do with him? Um,

Will: (22:01)
Well, for, for several years now, I've actually been the, uh, vice president of the Dover little league, uh, where he started out. And then now he's gotten on some tra he's got on a travel team, which is out here in Fishkill cadets baseball academy. And uh, I still run the Dover little league.

Stephen J: (22:17)
That's a very involved venture isn't it

Will: (22:19)
Absolutely absolutely mean it takes up

Stephen J: (22:21)
A lot of time. I mean you're like the commissioner. Yes. Yeah. So anybody's gotta gripe the parents, the coaches, the umpires. Yep. Everything's

Will: (22:29)
Going through you. The kids are, the kids are the greatest part of it. It's the, all the other stuff that you have to deal

Stephen J: (22:35)
With. I mean, how many hours a week are you putting in, especially during baseball season with that?

Will: (22:39)
Um, well fall ball's going on right now. So I do at least 12, 15 hours a week. That's minimum because it's just fall ball, which is only, uh, minors and majors is going on right now. So nine and tens and 10, 11 and twelves.

Stephen J: (22:56)
So you're, you're working in corrections. That's at least 60 hours probably a week. You're there? Yep. You're doing 15 hours of the commissioner duties. Yep. You're the prop daddy. Yes. Yep. I can't wait to make that name. Placard prop daddy . So you're prop daddy. And that, that takes up probably only time. Do you have to rehearse as well? Uh, no. No. There's no rehearsal for prop daddy.

Will: (23:18)
I, I do have to, uh, know the dance. So I usually talk to the studio owner and say, all right, what's the props. When does it go on? Where, who, what, when mm-hmm so

Stephen J: (23:28)
You have your own script, don't you? Yeah.

Will: (23:30)
That's amazing. It's you know what? It's it's been great. Uh, my daughter been, been doing fabulous at it and she absolutely loves it. So, you know, just, oh, that's the best part. Right? Absolutely.

Stephen J: (23:39)
And then you're closer to the stage than the other daddy, cuz you're prop daddy I'm right behind stage. How many times can I get prop daddy in this

Will: (23:47)
Full VIP backstage access. It's kind of like, uh, that movie Meow. Yes, yes. Ma many

Stephen J: (23:52)
Times. Well, once you got prop daddy, you got, Hey guys, welcome. We got the live studio audience here. Dominic's in the house with, with his dad Sal we're here at Dutch, a stadium studio five or suite five, suite five, uh, live with will Moore, president of Hudson valley guns and hoses. So guns and hoses also takes up time. So yes, we're really cutting those hours back. Yes. Right. That you have available to do the other stuff that you want to do. Yes. Which is, is amazing. Well, any, any incidents throughout your career, whether it be through the fire service law enforcement or, or, uh, patrol that really stick out to you or just like this, this one's, this one changed me.

Will: (24:33)
Um, I, I still kind of, um, I still, every once in a while, I think back to when I was, I was part-time deputy and, uh, uh, I was working patrol out in village polling and it was, uh, St Patrick's day. And, uh, got, got called to back up a, uh, car fire up on, uh, route 55 in the town, uh, balling. And, uh, what happened was it turned out to be actually a, um, two cars collided and they went into the side of the, um, the, the rock wall. There turned out to be a drunk driver, rammed into another car, uh, killed the father and a daughter. Oh. Um, and the father was there. The father was taken, the father was taking, uh, his daughter to piano lessons. Um, and uh, that one, uh, that's that one had really changed me, you know, I always think back on it. And uh, you know, now, now being a father, especially I

Stephen J: (25:31)
Was there, I was one of the first responders to that one. Uh, I actually knew the father's father was a teacher at my high school, actually taught my dad way back when a very Irish family, I don't wanna say their name, uh, protect their privacy mm-hmm , but you know, on St Patrick's day, Irish family, dad, and into order just, and it was a hit and run. Yes. Uh, to add to that and thank God that person was caught and held accountable. Yes. Uh, but yeah, man, I, I remember that one, unfortunately. Well, uh, and that, that's a tough one. That's a tough one to see man. And it does change you, but especially as a parent, I can imagine cuz I'm not a parent, but I can imagine, uh, the thoughts going through your head on that. Uh, but thank you for, for sharing that and what you do on that one. We also ask every, every guest, if you could go back and talk to your 21 year old self, give him an advice to get to where you are because there's people that really want to do what all of our guests do. You know, whether it be fire, police, CEMS, corrections, uh, they really look up to guys. And so, you know, here's a form. We have, you know, people listening. What's some advice you'd give to whether it's your own 21 year old self or somebody who's who is looking to, to get on the job.

Will: (26:35)
Uh, first I would say, you know, uh, just, you know, stay in school as, as long as you can and, and, uh, work hard with that. But also, um, you know, if, if you're gonna go into this, this line of, uh, service, you know, you always have to be, um, cognizant of what you're doing. You know, the, the things you do now will affect you later on the, and especially nowadays with social media things you post will come back eventually and, and you might think it's, you know, nothing now, but, uh, a couple years down the road, you know, you go for that interview and it's, and, uh, investigator the detective and they're doing their background and they're like, oh, well, what's this you posted a couple years ago. You know? And so, um, I would definitely, that's in incredible because we're just talking

Stephen J: (27:20)
With, with bill be about, I was thinking the same thing and you know,

Will: (27:23)
We, we, in a lot of ways, we're lucky,

Stephen J: (27:26)
RH, very lucky

Will: (27:28)
Because we did all of our stupid stuff and it wasn't

Stephen J: (27:30)
Absolutely. Yep. Somebody had a Polaroid camera. We were good. Right. Thank goodness. Yep. Well, how do you define hero, man?

Will: (27:45)
Oh, that's a, that's a, that's a stump one right there. That's, it's a four letter word. I know. Uh, I I've always Des I I've always described that as my father. Um, he he's always been my hero and, um, you know, he just growing up and watching him and, and trying to, uh, be like him and, uh, live, you know, hopefully someday and, you know, bring my kids up the way he brought up his kids and, and, uh, um, so that, I mean, that's,

Stephen J: (28:14)
Well, I, I can tell you, I know your kids well, uh, I think you've done a tremendous job emulating what your father has done, uh, being the commissioner, being the prop, daddy, um, but really being involved in your kids and it shows, it shows you and your wife's involvement and how well and how well behaved and how polite those kids are. But not only you doing that makes you a, you a hero, but the stuff you've done for your community on the job and off the job continues to make everyone know that you are a hero because you're not only person. You're not only out there doing your job. You're also doing those extra things. You're also a family man. That's amazing. And if that's your definition of hero, dude, you're, you're filling those shoes. Well, thank you. So thank you so much for being here. Well, I really appreciate everything

Will: (28:58)
You do, and thank you for your service. Thank you. Thank you for having me. And, uh, yeah. And, and to, just to bring back to my kids and guns and hoses, they're just as much as I'm, you know, in, in, uh, involved with guns and hoses, my kids is, and my wife is just as involved and they're down there working, you know, Manning the merchandise booth right now. And, uh, you know, and you, you you've seen it. My, my son, my daughter, they'll go around, uh, especially with, uh, chip and hustle it, uh, throwing hockey, pucks, and selling the hot, you know, whatever they gotta do. They're, they're here to, you know, help.

Stephen J: (29:29)
So well continue doing a great job, man. We appreciate everything.

Will: (29:32)
You know, you guys continue, keep doing what you guys are doing. Appreciate that. This is great. Thank

Stephen J: (29:37)
You, man. We love doing so once again, a review of, uh, listening to the live show that we did at the Duche stadium. Pretty cool with will Moore. Yeah. Or I like to call him prop daddy, prop

Justin: (29:50)
Daddy, man. That is a great rap name too. It,

Stephen J: (29:53)
It really is. We should bring him back to the nineties, those big, uh, parachute pants. Absolutely. Yeah, definitely. We can, I can see him doing that. He probably wore them off to go back and see, I'll talk, his wife and prop daddy. He had some old pictures of prop daddy. Nah, but it really is Justin. And we've talked about it many times on the show, you know, getting the youth involved and this guy is just a dad. That's involved in his kids. His kids are so good. They're so polite, so involved. Uh, and he's doing an exceptional job, him and his, him and his wife. So guns

Justin: (30:18)
And hoses is a great organization. You know, I've had that opportunity to, to be, uh, uh, at so many of the events you guys have done the, the baseball and the hockey, and it's always just an absolutely incredible time. You guys always have a tremendous turnout and it's such a great

Stephen J: (30:31)
Cause I think, uh, hopefully we're beyond this whole COVID pandemic time. Uh, we get these events back on and, uh, we can watch some more great events with, uh, versus the bravest and get the community involvement again, to support our local heroes. Yeah. I am

Justin: (30:45)
Definitely looking forward to

Stephen J: (30:46)
It. Well again, thanks for listening to behind the 10 and hearing about how our heroes are heroes with the 10 on and off, please make sure to like follow, share and subscribe behind the ten.com. If you have an idea for a guest or you yourself should be a guest, you can email us@behindthetengmail.com or Justin. Yeah, absolutely. Make sure to go to Facebook and like us too. Remember tell a friend, tell a family member, tell everybody, tell everybody, you know, everybody, we're so psyched at the number of hits. We're getting the download numbers. You know, we're getting contact for more live broadcasts. If you want us to come out and do a live show and you have an idea, hit us up, man, we're having a good time doing this. We're really excited to get our heroes out there because their stories aren't shared. They don't share 'em they do it behind the scenes. Right, right. It's

Justin: (31:29)
A great way to get it out there. And we've obviously done this beta test doing the live shows and it works and it was so much

Stephen J: (31:34)
Fun. Can't wait to do the next one. So until then look out for one another and stay safe.