His Police Partner Was Killed: A Journey Through Trauma, Survivor’s Guilt and Recovery. Special Episode. The gunfight ended. For Phoenix Police Officer Chris Hoyer, the struggle continued. His partner, Officer David Glasser, had been shot. Hoyer returned fire during the confrontation, surviving the encounter that would claim his fellow officer’s life. Supporting articles about this and much more from <a href="https://www.letradio.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast</a> in platforms like <a href="https://medium.com/@letradioshow" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Medium </a> , <a href="https://lawenforcementtalkradio.blogspot.com"> Blogspot </a> and Linkedin.
What followed was an aftermath that could not be resolved by securing a crime scene or completing an investigation. The Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast social media like their Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn , Medium and other social media platforms.
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In a Special Episode of the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast, retired Phoenix Police Officer Chris Hoyer discusses the ambush, the loss of his partner and his journey toward recovery. He also remembers something the violence could never erase: Glasser’s habit of telling the people around him, “love you.”
A Burglary Call Became a Deadly Ambush
On May 18, 2016, Officer David Glasser and his squadmates from the Phoenix Police Department’s Neighborhood Enforcement Team responded to a residential burglary call.
When officers arrived, a 19-year-old suspect concealed in a van opened fire.
Glasser was critically wounded. Hoyer engaged the suspect in a gunfight, during which the gunman was shot and killed. The Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast, is available on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and other major podcast platforms. The interview is also featured across Facebook and Instagram.
Glasser was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital. He died the following morning, May 19.
For the officers who served beside him, the loss was deeply personal. A colleague who had shared their work, their conversations and their daily routines would never return to the squad room.
For Hoyer, being there when his partner was shot added another dimension to that grief. He had confronted the threat, but he could not change the outcome. His Police Partner Was Killed: A Journey Through Trauma, Survivor’s Guilt and Recovery. Special Episode. The episode is available across major platforms including their website, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, with highlights shared across their Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn profiles.
His Police Partner Was Killed, and Survival Brought More Trauma
The public often encounters police shootings through brief News reports: a location, an exchange of gunfire, an officer wounded or killed.
Hoyer’s account begins where those reports frequently end.
In the episode, he discusses how the trauma of the shooting and survivor’s guilt affected his mental health. His experience illustrates a difficult reality: an officer can respond to a deadly threat and still suffer profoundly afterward.
Survival did not mean the experience was behind him.
His police partner was killed, and Hoyer had to find a way to live with both the loss and his own experience of the confrontation. Recovery became another part of the story, one less visible than the gunfight, but essential to understanding its consequences.
By discussing that aftermath, Hoyer brings attention to the people who remain after a line-of-duty death: partners, squadmates, families and friends whose lives have also changed. The Podcast is available for free on the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast website, also on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, iHeartradio and most major podcast platforms.
David Glasser’s Legacy: “Love You”
One of the most meaningful details about David Glasser’s life has nothing to do with how he died.
He wanted the people he cared about to know they were loved.
Instead of simply saying “goodbye,” he regularly said, “love you.” He backed those words with the way he treated others.
The habit spread.
Even among his fellow officers, those words became part of leaving the squad room. Colleagues said them, or called them out, to one another before heading away.
After his death, that familiar expression carried new weight.
“Love you” became a reminder of his presence, his affection and the relationships he had built. Those who knew him were left with the pain of his absence, but also with words he had made sure they heard.
Remembering Glasser through that habit keeps the focus on the person behind the badge. His life was larger than the attack that ended it.
Turning Experience Into When That Day Comes: Training for the Fight
Hoyer’s experiences helped inspire his nonfiction book, When That Day Comes: Training for the Fight, edited by Natalie June Reilly.
The title introduces a question that runs through his story: What does preparation really require?
In the interview, Hoyer discusses physical readiness, mental toughness and emotional grounding. He also addresses the accumulated stress of police work and the challenges that may emerge after a critical incident. His Police Partner Was Killed: A Journey Through Trauma, Survivor’s Guilt and Recovery. Special Episode. The Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast, is available on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and other major podcast platforms. The interview is also featured across Facebook and Instagram.
Drawing on more than 20 years of law enforcement experience, he connects survival training with the broader demands of surviving a career.
That includes what happens after the immediate danger passes.
His discussion of recovery gives the book’s title another dimension. “That day” may involve a confrontation an officer has trained to face. Its consequences may also require support and preparation that extend well beyond the scene.
First Responder Wellness Beyond the Headlines
Hoyer’s story makes room for a conversation about first responder wellness that includes grief, accumulated trauma and the difficulty of moving forward.
He discusses the toll the experience took on him and how his recovery now informs his efforts to help others.
His account does not turn a devastating loss into an easy lesson. Glasser’s death remains a tragedy. Hoyer’s work offers a way to honor his partner while sharing experiences that may help someone else prepare for trauma or recognize the importance of recovery.
For families and colleagues, the episode also offers a chance to listen more closely to what surviving an incident can mean.
An officer’s ability to act during an emergency tells only part of the story. Understanding the aftermath requires hearing what happened afterward, too. Follow the show’s social media on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube for episode updates and more firsthand stories.
An Arizona Story With Meaning Far Beyond Phoenix
The shooting happened in Phoenix, Arizona, but the questions Hoyer raises reach far beyond one department.
Now residing in Southern California, his focus is across the country, his account offers a personal perspective on partner loss, trauma and recovery.
For listeners outside law enforcement, it provides context that a short News update cannot capture. It introduces the friendship behind the loss and the emotional consequences behind the incident report.
That wider understanding matters. Police officers are also spouses, parents, friends and colleagues. The effects of a critical incident can reach into every one of those relationships. His Police Partner Was Killed: A Journey Through Trauma, Survivor’s Guilt and Recovery. Special Episode.
Hoyer’s willingness to discuss his experience gives those realities a voice.
A Special Episode Worth Hearing and Sharing
This Special Episode brings together the story of an officer who was killed and the partner who survived.
It remembers David Glasser through his service and his insistence on saying “love you.” It also follows Chris Hoyer into the difficult aftermath: the trauma, survivor’s guilt and process of recovery that helped shape his next purpose. Listeners can find the free podcast through the show’s website and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and other major podcast platforms.
Sharing the conversation through Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn can introduce that perspective to people who might otherwise encounter only the headline.
A fellow officer may recognize part of the experience. A family member may better understand a loved one’s burden. A civilian listener may hear, perhaps for the first time, what continues after the shooting stops.
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Retired Phoenix Police Officer Chris Hoyer shares his account of the gunfight, the murder of his partner and the recovery journey that inspired When That Day Comes: Training for the Fight.
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