Derrick McManus, former STAR Group officer and founder of Human Durability
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Are police officers scared before a high-risk arrest?
Derrick McManus, former STAR Group officer and founder of Human Durability
Derrick McManus, former STAR Group officer and founder of Human Durability, speaking with podcast host Aleksandra King on The BEYOND Podcast. Derrick McManus says a high-risk arrest call was far from scary for his police team, who were trained for that work and loved it.
Derrick McManus was playing police basketball at work, paid to stay fit, when the boss rang with a high-risk arrest in the Barossa Valley. The offender was Grosser, known from two earlier jobs. He explains how a trained unit hears such a call.
We were trained for this, and this is the work we love to do.
Derrick McManusFormer South Australian Police STAR Group officer and founder of Human DurabilityA trained unit treating a high-risk arrest as welcome work is why, in his telling, the day still counted as ordinary. Aleksandra King then asks him what Grosser is like.


Cite this page Derrick McManus, former STAR Group officer and founder of Human Durability, “Are police officers scared before a high-risk arrest?”, at 4:02 in conversation with Aleksandra King, The BEYOND Podcast, 21 May 2026. Sourced.media. https://sourced.media/questions/are-police-officers-scared-before-a-high-risk-arrest/ (permanent identifier https://sourced.media/id/C_NGZNF7V8RE)

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