According to John Hopkins, the gun death rate increased 40% from 2014 to 2023. With firearms being the leading cause of death among young people ages 1-17 in 2023 in Missouri.

In this episode, Caleb walks us through the gun violence epidemic in Jennings, Missouri.

He discusses how the landscape of gangs have changed, in terms of honor and a code.

How children as young as 12 are joining low level gangs and what happens to them over the course of the next 6 years.

What it is like as a police officer to combat generational trauma that is fueled by poverty.

The unique perspective of having worked in the school system, before putting on the badge.

Protecting a community that wants to grow out of what it has been.

He helps us understand outside the uniform, how he views his own mortality.

And shares the one call that taught him how to make every moment count.

This is Last Words: Death Perception

This is Caleb Davey.