An armed offender, soaked in petrol and holding a lighter, was one of the first members of the public Mark Zjedlar encountered as a raw young cop - the start of a career that took him to the mean streets of Sydney’s drug gangland and the disturbing world of child protection. Mark will talk openly about the emotional toll working at the sharp end of policing has had on him and the friends he has lost on the end of their own firearms  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.