Download or read book Vegas written by Kim Thomas and published by Stephens Press, LLC. This book was released on 2005 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cam Madden had a good job and a carefree bachelor lifestyle when he impulsively tried out for the police academy of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Now that he's mastered the theories of law enforcement in the academy, his education in its realities begins with field training and an ugly suicide call. Learning the lessons of the street leaves scars on Cam's ego and more on his body, but it's even tougher on his relationships with women. It doesn't matter until he falls for Karrie May, a paramedic, whereupon making it work becomes all-important.One Cop's Journey is in a sense every cop's journey, the story of finding his own place in a company of heroes, even if that company contains a disturbing proportion of bureaucrats, office politicians, and layabouts. Somehow the finest and the flawed manage to work together well enough to keep the barbarians at bay. Every Day.
Download or read book One Cops Journey written by A. Boudreau and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-11 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detroit was once known as Murder City. Although it still has its share of violence and crime, the Detroit of the 1970's was a war zone, with more than seven hundred homicides a year. In Murder City, police officers had to act more like the lawmen of the Old West. They had to be constantly ready for things to go south, quickly. Author and former Detroit Police Department officer A. W. Boudreau was in the thick of the violence. He survived, but not all of his coworkers were so lucky. Four times as many cops died in seventies-era Detroit as do today. After completing extensive police academy training, Boudreau graduated and joined the Seventh Precinct of the Detroit Police Department in 1970. The reminders that his job was a dangerous one were all around him. The widow of a fellow officer killed in action attended the graduation ceremony, leaving Boudreau with a haunting memory of her sorrow. He devoted his career to making the streets safer for the innocent victims of violence. Boudreau's memoir will give you a new perspective on the difficulties big-city cops face every day on the job.
Download or read book From Sorrow to Amazing Grace written by Keith Knotek and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-06 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Battling alcoholism, depression, and trauma by surrendering to Christ and having a daily spiritual connection with God. From Sorrow to Amazing Grace: One Cop's Journey is written by Keith Knotek.
Download or read book From Sorrow to Amazing Grace written by Keith Knotek and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Battling alcoholism, depression, and trauma by surrendering to Christ and having a daily spiritual connection with God.
Download or read book Convicted written by Jameel Zookie McGee and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER BOOK AWARD • “A must-read for anyone who longs for the day when the dividing lines of race, class, and bigotry are finally overcome by the greater forces of love, forgiveness, and brotherhood.”—Rev. Samuel Rodriguez Racial tensions had long simmered in Benton Harbor, a small city on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, before the day a white narcotics officer—more focused on arrests than justice—set his sights on an innocent black man. But when officer Andrew Collins framed Jameel McGee for possession of crack cocaine, the surprising result was not a race riot but a transformative journey for both men. Falsely convicted, McGee spent three years in federal prison. Collins also went to prison a few years later for falsifying police reports. While behind bars, the faith of both men deepened. But the story took its most unexpected turn once they were released—when their lives collided again in a moment brimming with mistrust and anger. The two were on a collision course—not to violence—but forgiveness. As current as today’s headlines, this explosive true story reveals how these radically conflicted men chose to let go of fear and a thirst for revenge to pursue reconciliation for themselves, their community, and our racially divided nation.
Download or read book Invisible Wounds A Cop s Journey of Faith Through The Darkness of PTSD written by Nicholas Anthony DiRobbio and published by . This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Officer's tale of the darkness surrounding police work which led him to a world of fear, panic and anxiety. This book takes the reader through the author's path into law enforcement. It includes the stories of the negative culture that exists both within the walls of the department and on the street. This book is filled with police incidents both graphic and intense which contributed to the author's diagnosis of severe PTSD. Through his struggle, the author rediscovers his faith in scripture as he fights both his darkness and the very town that he served that abandoned him.
Download or read book Into the Kill Zone written by David Klinger and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's it like to have the legal sanction to shoot and kill? This compelling and often startling book answers this, and many other questions about the oft-times violent world inhabited by our nation's police officers. Written by a cop-turned university professor who interviewed scores of officers who have shot people in the course of their duties, Into the Kill Zone presents firsthand accounts of the role that deadly force plays in American police work. This brilliantly written book tells how novice officers are trained to think about and use the power they have over life and death, explains how cops live with the awesome responsibility that comes from the barrels of their guns, reports how officers often hold their fire when they clearly could have shot, presents hair-raising accounts of what it's like to be involved in shoot-outs, and details how shooting someone affects officers who pull the trigger. From academy training to post-shooting reactions, this book tells the compelling story of the role that extreme violence plays in the lives of America's cops.
Download or read book Cops and Crooks written by Tim Priest and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Street cops inhabit a secretive world that few outsiders get to see. Beyond the high-speed pursuits, the shoot-outs and bloody crime scenes, there exists another world. A world of bored and mischievous cops who spend an entire shift dreaming up pranks to play on each other or unsuspecting citizens, lazy and incompetent cops whose efforts to avoid work are legendary and accident-prone cops whom other police avoid because of their talent for causing chaos and pandemonium wherever they go. And then there are the hapless crooks, a collection of losers, misfits and walking disasters whose pathetic attempts at crime makes you almost feel sorry for them. Just one shift with these crazy cops and the incredibly dumb crooks they arrest and you will go on a hilarious journey that never seems to end! The book hosts a cast of characters including wayward cops such as Detective Sergeant Lunch-a-Lot,
Download or read book Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement written by Kevin M. Gilmartin and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to help law enforcement professionals overcome the internal assaults they experience both personally and organizationally over the course of their careers. These assaults can transform idealistic and committed officers into angry, cynical individuals, leading to significant problems in both their personal and professional lives.
Download or read book Once a Cop written by Corey Pegues and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "former cop sets the record straight in this ... memoir about his youth selling crack in the '80s with one of NYC's toughest gangs and later rise through the ranks of the NYPD to become a community leader"--
Download or read book It s Your Camino written by Kenneth Richard Strange Jr and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-27 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of one couple's 500-mile, 31-day pilgrimage across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela in 2018.
Download or read book Peckerwood in the Hood written by D. W. Rawlings and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peckerwood in the Hood is the brutally honest tale of an average white cop's gut-wrenching journey through Heaven and Hell as he tries to police a largely minority inner city. Police and military families will gain valuable insight to help them cope when their heroes come home.
Download or read book It s Not About the Badge written by John DiGirolamo and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-26 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Not About the Badge profiles the lives and careers of six small town police officers with extraordinary stories. Delve into their personal lives and walk their journey of compelling real-life tales.Read about ordinary people from various backgrounds where you'll discover the human spirit of the men and women behind the badge. Take an up close and personal look at police officers and how the work impacts their life, told in an interesting and unique creative non-fiction format.
Download or read book One Cop s Life written by James Filippello and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An amazing collection of over ninety fact-based police stories & diverse accounts from homicides and suicides, to practical jokes and rookie mistakes. Fast-paced and compelling stories that provide an insider's view of the secret world of being a cop. The stories follow a twenty-five year career from rookie to division commander. You'll speed from one story to the next, to find out what horrifying tragedy or hilarious antic will follow.
Download or read book I Take My Coffee Black written by Tyler Merritt and published by Worthy Books. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tyler Merritt's video "Before You Call the Cops" has been viewed more than 60 million times. The viral video's main point--the more you know someone, the more empathy, understanding, and compassion you have for that person--is the springboard for this book. By sharing his highs and exposing his lows, Tyler welcomes us into his world, allowing us to get to know him and helping bridge the divides that seem to grow wider every day. In I Take My Coffee Black, Tyler tells hilarious stories from his own life as a black man in America. He talks about his multi-cultural childhood in Las Vegas that didn't necessarily prepare him for life in the South, his passion for rap music and musical theater, how Jesus barged in uninvited and changed his life forever (it all started with a Triple F.A.T. Goose jacket) and the shocking events that occurred after his video went viral that no one has heard. Throughout his stories, he also seamlessly weaves in lessons about privilege, the legacy of lynching and sharecropping, and why you don't cross black mamas, teaching readers about the history of encoded racism that still undergirds our society today. By turns witty, insightful, touching, and laugh-out-loud funny, I Take My Coffee Black not only paints a portrait of one man's experience of being Black in America, but also expresses the valuable connections we miss when we do not take the time to learn about others' lives and experiences. This book enlightens, illuminates, and entertains--ultimately building the kind of empathy that might just be the antidote against the racial injustice in our society.
Download or read book A Cop Story written by Patrick J. Ouellette and published by . This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrick J. Ouellette's gripping, psychological thriller, A Cop Story, takes the reader on a riveting and twisted ride as seasoned FBI Agent Henry Donovan frantically tries to track down a savage serial killer. Set in 1994 and 1995, A Cop Story shines with respect to its portrayal of the pre-Y2K detective era, where hard work, decision-making ability, a gun, and a car were a detective's main resources. With no modern-day technology, much less a cell phone, Agent Donovan must step into the mind of a psychotic killer with maternal issues and an inconsistent MO. A Cop Story carves a gritty, relentless pursuit of justice and is a pulse-pounding, electric tour de force right until the very end, when shocking secrets are finally revealed.
Download or read book A Journey Into the Mind of Watts written by Thomas Pynchon and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
