On Being a Cop: Father & Son Police Tales from the Streets of Chicago
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (993 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1938686861 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 316 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Fifty-three stories capture every aspect of a police career from being a rookie to working the graveyard shift, chasing criminals, playing fireman, visiting the morgue, and investigating heinous crimes. Whether it's Jim dealing with riots in Chicago's streets following Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination or Jay coping with the loss of officer's close to him to suicide, readers will experience the tears, tragedies, and triumphs of being a police officer. In these pages, wrongs will be righted, lives saved, hearts broken, and friends, family, fatherhood, and faith will give these men the strength to go out and do it all over again the next. On Being a Cop describe the adrenaline-pumping, heart-pounding moments of co-author's Jim & Jay Padar life-and-death experiences fighting crime, the emotional toll that the job takes upon them and their families, the value of a support system that includes chaplains, partners, and the public, and the moments that make doing the job all worthwhile
Tyler R. Tichelaar said New Father and Son Cop Book Reveals the Hearts Beneath the Uniforms. At a time when television and movies are full of police stories, a father and son have come forth to present a real-life personal look into the lives of police officers. Far more than any episode of Cops can do in thirty minutes, Jim and Jay Padar's new book On Being a Cop brings us in. "A book about the "real" Police" according to Dennis Murphy. Many cop books seem to fall into a "blow my horn" category/outcome and the reader is left with the impression that most cops have a gun battle every day. Many of the TV shows and movies seem to also fall into that trap. This book is a refreshing, honest look at what a cop really does a. Beyond the thin blue line Father and son, Jim and Jay Padar, have cut a new path in their journey to memorialize a cop’s job. I expected to read about the typical police scenarios—shootings, stabbings, drunks, etc.—those are indeed in the book. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find the l