One Time: The Story of A South Central Los Angeles Police Officer
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.72 (954 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1890632031 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 252 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"One Time - the story of the ugly side of being a black cop in the LAPD." according to Pat Brown. An interesting look inside the LAPD from a black man's perspective. It's not a pretty picture. While this is obviously a self-published book by someone new to writing, it was compelling enough to overlook the flaws such books have. A young man from the hood, who grew up with gangs as part of his life, gets a Bachelor's. Raised my pulse! Much as I hate being indoors and reading books I couldn't put One Time down until I finished it. I cried, I laughed, and I pondered what's coming down in this economy. Then I returned to Amazon to buy Brian's other books.. Will keep you wondering from beginning to end with suspense. A Customer As a police officer myself, I can relate to Mr. Bentleys struggles and ups & downs. It seems that in order to survive the mental and verbal assaults from internal as well as external unbalances, one has to know how & when to dance and to whos music to dance too. I've believe that any reader outside of law enforcement t
Bentley was a ten year veteran of the LAPD. He is the author of three books. Brian S.
A hardcore look into the mind of a patrol officer working in South Central Los Angeles. The employment pamphlets failed to describe the helplessness he would feel while handling rape investigations or the sadness he would have to block out at homicide scenes. He was prepared to die.. His Bachelors degree did not prepare him for a career with the LAPD. The author uses personal testimony to illustrate how "Da Hood" changed him from a "community base" police officer into an aggressive predator of gang members. The only adequate prepara
-- Variety Weekend Magazine Jan 12, 2006. "Crash" Oscar award winning Director Paul Haggis: "One Time" was one of the most inspirational books I've ever read