True Blue: Police Stories by Those Who Have Lived Them
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (593 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312324812 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Some are hilarious, like the way a cop convinced a nutcase that he had gotten rid of the space aliens infesting his house. to write about themselves in such a way as to answer this question: "How can we show who we really are to citizens and cops alike?" The collection that resulted houses 51 responses, roughly divided into five categories: "Line of Duty," "The Beat," "War Stories," "Officer Down," and "Ground Zero: Stories of 9/11." No story is longer than 10 pages. All rights reserved. Sutton, a detective in the Las Vegas Police Department, invited cops across the U.S. From Booklist "We live in the worst twenty minutes of someone else's life," writes a cop, exemplifying the honesty and directness that characterize this book. Many are heartrending, especially the accounts of
Power and Truth You may call me biased, because I'm one of the authors in True Blue. ("The Emotional Switch" Page 32.) However, the stories by my fellow author/police officers included in True Blue, beat anything I've read in terms of power, valor and truth. Randy Sutton's, "Her Name Was Jackie" is one of many such.This book will make you laugh, upset your viewpoint and let you know what it's like to be on the gritty, and often extreme end of both cops and citizen's real life stories. All proceeds from this book go to the survivors of police officers killed in the Sept. 11th attacks.Randy Sutton wrote in my copy of True Blue, "Tha. Worth the read! Dori's 2 Cents Worth An excellent "story" book for law enforcement officers, their families, their friends, and the general public!My family includes several generations and types of cops, including a husband who retired as a sergeant after 25 years of service and a son who is a police officer making his own way and earning his own memories. I'm blessed to count many friends within the LEO community where I served alongside them during my own career.I grew up with them, loved them, lived with them, and worked with them. I've always known that cops were human. This book reminds everyone of that basic and important fact.. Be Prepared for Real Life Cop Stories Marilyn Meredith Some of these stories brought tears to my eyes--a few made me laugh out loud. If you want to learn about the emotions behind the badge, this is the book to read.Marilyn MeredithAuthor of the Deputy Tempe Crabtree series[]
In these stories, the heart and soul behind the badge shines through in unexpected ways. Sutton culled the selections into five categories: The Beat, Line of Duty, War Stories, Officer Down, and Ground Zero. The result is True Blue, a collection of funny, charming, exciting, haunting stories about murder investigations, missing children, bungling burglars, car chases, lonely and desperate shut-ins, routine traffic stops, officers killed in the line of duty, and the life-changing events of September 11. After September 11, 2001 Las Vegas Police Sergeant Randy Sutton began soliciting writing from law enforcement officers-his goal being to bridge the gap between the police and those they serve, with a book that offers a broad and thoughtful look at the many facets of police life. True Blue will change the way we think about the deeply human realm of police service.. Here, officers reveal their emotions-fear and pride, joy and disgust, shame and love-as they recount the defining moments of their careers. Hundreds of active and former officers responded from all over the United States: men and women from big cities and small towns, some who had written professionally, but most for the first time