Burden of the Badge, Michael S. East, 2003
Burden of the Badge - A Year in the Life of a Street Cop - cuts through all the fluff and makeup of television police shows and fictional cop books.
If you want to know what it's REALLY like wearing the badge day after day, week after week, this is the book for you. Documenting nearly 1,000 calls over a full year in the life of a patrol officer, everything comes out in this book.
Set against the backdrop of Saginaw, Michigan, a violent, decaying former automotive boomtown, this book chronicles everything a street cop deals with every day.
From the foul-mouthed tirades of drunken street bums and crack addicts, to the most senseless and brutal murders, the mental and physical stress faced daily by the men and women in uniform is detailed within these pages. Whether you are dying to know what the job is really like, or you are considering law enforcement as your own career, this book is truly an eye opener!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Michael East is a nine-year veteran of the Saginaw Police Department, where he works as a patrol officer, spending every day dealing with the public.
Michael has twice been awarded his department's Exceptional Performance Award and has also received a Distinguished Service Award. Additionally, he works as one of the Saginaw Police Department's Field Training Officers, assisting with the training of newly hired police officers. This is Michael's first book about his on-the-job experiences.
After graduating from Ferris State University with degrees in Journalism and Advertising, Michael worked for several daily Michigan newspapers prior to entering the field of law enforcement.
6" x 9", 235 pages, softbound, ISBN: 1-4107-4697-6, BB6951 / $14.95
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