Product Description

Fasten your seatbelts for this roller-coaster ride through gripping accounts of some extraordinary trials faced by an ordinary American street cop. Get a glimpse into a world that few people outside the law enforcement profession really understand. In his own words, this veteran police officer shares his perspectives and draws you into his experiences with a delightful mixture of intelligence, compassion, candid familiarity, and tongue in cheek humor. Add a dash of irreverent sarcasm and the classic cynicism you might expect from a grizzled veteran officer, and you have this truly gripping and entertaining work. Feel the passion that pulses through every page as you read through a collection of short stories that chronicle a broad spectrum of everyday police work from the mundane to the bizarre and the hilarious to the heartbreaking. Experience through riveting first hand accounts both triumphs and tragedies that afford the reader a unique insight into what it’s like, and what it takes to be a real American cop.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3658230 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 328 pages

From the Inside Flap
"The only thing that I saw in the parking was a very large, fat, hairy, overalls-wearing man. He also happened to be holding what turned out to be a Dan Wesson .357 magnum revolver. Just as I gained a complete grasp of the situation, the hand cannon let loose with a thunderous explosion and its operator recoiled as a result. Once he recovered from the recoil and regained a stable shooting platform, he fired again…"

About the Author
Richard Nable was born and raised in the United States in the state of Georgia. He graduated from the University of Richmond, VA in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in biology and promptly went to work as a police officer. His duties now include not only patrolling the streets on a nightly basis, but also training both new and veteran officers in a variety of police related curricula including law, search and seizure, use of force, officer survival and tactics, vehicle pullovers, courtroom testimony and many other things. He is a certified firearms instructor and general weapons enthusiast and is SWAT certified. He is a nationally certified driving instructor and teaches basic defensive driving as well as high speed and pursuit driving.