Bulletproof Cops and Bureaucratic Bullies

By Ron Brown

New recruits think they are bulletproof. Those who manage the streets from behind desks can turn into bureaucratic bullies. Real cop life, is somewhere in between.A cop's life isn't always the excitement that is "made for TV" - however, there is a true balance between mortal danger and death by boredom. Letting your guard down at the wrong time can cost you your life. Not playing by the bureaucratic rule book can cost you everything else. These are the true stories of one cop, in one city: Portland, Oregon.Ron Brown was a Portland policeman for 10 years. Becoming a cop was never on his "life dream" to-do list. He was just a young man in desperate need of a job and an uncanny ability to beat out 96 other applicants. Whatever opinions he might have held regarding "a cop's life" before entering the force - he was in for a rude awakening of the politics that are played behind the badge.There are those citizens who are targeted for tickets in order to raise revenue, and there are those "other" citizens who have a free pass to do their own thing. Cross them at your own peril. There are opportunities to help in a time of crisis, and there are heroic moves that cross the unwritten badge holder rules: always play it safe. Not safe from street danger - safe from frivolous lawsuits or being found guilty of "politically incorrectness."But in-between the good and the ugly, the heroic and the foolish, the danger and the glory - are those real life moments that awaken us to our own humanity. Moments that go beyond perceived status, beyond a reputation, beyond our well-formed prejudices - to a realization that we are all just people after all.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481860895
• ISBN13: 9781481860895
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.3" x 5.1"