Our Thin Lines-V: The Funnies

By Doug Maas and John Dush

Volume I to IV of the Our Thin Lines series brings us to what we believe may be our last volume in this series; 'Our Thin Lines V-The Funnies.' This volume as with the last two pulls many stories from our other books under the common theme of 'funny'. Given the heavy nature of most of the stories in previous volumes we have decided that our closing volume just needs to be light-hearted. Considering the theme we have removed the 'tributes and memories' of fallen officers and other sections of previous books that were repeated through the first four volumes. Our mission with this book is to maintain a high 'chuckle factor.' John Dush, our co-editor, has written a good introduction to 'cop humor.' Some who are not in the emergency services profession could indeed find some of these stories somewhat offensive. Dush's article will help the reader understand how much such humor is required to cope with the daily stresses and trauma involved in the profession. We hope that you and others can enjoy this book about the 'Thin Lines' that we served in. Because the stories are 'unvarnished' we have done very little editing. Therefore you will find a variety of writing styles and in many cases some 'colorful' language. Be prepared. The personal writing styles tend to reveal the real personas of the authors. Keep in mind that these are all true stories of local law enforcement in the early 70's to early 2000's. This period of law enforcement in Clark County saw us evolve from a small, rural type of policing to a large, more urbanized, community oriented policing culture. And in one sense we also evolved from the 'wild and woolly' days of law enforcement to a thoroughly modern and professional time in our history. The evolution is well documented in the stories shared here. We have included public domain information in some areas of the book and identified the sources with italics and sources.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D8YKFK5M
• ISBN13: 9798324984847
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 189 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"