Trials Behind the Badge: Betrayal, Brotherhood, and the Fight to Hold the Line

By David Lucas

Trials Behind the Badge

Betrayals, Brotherhood, and the Fight to Hold the Line

When silence shatters, loyalty is tested and the true cost of brotherhood is revealed.
In this gripping follow-up to Echoes Behind the Badge, David Lucas returns with a powerful memoir that exposes what happens after you choose integrity over the unspoken rules. When Lucas broke the code of silence within the force, he expected resistance, but nothing prepared him for the betrayal that followed.

As trust crumbles and friendships disappear, Lucas faces a new kind of danger: isolation, intimidation, and a career pushed to the edge. From closed-door promises to quiet retaliation, this is the raw, emotional story of what happens when the truth is no longer welcome behind the badge.

In Trials Behind the Badge, you'll uncover:

The quiet fallout after doing the right thing in a system built on silence

A brotherhood that turned its back when he needed it most

The rookie who reminded him why he started and what was worth saving

The personal cost of speaking up and the emotional spiral that followed

A haunting journey through guilt, loss, loyalty, and rediscovery

Told with honesty, grit, and vulnerability, this police whistleblower memoir takes you deeper inside the emotional labyrinth of law enforcement, the unspoken politics, the silent punishments, and the invisible wounds of police PTSD that can't be stitched by protocol.

If Book One exposed the cracks, Book Two stands in the ruins with eyes wide open.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FG1N9SQ8
• ISBN13: 9798290091129
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"