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Cleveland Cops: The True Stories Cops Tell Each Other

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As a retired Police Officer, I have read literally hundreds of Police Books. Cleveland Cops takes out the "sanitizing" usually done on Police stories and takes you inside the real world of law enforcement. This book is "in your face" from start to finish. The reader will get to ride in the police car and learn the realities of the job.
Chapter 8 "Some stories you never want to talk about" [ Kids in the crossfire] was a moving tribute to the officers involved. One story takes you to the scene as 2 officers respond to a domestic, only to arrive to a man holding a baby and shooting at them. Then having to feel the helplessness as this man pistol-whips the baby, throws a samauri sword at the officers having set fire to the house. He goes to the roof and jumps with the baby in his arms.
It doesn't get any more real than this book. Straight from the Cops who were there.

Cleveland Cops: The Real Stories They Tell Each Other is the type of book that I couldn't put down until I was finished. John Tidyman's writing style is excellent and his book is easy to read. The book gave me a real appreciation of the Cleveland police officers and their willingness to put their life on the line for all of us. This is by far the best cop book I have read and would highly recommend it. Cleveland Cops: The Real Stories They Tell Each Other

I found this book very exciting and interesting. It is a book that I could hardly lay down, I had to keep reading it.
This book brought to my attention just how critical a Police Officer's job can be, and a job I feel very few could do.
I recommend this book for readers who like reading true stories that they can enjoy reading.

After a lot of bad press, this book may help remind folks they have some very good cops in Cleveland - courageous and solid.

One retired cop to all others - read this one!