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Cop : A True Story

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I respect Sergeant Middleton for his apparent honesty, but not for the way he neglected to effect a better police department during his time as a sergeant. I don't recall if I ever met him during my own 30 years on the LAPD, or during the four years I was in charge of trying to transform hundreds of top street police officers into effective supervisors at the LAPD Academy. In that respect I apparently must apologize for that small part I had in it. But if the reader wants to know what the streets of L.A. are like, and to experience in graphic detail the pressures and effects it can have on the proper supervision and guidance of otherwise fine police officers, read Mike's book, particularly the explanation on the effects of the use of deadly force.

I found this book informative, interesting, inspiring and worrysome. Middleton is quit honest about the realities of life in the LAPD - the bravery, politics, and racism. The book leaves you inspired by the heroism of some officers and disgusted by the racism and abuse of others. COP takes the reader inside the life of street cops as no other book I've read.

The stories in this book will knock you out, and some of them will keep you awake at night! It's the most true-to-life portrait I've ever read of what it is like to be a poice officer in a large American city. I loved it.

i read this book in 2 days. not because i am an avid reader but because he got u in to what it feels to be a lapd pd officer. he wrote the book as if he was talking to u person to person and not and author writing a book. this is a great book and will recommend it to anyone i know.

This is a well-written book, particularly valuable for its honesty. The author describes the racist culture of the LAPD and how he was drawn into it -- and how he escaped from it.

"Cop: A True Story" is the story of Sergeant Mike Middleton's years with the LAPD. During this time Middleton worked in LA's violent Newton Division.

In the book Middleton tells his true experiences with violent criminals, police involved shootings, and his induction into a racist system that he opposed and later had to release himself from.

Very readable and rarely if ever does the book go on further then it needs. I would recommend this book to officers, police brutality activists, and those who aspire to a career in law enforcement.

This book is blunt, honest look back of a veteran officer. It's not really an autobiography, but it's meant to give the reader a real taste of what it is like to be a police officer. The fears, hopes, sorrows, and joy. Racism, violence, trauma, it's all there. The blemishes, the glory.

I can't imagine anyone who has read this book would not be sympathetic to our men in blue.

The author gives us an insight into the Los Angeles Police Department of the last 20 years. We are taken from a time of vast open racism and outright sexual harrasment towards female officers to the present. I felt the author was bold and unflinching telling his own racial remarks. I congradulate him for his brutal honesty. It makes the book that much better to know the author was not trying to sensationlize his 20 year tour with our Nations best Police department the LAPD. Brutal and honest, this book tempts the reader to try to sleep before finishing!

The author does not shy away from the fact he has made good decisions and poor ones while a inner city police officer. And that he has strengths and weaknesses just like each and every human being does. I really enjoyed reading this book and think it explains to us civilians the devotion and dedication it takes to be a policeman.

I thought this product was very good. I was going to get this book at barnes and noble brand new for $17.00 then i decided to check on amazon. I payed $0.88 for it!!!!!!