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Reflections From The Shield

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"Reflections From The Shield" by Author Wayne Beyea is an outstanding autobiography. It is a book that can be read by able readers and the journey that you will take is a rare one in this complex society. You'll soon find out that "Donuts" are not the comedial substance. The gauntlet runs from Larceny to murder(homicide) and Retd Senior Investigator Beyea is there in your face with his able associates showing you first hand what it is to be a law enforcement officer charged with a responsibility that pulls on your nerve endings. This is the real world folks without the glamour of the television screen.

The author threads the love he has for his family throughout the story line. He displays his compassion for people as a gentleman and performs his sworn duties with dignity.

This retd. officer looks you in the eye and tells you how it is. This book CONTAINS ALL THE EMOTIONS FROM HUMOR TO HORRIFIC CRIMES. When I started reading this book of 533 Pages I could not put it down. Congratulations Author Beyea!! A Great Read!!
I learned a great deal from your literary efforts.

Once I picked up Reflections From The Shield I knew I better give notice to my family that dinners might be late and household duties would probably be put on hold...because I just couldn't put this book down! Mr Beyea invites the reader into his life...making this book come alive with action, intrigue, humor, and the human touch...real life stuff! I felt like I was "right there", personally involved in these criminal sketches, humorous insights, physical challenges, and the myriad of situations and that this book uncovers. Also, each chapter of this book is able to pretty much stand alone,which made it easy for me to say to someone..."Here, you just HAVE to read this chapter!", without me having to give up the book for longer than I was willing to be without it! I am very enthused about getting the follow-up book by Mr Beyea! I definitely give this book a 5 star rating!

It was only by accident that I found the author and this book. When I saw

that he was writing about some of his experiences when he was "on the job"

I knew that I had to get this book. Not only is this book well written but I know first hand about some of his cases because I was a brand new trooper and SP Kingston was my first assignment in 1975. It was because of Senior Investigator Wayne "Rodney" Beyea that I became a very conscientious and thorough criminal investigator and eventually a Senior

Investigator. If anything he down plays his role in some of these exciting cases. Even today, as I relate some "war stories" to my friends I always mention the author's role in my development as a trooper. I have nothing but admiration and respect for this author as a storyteller, an author and a "troopers trooper". Well done Rodney, well done. I've learned even more after reading this book. (Ski)