Fasten your seatbelts for this roller-coaster ride through gripping accounts of some extraordinary trials faced by an ordinary American street cop. Get a glimpse into a world that few people outside the law enforcement profession really understand. In his own words, this veteran police officer shares his perspectives and draws you into his experiences with a delightful mixture of intelligence, compassion, candid familiarity, and tongue in cheek humor. Add a dash of irreverent sarcasm and the classic cynicism you might expect from a grizzled veteran officer, and you have this truly gripping and entertaining work. Feel the passion that pulses through every page as you read through a collection of short stories that chronicle a broad spectrum of everyday police work from the mundane to the bizarre and the hilarious to the heartbreaking. Experience through riveting first hand accounts both triumphs and tragedies that afford the reader a unique insight into what it’s like, and what it takes to be a real American cop.
| |||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Richard Nable was born and raised in the state of Georgia. He graduated from the University of Richmond, VA in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in biology and promptly went to work as a police officer. His duties now include not only patrolling the streets on a nightly basis, but also training both new and veteran officers in a variety of police related curricula including law, search and seizure, use of force, officer survival and tactics, vehicle pullovers, courtroom testimony and many other things. He is a certified firearms instructor and general weapons enthusiast and is SWAT certified. He is a nationally certified driving instructor and teaches basic defensive driving as well as high speed and pursuit driving.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mmmmm... Donuts,
By Jeff McDougall (Glennie, MI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Searching for Evil: and the perfect donut (Hardcover)
I didn't know what to expect. As it turns out this book caused me some trouble: I had several rough mornings at work from reading too long the night before and my wife got upset with me because I woke her up several times laughing uncontrollably at some of these stories. This is one of the most entertaining books I have read in many years and I had trouble putting it down. My only real complaint is that the show COPS, which I always loved, seems boring to me now. Rich Nable has impressive writing skills, an outstanding sense of humor, and will leave you wanting more.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding!!,
By James (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Searching for Evil: and the perfect donut (Paperback)
This book should be required reading for all new police officers. Every brand new cop could easily gain 2 years experience by the time they finish reading it. Anyone who has even a slight curiosity about the job would be able to learn what it "feels" like to do this kind of work. Richard has done a super job of putting the reader right next to him while he patrols the streets and lays the smackdown on Evil. A great book with great lessons!!!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book!,
By
This review is from: Searching for Evil: and the perfect donut (Paperback)
This book should be required for all police recruits! Anyone interested in being a cop NEEDS to invest in this book!
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
One unique thing about being a training officer is that when you are teaching recruits one on one rather than in a classroom setting, each poor soul is a captive audience. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sobriety evaluations, initiating officer, beat partner, primary officer, bloody guy, custody without incident, adrenaline dump, foot chase, one perp, pickup truck driver, shift commander, backup officer, civilized mind, backup unit, foot pursuit, cover officer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Office Depot, River Valley Road, Cap Stun, Chevrolet Caprice, Crown Victoria New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
One unique thing about being a training officer is that when you are teaching recruits one on one rather than in a classroom setting, each poor soul is a captive audience. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sobriety evaluations, initiating officer, beat partner, primary officer, bloody guy, custody without incident, adrenaline dump, foot chase, one perp, pickup truck driver, shift commander, backup officer, civilized mind, backup unit, foot pursuit, cover officer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Office Depot, River Valley Road, Cap Stun, Chevrolet Caprice, Crown Victoria New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
