"...officer down, code three." [Hardcover]

Pierce R Brooks (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 266 pages
• Publisher: Motorola Teleprograms Inc (April 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0916070018
• ISBN-13: 978-0916070014
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #546,341 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A walk on the darker side of law enforcement..., May 15, 2008

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Matt Huff "Nightstalker" (Covington, KY. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: "...officer down, code three." (Hardcover)

This is a very good book which has several fictional stories about simple mistakes that can cause an officer their life either from their own mistakes or others.

One of the stories is about an officer who is riding shotgun with his partner driving and is constantly falling asleep in the car while on patrol. His partner tries to talk to him about it but gets rebuffed with the other officer saying, "It'll be alright." etc. Until one day, the sleeping officer is jolted awake by gunfire and a car speeding away. The officer jumps out of the car and rushes to his partner laying on the street in front of it and discovers two large gunshot wounds to his partners chest.

Instinctively he grabs his shoulder mike and says, "38-80 Officer down, code three!" The radio crackles back, "38-80, Your location?" The officer stands up, looks around and sees nothing familiar. Just a road surrounded in trees. Racing through his mind, trying to remember where he is. The radio crackles again, "38-80, WHAT IS YOUR LOCATION?" Looking down at his partner, literally dying in front of him, he cannot remember where he is or how he got there...

5.0 out of 5 stars awsome, May 22, 2011

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813 - See all my reviews

This review is from: "...officer down, code three." (Hardcover)

this book is a must for all new and old law enforcement officers. i stole my dad's copy several years before becoming a law enforcement officer. i make a point to read the book cover to cover every few years. the same principles still apply today. the book is very informative and entertaining at the same time.

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic!, June 27, 2009

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JuliMarie (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: "...officer down, code three." (Hardcover)

I have my Dad's copy that he received from P. Brooks. I think it's a book every young officer should read. Even today, the points he made in all those stories are the same for cops everywhere.