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Summary: From a Chicago Cop
Review: I read this book before I became a Chicago cop. I felt like an outsider looking in and was curious as to how true the book was. I can tell you that this author knows what she is talking about. Working the streets of the southside, seeing murder, child abuse, prostitution, drugs, addicts etc... I can say without a doubt there is truth to the words in this book. There is truth to the after-effects cops can have from becoming part of this world, the drinking, the crying, the sleepless nights and the eventual hardening of the heart and beoming apathetic. This is a must read for anyone getting on the job. Read it and make sure you know what you are getting into. This is the best job in the world, but being prepared on how to deal with the pitfalls of it is essential.
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Summary: Great book
Review: I really think this book hits the reality of police work. I recommend this book for any cop or anyone interested in this line of work. If you work in a small town or a large city like Chicago, get this book. Great real life stories that you can relate with.
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Summary: Great book
Review: I really think this book hits the reality of police work. I recommend this book for any cop or anyone interested in this line of work. If you work in a small town or a large city like Chicago, get this book. Great real life stories that you can relate with.
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Summary: Awesome Book to read, so real, so close.
Review: I'm a college student, going into law enforcement. I've already been part of the field voluntarily for the last 4 yrs. So I know tons of officers. Many are good friends. I live about a hour and a half north of Chicago. And when I heard about this book, I snatched it up, and read it. Some of the things, were crazy, wild, and just plan old, insane. But that's police work. There's an officer, who has a web page, that say's this about law enforcement: 98% boredom. 2% Shear terror. This books gives a bird eye view, to exactly describe that situation. Please read it. Knowledge is Power.
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Summary: 330 pages of anecdotes
Review: In my opinion, this book is next to useless. The book is suppodded to tell "what's it really like to be a cop", but it doesn't deliver. There are lots of stories told by Chicago cops, but these stories are really just anecdotes; the shortest are just one or two sentences long. You just can't tell much in two sentences. Another problem is, the book is arranged in topics. In practice this means that a cop after cop is telling you that "you don't forget your first corpse", and this goes on page after page, until the author moves on to another topic. It would be much more interesting, if there were about two or thee dozen stories in the book, each 5-10 pages long that you could read like a short story. But the way this book is written, it simply is not interesting to read, and you don't get much from reading it.
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Summary: Not especially notable.
Review: It's wonderful that this broad decided to work as a cop to lend her books authenticity, but I don't buy it.
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Summary: It's real
Review: No one knows the mean streets as well as the cops who patrol them every day. They are the ones who must face the dragon so that others can go about their lives with some sense of peace. In this wonderful book, the author has allowed the cops to tell it like it is. If you are offended, outraged and disgusted by what you read, it might be because the reality that cop's work in is far removed from your safe world. Cops face humanity beneath the veneer of societal graces, a place that is often horrific. This book tells it like it is.
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Summary: A fair look into law enforcement.
Review: Not a bad look at what cops think, although it's pretty well along the T.V. Show Cops line. A great book about what cops think is "BOOT: An LAPD Officers Rookie Year," by Dunn. That is the best book I have ever read about cops.
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Summary: Engrossing! Fantastic Police Book
Review: The stories in this book are the REAL DEAL! Cops speak about their lives and their work with clarity and sincerity. The author has achieved a work of art and shown us lay men what life is like behind the badge.
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Summary: Engrossing! Fantastic Police Book
Review: The stories in this book are the REAL DEAL! Cops speak about their lives and their work with clarity and sincerity. The author has achieved a work of art and shown us lay men what life is like behind the badge.
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