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Summary: I'm truly pleased by the positive response to my book.
Review: "...a moving, thorough, and honest resource for anyone who knows and/or loves a law enforcement officer". Partners Off Duty."I can't say enough about or recommend your book highly enough. I personally believe every department in the country (possibly the world) should provide a copy to each new officer/officer's spouse/family that they hire". Mary Ener. Listowner Loveacop. "Dr. Kirschman suggests so many ideas to ponder that every cop will find something of interest in her book". The Watch Report, San Francisco Police Dept. "A clear, uncompromising look at police culture and the impact it has on officers and their families" Romance Writers of America. "Valuable resource reference and problem solving tool...". Beside the Badge. "The beauty of Kirschman's book lies in her unique ability to take stuffy research and translate it into understandable terms. Kirschman tells it the way it is when it comes to being a police officer". Criminal Justice Review. "A must have book for a chaplain's library". International Conference of Police Chaplains. "I Love a Cop provides such worthwhile information that police administrators should seriously consider making it required reading for promotional examinations". FBI Magazine. "Reading this book could very well save a few police marriages ... as well as helping those planning on marrying into this calling know what is ahead". Karen Lippe, President, Fraternal Order of Police Auxiliary. "Reading L Love a Cop is a necessary prerequisiste for any clinican who comes into contact with those who work in law enforcement or their families". Lt. Al Benner, Ph.D. Chief Psychologist, San Francisco P.D. "I Love a Cop is a gift of inestimable value to the families themselves and to the mental health professionals who are attempting to understand and help them". Emily Visher, Ph.D. and John Visher, M.D.! "I love a cop should be required reading for all police recruits and their families". Chief Penny Harrington, Director, National Center for Women and Policing. "This book provides a life raft for police families". Suzy Sawyer. Executive Director, Concerns of Police Families. "Highly recommended". Law Enforcement Memorial Association. END
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Summary: A must read for law enforcement families
Review: A pretty good look at how families can deal with having an officer in the family. I also recommend "BOOT: An LAPD Officers Rookie Year," by Dunn for insight into the difficulties of police work.
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Summary: Informative tool for the burnt out cop and their family
Review: An informative tool for the rookie, police psycs, or burnt out peace officers suffering from the effects of working in law enforcement. NOTE! Before letting you family read this book, sit down with them and explain the good and bad of your profession and warn them this does not classify all cops; especially if you are new to the field, don't currently suffer from the illustrated effects, or your family doesn't fully understand what you do. Otherwise your family, especially the spouse may think you are doomed for failure and may question your choice of careers. I have been in law enforcement for five years and have delt with my issues without bring them home. Having purchased the book to get some good pointers, just in case, my spouse read it and got down right scared of what COULD happen to us; even though we haven't had any problems so far and in fact have been doing quite well. I was under interrogation for weeks and was even temporarily ordered to find a diffrent line of work. Luckily verbal judo prevailed! Beware.
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Summary: I found the book to be insightful, accurate and helpful.
Review: As a Police Chaplain of many years I found the book to be insightful, accurate and helpful. New Police families would find this book full of helpful hints as to how to overcome the negative aspects of the Police Culture.
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Summary: Highly Recommended for every law enforcement family!!
Review: As an organization for law enforcement families, Support And Family Enhancement, Inc., recommends this book at every presentation we give. It is insightful, and very helpful on helping families cope with the stresses of the job. Written in an easy to read format, with practical tips given, it is a MUST HAVE for every police family.
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Summary: Highly Recommended for every law enforcement family!!
Review: As an organization for law enforcement families, Support And Family Enhancement, Inc., recommends this book at every presentation we give. It is insightful, and very helpful on helping families cope with the stresses of the job. Written in an easy to read format, with practical tips given, it is a MUST HAVE for every police family.
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Summary: Absolutely essential
Review: As the instructor of the local Police Academy "Family Class", I found Ellen's book to be absolutely right on the mark. She addresses the difficult issues faced by officers and their families, especially as regards the psychological and personality changes that occur when an officer enters this field. We recommend it to every family, and to long-term officers as well. It is excellent!!
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Summary: Hits the mark
Review: As the instructor of the local Police Academy "Family Class", I found Ellen's book to be absolutely right on the mark. She addresses the difficult issues faced by officers and their families, especially as regards the psychological and personality changes that occur when an officer enters this field. We recommend it to every family, and to long-term officers as well. It is excellent!!
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Summary: GREAT BOOK
Review: At last someone has put words to the emotions, confusion, pain, and reality of living with a cop! Ellen Kirschman has helped me in three days more than two years of "counseling" by someone who just had no clue what it was really like. As I read I kept saying to myself "No wonder!" and "Wow! That's me!" If you love a cop, (or fighter pilot, or soldier, or firefighter, or EMT) or love someone who does, PLEASE buy yourself this book. It is priceless.
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Summary: A very helpful tool for the spouse of a police officer
Review: Being the wife of a police officer, it's sometimes difficult to fully understand what our loved one goes through at work. My husband was involved in critical incidents while on the job, and this book helped me to understand both what he was going through, and how I could help. I think this book should be required reading for spouses of both rookie officers and police veterans! It covers various topics - all very helpful and important.
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