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Title:
Hearts Beneath the Badge
Author: Karen Solomon
Publisher: Missing Niche Publishing
Pages: 247
Genre: Nonfiction
Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle/Nook
Author: Karen Solomon
Publisher: Missing Niche Publishing
Pages: 247
Genre: Nonfiction
Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle/Nook
Hearts
Beneath the Badge is a unique compilation of interviews with officers
across the country. It's not about the crimes they witness or the judgment they
face; it's about them - Damien, Danny, Frances,
Ken, Pamela, Brian, and more. Their thoughts, their fears, their proud moments
and their heartbreak. It's about the people we often don't see because we are
blinded by the uniform.
They are among the hundreds of thousands that are unseen each day, the men and women that go back for more no matter the personal cost. They provide meals, rides, lifesaving breaths and prosthetic legs. Yes, even prosthetic legs. There is much more to them than meets the eye-or the news camera. By reading this book, you will open yourself to a world of people you may have forgotten existed. You will see the names, families and some of the faces of the police officers that don't make the news.
Hearts Beneath the Badge is a book about the good deeds officers perform. There is a pressing need for people to see more than just the officer's hearts; they need to see their souls. Society as a whole needs to accept police officers for who they are - mere mortals. In order to do that, they must look through the layers of the officer's lives and see the heartache and joy, the same heartaches and joy we all experience. Society also needs to know that, whether we want to admit it or not, there is a price to be paid for pursing the love of the law.
They are among the hundreds of thousands that are unseen each day, the men and women that go back for more no matter the personal cost. They provide meals, rides, lifesaving breaths and prosthetic legs. Yes, even prosthetic legs. There is much more to them than meets the eye-or the news camera. By reading this book, you will open yourself to a world of people you may have forgotten existed. You will see the names, families and some of the faces of the police officers that don't make the news.
Hearts Beneath the Badge is a book about the good deeds officers perform. There is a pressing need for people to see more than just the officer's hearts; they need to see their souls. Society as a whole needs to accept police officers for who they are - mere mortals. In order to do that, they must look through the layers of the officer's lives and see the heartache and joy, the same heartaches and joy we all experience. Society also needs to know that, whether we want to admit it or not, there is a price to be paid for pursing the love of the law.
90% of all sales will be donated to National Law Enforcement
Memorial Fund, Safe Call Now, Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) and
PoliceWives.
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Excerpt
3: Preface:
Many
will say I wrote this book because I am married to a police officer. Not so. My
respect for law enforcement began when I was a child. I lived in what is now
called affordable housing and an officer fresh out of the academy and his
family lived a few doors down. As I grew up with Dave as a role model in my
life, I saw, even at a young age, the difficulty of his job. What I never saw
was anything more than a man doing his job. Men and women like Dave are easy to
find – you simply have to remove
your preconceptions of law enforcement.
So
why did I write this book? It’s been a tough year for law enforcement.
Actually, every year is a tough year for law enforcement. Men and women put on
a badge and uniform to spend their working hours patrolling the streets. During
their shift, they are spit, bled and vomited upon. They are dragged by cars,
kicked, punched, stabbed, shot, and killed. They also stand by while the people
they are paid to protect call them derogatory names, just inches from their
faces. They are made out to be villains in the press and children are taught to
fear, hate, and disrespect them.
An
officer must balance politics, PTSD, training, public opinion, his or her own
safety, the safety of their families, and the suicides and line-of-duty deaths
of their brethren. They are supposed to be politicians, therapists, mediators,
triage nurses, investigators and more. They are expected to make all the right
choices, at all times, often with little time to process the unfolding events.
They are held to a higher standard than in many other careers and little
understanding and forgiveness is offered in return.
When
their shift ends, the uniform and the badge are put away but the aftermath
remains.
About the Author
Karen
Solomon is interested in the feelings of law enforcement and whether or not
they have someone that will listen to them, most of them do not. Most books on
the market are written by the police officers themselves, in almost textbook
fashion relating protocol and situations with the orderliness of a police
report. Her books are different from every book out there because the officers
bare themselves to her; many of the interviews end in tears because they have opened
up something that is very difficult to close. Karen Solomon is a graduate of Eckerd
College and blogs as The Missing
Niche. Her writing has been featured on PoliceMag.com and To Write Love on Her
Arms. She lives in New England with her husband, 2 children
and 2 dogs. Proceeds of her latest book, Hearts
Beneath the Badge, will be donated to law enforcement charities.
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