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Copshock, Surviving Posttraumatic
Stress Disorder: Surviving Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder
Stress Disorder: Surviving Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder
Through gripping stories, extensive research and
over 200 support sources, CopShock helps law
enforcement officers, their families and all other
trauma sufferers survive PTSD. A book for active duty
over 200 support sources, CopShock helps law
enforcement officers, their families and all other
trauma sufferers survive PTSD. A book for active duty
"A powerful book! It's well written, fast paced.... I was glued to each story." Peter
Schweitzer, Law Enforcement Coordinator, Seafield Center.
"One of the first to dramatically expose the stresses on some of the most important
people in our society: police officers." Aphrodite Matsakis, Ph.D., author of I Can't
Get Over It.
Schweitzer, Law Enforcement Coordinator, Seafield Center.
"One of the first to dramatically expose the stresses on some of the most important
people in our society: police officers." Aphrodite Matsakis, Ph.D., author of I Can't
Get Over It.
or retired cops, police recruits, war veterans, corrections officers, paramedics,
firefighters, nurses, doctors, security guards, crime victims--anyone suffering from
trauma.
firefighters, nurses, doctors, security guards, crime victims--anyone suffering from
trauma.
"Allen Kates has done a real service for cops. His stories are compelling and you won't find a better, more
complete listing of support sources anywhere!" Ellen Kirschman, Ph.D., author of I Love A Cop.
"We didn't ask for PTSD, as veterans, police, or victims of any traumatic experience, but we can ask for a
copy of this book for better understanding." Rod 'Doc' Kane, combat veteran, author of Veteran's Day.
"I would recommend this book not only to police officers, but to anyone with PTSD, or anyone at high risk
of developing symptoms of PTSD." Bennett A. Jennings, Ph.D., clinical psychologist, PTSD Clinical Team,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
complete listing of support sources anywhere!" Ellen Kirschman, Ph.D., author of I Love A Cop.
"We didn't ask for PTSD, as veterans, police, or victims of any traumatic experience, but we can ask for a
copy of this book for better understanding." Rod 'Doc' Kane, combat veteran, author of Veteran's Day.
"I would recommend this book not only to police officers, but to anyone with PTSD, or anyone at high risk
of developing symptoms of PTSD." Bennett A. Jennings, Ph.D., clinical psychologist, PTSD Clinical Team,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Stress Management
For Law
Enforcement Officers
For Law
Enforcement Officers
Written by a psychologist and
law enforcement officers, this
book provides an overview of
stress sources of, physiology,
how much is too much?
Specific stress factors in law
enforcement, (hazards,
supervision, testifying,
post-shooting trauma,
undercover assignments,
women in law enforcement,
cultural diversity). The book
closes with chapters on
controlling stress (physical
law enforcement officers, this
book provides an overview of
stress sources of, physiology,
how much is too much?
Specific stress factors in law
enforcement, (hazards,
supervision, testifying,
post-shooting trauma,
undercover assignments,
women in law enforcement,
cultural diversity). The book
closes with chapters on
controlling stress (physical
and psychological techniques, developing support
systems the work-family connection, modifying
stress through organizational development.
systems the work-family connection, modifying
stress through organizational development.
A police officer in Pleasant
Ridge, Michigan was
desperate and wide open to
emotional pain. On the
outside he looked all right,
but he wasn't. His
post-traumatic stress
disorder symptoms were
classic. He was emotionally
ill. This book is a must for
law enforcement agencies
and personnel throughout
the country.
Ridge, Michigan was
desperate and wide open to
emotional pain. On the
outside he looked all right,
but he wasn't. His
post-traumatic stress
disorder symptoms were
classic. He was emotionally
ill. This book is a must for
law enforcement agencies
and personnel throughout
the country.
Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder: A Police Officers Report
Disorder: A Police Officers Report
Who Moved My Cheese? An
Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your
Work and in Your Life
Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your
Work and in Your Life
Amazon.com
Change can be a blessing or
a curse, depending on your
perspective. The message of
Who Moved My Cheese? is
that all can come to see it as
a blessing, if they understand
the nature of cheese and the
role it plays in their lives. Who
Moved My Cheese? is a
parable that takes place in a
maze. Four beings live in that
maze: Sniff and Scurry are
mice--nonanalytical and
Change can be a blessing or
a curse, depending on your
perspective. The message of
Who Moved My Cheese? is
that all can come to see it as
a blessing, if they understand
the nature of cheese and the
role it plays in their lives. Who
Moved My Cheese? is a
parable that takes place in a
maze. Four beings live in that
maze: Sniff and Scurry are
mice--nonanalytical and
nonjudgmental, they just want cheese and are
willing to do whatever it takes to get it. Hem and
Haw are "littlepeople," mouse-size humans who
have an entirely different relationship with cheese.
It's not just sustenance to them; it's their self-image.
Their lives and belief systems are built around the
cheese they've found. Most of us reading the story
will see the cheese as something related to our
livelihoods--our jobs, our career paths, the
industries we work in--although it can stand for
anything, from health to relationships. The point of
the story is that we have to be alert to changes in
the cheese, and be prepared to go running off in
search of new sources of cheese when the cheese
we have runs out.
Dr. Johnson, coauthor of The One Minute Manager
and many other books, presents this parable to
business, church groups, schools, military
organizations--anyplace where you find people who
may fear or resist change. And although more
analytical and skeptical readers may find the tale a
little too simplistic, its beauty is that it sums up all
natural history in just 94 pages: Things change.
They always have changed and always will change.
And while there's no single way to deal with change,
the consequence of pretending change won't
happen is always the same: The cheese runs out.
--Lou Schuler
willing to do whatever it takes to get it. Hem and
Haw are "littlepeople," mouse-size humans who
have an entirely different relationship with cheese.
It's not just sustenance to them; it's their self-image.
Their lives and belief systems are built around the
cheese they've found. Most of us reading the story
will see the cheese as something related to our
livelihoods--our jobs, our career paths, the
industries we work in--although it can stand for
anything, from health to relationships. The point of
the story is that we have to be alert to changes in
the cheese, and be prepared to go running off in
search of new sources of cheese when the cheese
we have runs out.
Dr. Johnson, coauthor of The One Minute Manager
and many other books, presents this parable to
business, church groups, schools, military
organizations--anyplace where you find people who
may fear or resist change. And although more
analytical and skeptical readers may find the tale a
little too simplistic, its beauty is that it sums up all
natural history in just 94 pages: Things change.
They always have changed and always will change.
And while there's no single way to deal with change,
the consequence of pretending change won't
happen is always the same: The cheese runs out.
--Lou Schuler
Getting Things Done: The Art
of Stress-Free Productivity
of Stress-Free Productivity
Amazon.com
With first-chapter allusions
to martial arts, "flow," "mind
like water," and other
concepts borrowed from the
East (and usually mangled),
you'd almost think this
self-helper from David Allen
should have been called
Zen and the Art of
Schedule Maintenance.
Not quite. Yes, Getting
Things Done offers a
complete system for
With first-chapter allusions
to martial arts, "flow," "mind
like water," and other
concepts borrowed from the
East (and usually mangled),
you'd almost think this
self-helper from David Allen
should have been called
Zen and the Art of
Schedule Maintenance.
Not quite. Yes, Getting
Things Done offers a
complete system for
downloading all those free-floating gotta-do's
clogging your brain into a sophisticated
framework of files and action lists--all purportedly
to free your mind to focus on whatever you're
working on. However, it still operates from the
decidedly Western notion that if we could just get
really, really organized, we could turn ourselves
into 24/7 productivity machines. (To wit, Allen,
whom the New Economy bible Fast Company has
dubbed "the personal productivity guru,"
suggests that instead of meditating on crouching
tigers and hidden dragons while you wait for a
plane, you should unsheathe that high-tech
saber known as the cell phone and attack that list
of calls you need to return.)
As whole-life-organizing systems go, Allen's is
pretty good, even fun and therapeutic. It starts
with the exhortation to take every
unaccounted-for scrap of paper in your
workstation that you can't junk, The next step is
to write down every unaccounted-for gotta-do
cramming your head onto its own scrap of paper.
Finally, throw the whole stew into a giant
"in-basket"
That's where the processing and prioritizing
begin; in Allen's system, it get a little convoluted
at times, rife as it is with fancy terms, subterms,
and sub-subterms for even the simplest
concepts. Thank goodness the spine of his
system is captured on a straightforward,
one-page flowchart that you can pin over your
desk and repeatedly consult without having to
refer back to the book. That alone is worth the
purchase price. Also of value is Allen's ingenious
Two-Minute Rule: if there's anything you
absolutely must do that you can do right now in
two minutes or less, then do it now, thus freeing
up your time and mind tenfold over the long term.
It's commonsense advice so obvious that most of
us completely overlook it, much to our detriment;
Allen excels at dispensing such wisdom in this
useful, if somewhat belabored, self-improver
aimed at everyone from CEOs to soccer moms
(who we all know are more organized than most
CEOs to start with). --Timothy Murphy --This text
refers to the Hardcover edition.
clogging your brain into a sophisticated
framework of files and action lists--all purportedly
to free your mind to focus on whatever you're
working on. However, it still operates from the
decidedly Western notion that if we could just get
really, really organized, we could turn ourselves
into 24/7 productivity machines. (To wit, Allen,
whom the New Economy bible Fast Company has
dubbed "the personal productivity guru,"
suggests that instead of meditating on crouching
tigers and hidden dragons while you wait for a
plane, you should unsheathe that high-tech
saber known as the cell phone and attack that list
of calls you need to return.)
As whole-life-organizing systems go, Allen's is
pretty good, even fun and therapeutic. It starts
with the exhortation to take every
unaccounted-for scrap of paper in your
workstation that you can't junk, The next step is
to write down every unaccounted-for gotta-do
cramming your head onto its own scrap of paper.
Finally, throw the whole stew into a giant
"in-basket"
That's where the processing and prioritizing
begin; in Allen's system, it get a little convoluted
at times, rife as it is with fancy terms, subterms,
and sub-subterms for even the simplest
concepts. Thank goodness the spine of his
system is captured on a straightforward,
one-page flowchart that you can pin over your
desk and repeatedly consult without having to
refer back to the book. That alone is worth the
purchase price. Also of value is Allen's ingenious
Two-Minute Rule: if there's anything you
absolutely must do that you can do right now in
two minutes or less, then do it now, thus freeing
up your time and mind tenfold over the long term.
It's commonsense advice so obvious that most of
us completely overlook it, much to our detriment;
Allen excels at dispensing such wisdom in this
useful, if somewhat belabored, self-improver
aimed at everyone from CEOs to soccer moms
(who we all know are more organized than most
CEOs to start with). --Timothy Murphy --This text
refers to the Hardcover edition.
Don't Sweat the Small
Stuff--and it's all small stuff
Stuff--and it's all small stuff
Amazon.com
Got a stress case in your life?
Of course you do: "Without
question, many of us have
mastered the neurotic art of
spending much of our lives
worrying about a variety of
things all at once." Carlson's
cheerful book aims to make
us stop and smell--if not
roses--whatever is sitting in
front of our noses. Don't
Sweat the Small Stuff... offers
100 meditations designed to
Got a stress case in your life?
Of course you do: "Without
question, many of us have
mastered the neurotic art of
spending much of our lives
worrying about a variety of
things all at once." Carlson's
cheerful book aims to make
us stop and smell--if not
roses--whatever is sitting in
front of our noses. Don't
Sweat the Small Stuff... offers
100 meditations designed to
make you appreciate being alive, keep your
emotions (especially anger and dissatisfaction) in
proper perspective, and cherish other people as
the unique miracles they are. It's an owner's manual
of the heart, and if you follow the directions, you will
be a happier, more harmonious person. Like
Stairmasters, oat bran, and other things that are
good for you, the meditations take discipline. Even
so, some of the strategies are kind of fun: "Imagine
the people in your life as tiny infants and as
100-year-old adults." The trouble is, once you start,
it's hard to stop.
emotions (especially anger and dissatisfaction) in
proper perspective, and cherish other people as
the unique miracles they are. It's an owner's manual
of the heart, and if you follow the directions, you will
be a happier, more harmonious person. Like
Stairmasters, oat bran, and other things that are
good for you, the meditations take discipline. Even
so, some of the strategies are kind of fun: "Imagine
the people in your life as tiny infants and as
100-year-old adults." The trouble is, once you start,
it's hard to stop.
Full Catastrophe Living:
Using the Wisdom of Your Body and
Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness
Using the Wisdom of Your Body and
Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness
Amazon.com
Kabat-Zinn, founder of the
Stress Reduction Clinic at
the University of
Massachusetts Medical
Center, is perhaps the
best-known proponent of
using meditation to help
patients deal with illness.
(The somewhat confusing
title is from a line in Zorba
the Greek in which the title
character refers to the ups
and downs of family life as
Kabat-Zinn, founder of the
Stress Reduction Clinic at
the University of
Massachusetts Medical
Center, is perhaps the
best-known proponent of
using meditation to help
patients deal with illness.
(The somewhat confusing
title is from a line in Zorba
the Greek in which the title
character refers to the ups
and downs of family life as
"the full catastrophe.") But this book is also a
terrific introduction for anyone who has
considered meditating but was afraid it would be
too difficult or would include religious practices
they found foreign. Kabat-Zinn focuses on
"mindfulness," a concept that involves living in
the moment, paying attention, and simply "being"
rather than "doing." While you can practice
anything "mindfully," from taking a walk to
cleaning your house, Kabat-Zinn presents
several meditation techniques that focus the
attention most clearly, whether it's on a simple
phrase, your breathing, or various parts of your
body. The book goes into detail about how
hospital patients have either improved their
health or simply come to feel better despite their
illness by using these techniques, but these
meditations can help anyone deal with stress and
gain a calmer outlook on life. "When we use the
word healing to describe the experiences of
people in the stress clinic, what we mean above
all is that they are undergoing a profound
transformation of view," Kabat-Zinn writes. "Out
of this shift in perspective comes an ability to act
with greater balance and inner security in the
world." --Ben Kallen
terrific introduction for anyone who has
considered meditating but was afraid it would be
too difficult or would include religious practices
they found foreign. Kabat-Zinn focuses on
"mindfulness," a concept that involves living in
the moment, paying attention, and simply "being"
rather than "doing." While you can practice
anything "mindfully," from taking a walk to
cleaning your house, Kabat-Zinn presents
several meditation techniques that focus the
attention most clearly, whether it's on a simple
phrase, your breathing, or various parts of your
body. The book goes into detail about how
hospital patients have either improved their
health or simply come to feel better despite their
illness by using these techniques, but these
meditations can help anyone deal with stress and
gain a calmer outlook on life. "When we use the
word healing to describe the experiences of
people in the stress clinic, what we mean above
all is that they are undergoing a profound
transformation of view," Kabat-Zinn writes. "Out
of this shift in perspective comes an ability to act
with greater balance and inner security in the
world." --Ben Kallen
How to Stop Worrying and
Start Living
Start Living
This book can change your
life!
Through Dale Carnegie's
six-million-copy bestseller
recently revised, millions of
people have been helped to
overcome the worry hobbit.
Dale Carnegie offers a set of
practical formulas you can put
to work today. In the
fast-paced world of the 1990's
-- formulas that will last a
lifetime!
life!
Through Dale Carnegie's
six-million-copy bestseller
recently revised, millions of
people have been helped to
overcome the worry hobbit.
Dale Carnegie offers a set of
practical formulas you can put
to work today. In the
fast-paced world of the 1990's
-- formulas that will last a
lifetime!
Discover how to:
Eliminate fifty percent of business worries
immediately
Reduce financial worries
Avoid fatigue -- and keep looking you
Add one hour a day to your waking life
Find yourself and be yourself -- remember there is
no one else on earth like you!
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living deals with
fundamental emotions and ideas. It is fascinating to
read and easy to apply. Let it change and improve
you. There's no need to live with worry and anxiety
that keep you from enjoying a full, active and happy
life!
Eliminate fifty percent of business worries
immediately
Reduce financial worries
Avoid fatigue -- and keep looking you
Add one hour a day to your waking life
Find yourself and be yourself -- remember there is
no one else on earth like you!
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living deals with
fundamental emotions and ideas. It is fascinating to
read and easy to apply. Let it change and improve
you. There's no need to live with worry and anxiety
that keep you from enjoying a full, active and happy
life!
The Anxiety & Phobia
Workbook, Fourth Edition
Workbook, Fourth Edition
From Library Journal
This book excels not only in
explaining the cause and
nature of anxiety disorders
and phobias but also in
describing treatments.
Director of the Anxiety
Treatment Center in Santa
Rosa (California), Bourne
emphasizes the
cognitive-behavioral model
of treatment but includes
information on
biopsychiatry, intense
This book excels not only in
explaining the cause and
nature of anxiety disorders
and phobias but also in
describing treatments.
Director of the Anxiety
Treatment Center in Santa
Rosa (California), Bourne
emphasizes the
cognitive-behavioral model
of treatment but includes
information on
biopsychiatry, intense
psychotherapy, and spirituality as additional
treatment modalities. This is truly a "workbook,"
with exercises designed to facilitate recovery,
either through private use or in conjunction with
professional therapy. If your library already owns
the 1990 edition and money is an object, you can
probably pass on this revision, which updates the
definitions of anxiety and phobia so that they
conform with the new DSM-IV diagnostic criteria
and includes new information on the biological
causes of anxiety and related treatment
developments. However, if your collection lacks a
good lay reader's book on anxiety and phobia,
this is an excellent choice.?Jennifer Amador,
Central State Hosp. Medical Lib., Petersburg, Va.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable
edition of this title.
treatment modalities. This is truly a "workbook,"
with exercises designed to facilitate recovery,
either through private use or in conjunction with
professional therapy. If your library already owns
the 1990 edition and money is an object, you can
probably pass on this revision, which updates the
definitions of anxiety and phobia so that they
conform with the new DSM-IV diagnostic criteria
and includes new information on the biological
causes of anxiety and related treatment
developments. However, if your collection lacks a
good lay reader's book on anxiety and phobia,
this is an excellent choice.?Jennifer Amador,
Central State Hosp. Medical Lib., Petersburg, Va.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable
edition of this title.
The range of information in
this book is broad and offers
strategies and tactics that
may help to prevent suicides.
It was written by several
skilled and caring
professionals, and it was their
aim to give law enforcement
officers, administrators, and
mental health professionals
additional information and
skills in dealing with law
enforcement officers in crisis.
It will be interesting and useful
this book is broad and offers
strategies and tactics that
may help to prevent suicides.
It was written by several
skilled and caring
professionals, and it was their
aim to give law enforcement
officers, administrators, and
mental health professionals
additional information and
skills in dealing with law
enforcement officers in crisis.
It will be interesting and useful
Police Suicide: Tactics for
Prevention
Prevention
to those who would read it with the intention of
understanding this dilemma faced by law
enforcement and who have a desire to continue the
search for possible solutions. The book contains far
more than that which would usually come to mind
concerning the subject of self-destructive behavior.
Its main focus concerns such diverse and very
important areas as the police culture, the
supervisor’s role in intervention, departmental
denial of the problem, getting officers to seek help,
family issues, and survivor issues. All are intended
to get the reader closer to being able to identify
officers who may be in harms way, offer solutions to
those who seek help, and hopefully prevent police
suicides. Only recently has the identification of
police stress and the subsequent
counterproductive behaviors been exposed and
accepted within the culture. We have learned that
the police occupation is different from all others and
that it is all right to be different. This new
understanding may also provide a potential remedy
for some of law enforcement’s greatest ills: alcohol
abuse, family abuse, and the subsequent
consequences. It is the hope, therefore, that the
information in this book will prevent future suicides
and even reverse the thinking that leads to such
life-ending decisions. It is a "must read" for law
enforcement officers, probation and parole officers,
supervisors, mental health professionals,
educators, criminal justice students and professors.
It is complete and well researched; a cooperative
effort, not a competitive one; a journey of discovery
and hope.
understanding this dilemma faced by law
enforcement and who have a desire to continue the
search for possible solutions. The book contains far
more than that which would usually come to mind
concerning the subject of self-destructive behavior.
Its main focus concerns such diverse and very
important areas as the police culture, the
supervisor’s role in intervention, departmental
denial of the problem, getting officers to seek help,
family issues, and survivor issues. All are intended
to get the reader closer to being able to identify
officers who may be in harms way, offer solutions to
those who seek help, and hopefully prevent police
suicides. Only recently has the identification of
police stress and the subsequent
counterproductive behaviors been exposed and
accepted within the culture. We have learned that
the police occupation is different from all others and
that it is all right to be different. This new
understanding may also provide a potential remedy
for some of law enforcement’s greatest ills: alcohol
abuse, family abuse, and the subsequent
consequences. It is the hope, therefore, that the
information in this book will prevent future suicides
and even reverse the thinking that leads to such
life-ending decisions. It is a "must read" for law
enforcement officers, probation and parole officers,
supervisors, mental health professionals,
educators, criminal justice students and professors.
It is complete and well researched; a cooperative
effort, not a competitive one; a journey of discovery
and hope.
"Under the Headset:
Surviving Dispatcher
Stress" is a book about the
stress of being a
dispatcher. Written by a
dispatcher and a critical
incident stress instructor, it
includes information about
the stress process,
identifying stressors, and
coping with stress. The
book also includes sections
on humor and inspiration.
Stories of survival, written
Surviving Dispatcher
Stress" is a book about the
stress of being a
dispatcher. Written by a
dispatcher and a critical
incident stress instructor, it
includes information about
the stress process,
identifying stressors, and
coping with stress. The
book also includes sections
on humor and inspiration.
Stories of survival, written
Under the Headset :
Surviving Dispatcher Stress
Surviving Dispatcher Stress
by dispatchers who have lived through the stress
of critical incidents, are provided.
From the Author
As dispatchers, we make a difference in peoples
lives everyday. We make decisions that affect
people in ways that, sometimes, they don't
realize, let alone us making that realization. We
take peoples stress and grief and carry it around
with us with little or no outlet for release. The
purpose of this book is to let you know that you
don't have to carry around that burden. We give
you some ways to cope with stress, some
techniques to help alleviate stress and some
guidelines to help you help yourself. If it were
possible to wave the magic wand and make the
stresses of the job go away, our lives would be
much more simple. The information given is a
compilation of several sources. Put it in your
"dispatcher toolbox" and use your tools often. Not
every tool is going to work for every person and
situation. It's up to you to utilize whatever tools
gets the job done for you. Find out what works
and what doesn't; search for other tools to use or
invent your own tools. We may not be in control
of the events that occur in our lives, but we can
be in control of our reactions to those events.
World renown author on the stress and grieving
process, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, has a wonderful
quote that I think applies to dispatchers; "People
are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and
shine when the light is out, but when the
darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed
only if there is a light from within." We make a
difference every day in other people's lives.
Make a difference in yours and take care of you
and keep that light within you bright when the
outside appears dark.
of critical incidents, are provided.
From the Author
As dispatchers, we make a difference in peoples
lives everyday. We make decisions that affect
people in ways that, sometimes, they don't
realize, let alone us making that realization. We
take peoples stress and grief and carry it around
with us with little or no outlet for release. The
purpose of this book is to let you know that you
don't have to carry around that burden. We give
you some ways to cope with stress, some
techniques to help alleviate stress and some
guidelines to help you help yourself. If it were
possible to wave the magic wand and make the
stresses of the job go away, our lives would be
much more simple. The information given is a
compilation of several sources. Put it in your
"dispatcher toolbox" and use your tools often. Not
every tool is going to work for every person and
situation. It's up to you to utilize whatever tools
gets the job done for you. Find out what works
and what doesn't; search for other tools to use or
invent your own tools. We may not be in control
of the events that occur in our lives, but we can
be in control of our reactions to those events.
World renown author on the stress and grieving
process, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, has a wonderful
quote that I think applies to dispatchers; "People
are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and
shine when the light is out, but when the
darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed
only if there is a light from within." We make a
difference every day in other people's lives.
Make a difference in yours and take care of you
and keep that light within you bright when the
outside appears dark.
| Becoming A Police Officer |
Becoming a Police
Officer: An Insider’s
Guide to a Career in Law
Enforcement is a serious
examination of police
work that is directed
toward young people
who are contemplating a
career as a police
officer. Author Barry
Baker draws on over
thirty-two years of
experience from some of
the most violent streets
of any city in the United
States to show you the
unembellished truths of
law enforcement.
Baker describes the self-
satisfaction that can be
found in police work
while identifying its
pitfalls and how to avoid
them. Before ending his
career as a detective
lieutenant, Baker spent
his first twenty years on
the force as a patrol
officer, making him
uniquely qualified to
speak from a breadth
and depth of experience.
Becoming a Police
Officer: An Insider’s
Guide to a Career in Law
Enforcement covers
topics a newly trained
police officer must
appreciate and master to
ensure success and
safety, including the
following:
- Self-evaluation for a
police career
- Recognizing and
ignoring bad advice
- Rapid advancement
toward self-sufficiency
- The immeasurable
importance of integrity
- Matters of life and
death
Becoming a Police
Officer: An Insider’s
Guide to a Career in Law
Enforcement is a
valuable insight for
those seeking a career
in the honorable and
important profession of
law enforcement.
Officer: An Insider’s
Guide to a Career in Law
Enforcement is a serious
examination of police
work that is directed
toward young people
who are contemplating a
career as a police
officer. Author Barry
Baker draws on over
thirty-two years of
experience from some of
the most violent streets
of any city in the United
States to show you the
unembellished truths of
law enforcement.
Baker describes the self-
satisfaction that can be
found in police work
while identifying its
pitfalls and how to avoid
them. Before ending his
career as a detective
lieutenant, Baker spent
his first twenty years on
the force as a patrol
officer, making him
uniquely qualified to
speak from a breadth
and depth of experience.
Becoming a Police
Officer: An Insider’s
Guide to a Career in Law
Enforcement covers
topics a newly trained
police officer must
appreciate and master to
ensure success and
safety, including the
following:
- Self-evaluation for a
police career
- Recognizing and
ignoring bad advice
- Rapid advancement
toward self-sufficiency
- The immeasurable
importance of integrity
- Matters of life and
death
Becoming a Police
Officer: An Insider’s
Guide to a Career in Law
Enforcement is a
valuable insight for
those seeking a career
in the honorable and
important profession of
law enforcement.
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