Adam Plantinga

400 Things Cops Know (eBook, ePUB)

Street-Smart Lessons from a Veteran Patrolman

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

How does it feel to be in a high-speed car chase? What is it like to shoot someone? What do cops really think about the citizens they serve? Nearly everyone has wondered what it's like to be a police officer, but no civilian really understands what happens on the job. "400 Things Cops Know" shows police work on the inside, from the viewpoint of the regular cop on the beat-a profession that can range from rewarding to bizarre to terrifying, all within the course of an eight-hour shift. Written by veteran police sergeant Adam Plantinga, "400 Things Cops Know" brings the reader into life the way cops experience it-a life of danger, frustration, occasional triumph, and plenty of grindingly hard routine work. In a laconic, no-nonsense, dryly humorous style, Plantinga tells what he's learned from 13 years as a patrolman, from the everyday to the exotic-how to know at a glance when a suspect is carrying a weapon or is going to attack, how to kick a door down, how to drive in a car chase without recklessly endangering the public, why you should always carry cigarettes, even if you don't smoke (offering a smoke is the best way to lure a suicide to safety), and what to do if you find a severed limb (don't put it on ice-you need to keep it dry.) "400 Things Cops Know" deglamorizes police work, showing the gritty, stressful, sometimes disgusting reality of life on patrol, from the possibility of infection-criminals don't always practice good hygiene-to the physical, psychological, and emotional toll of police work. Plantinga shows what cops experience of death, the legal system, violence, prostitution, drug use, the social causes and consequences of crime, alcoholism, and more. Sometimes heartbreaking and often hilarious, "400 Things Cops Know" is an eye-opening revelation of what life on the beat is really all about.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Linden Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781610352475
• Artikelnr.: 49605648

Autorenporträt

Adam Plantinga holds a B.A. in English with a second major in Criminology/Law Studies from Marquette University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude in 1995. Plantinga's short story "Untitled" was included in the anthology 25 and Under/Fiction and Washington Post book critic George Garrett called it his candidate for the best story in the book. He has written thirteen nonfiction articles on various aspects of police work for the literary magazine The Cresset, published by the Valparaiso University Press. Plantinga was a City of Milwaukee Police Officer from 2001 to 2008, including time spent as a Field Training Officer. He is currently a sergeant with the San Francisco Police Department. He lives in the Bay Area with his wife and daughters.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: 27 Things Cops Know About Shots Fired Chapter 2: 18 Things Cops
Know About Use of Force Chapter 3: 29 Things Cops Know About Tactics and
Hazards Chapter 4: 19 Things Cops Know About Working with the Public
Chapter 5: 17 Things Cops Know About Juveniles Chapter 6: 13 Things Cops
Know About Seasonal Policing Chapter 7: 11 Things Cops Know About Courts
and Legalities Chapter 8: 19 Things Cops Know About Chases Chapter 9: 28
Things Cops Know About Booze and Drugs Chapter 10: 31 Things Cops Know
About Investigations Chapter 11: 18 Things Cops Know About Traffic Chapter
12: 14 Things Cops Know About Being Among the Dead Chapter 13: 16 Things
Cops Know About Hookers and Johns Chapter 14: 12 Things Cops Know About
Domestic Violence Chapter 15: 24 Things Cops Know About Their Co-workers
Chapter 16: 21 Things Cops Know About Thugs and Liars Chapter 17: 14 Things
Cops Know About Making The Arrest Chapter 18: 15 Things Cops Know About
Policing The Neighborhood Chapter 19: 54 Things Cops Know About Being On
The Job