During his 25 years with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Dean Scoville advanced from nervous recruit to silver-tongued spokesperson to seasoned patrol sergeant. His candid memoir chronicles the personal experiences of police work--the tedium of guarding jail inmates, the consternation of shoot/don't-shoot scenarios, the trauma of being wounded in the line of duty--and offers an insider's view of iconic moments in law enforcement, including the capture of "Night Stalker" Richard Ramirez and the 1992 L.A. Riots. Along the way he examines a profession increasingly beleaguered by inimical agendas, administrative cowardice and fiscal restraints.
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Interest Age: From 18 years
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 15 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-4766-7045-4 (9781476670454)
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Dean Scoville worked a wide variety of assignments during his 25-year career with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Later he worked as an associate editor for Police magazine and authored the award-winning Shots Fired column for the magazine.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
?1.?Sympathy for the Poor Bastards of the World
?2.?Academy
?3.?Working Custody
?4.?The Happiness of Pursuit
?5.?The Pursuit of Meaning
?6.?"The Department Is Truly Remorseful"
?7.?Recidivist Behavior
?8.?What Did You Do During the Riots, Daddy?
?9.?Middling Management
10.?Cultural Sensitivity, Terrorism, and Doing More with Less
11.?The -Two-Step Paper Shuffle
12.?Life (and Death) After LASD
13.?Calling It Quits
14.?Post-POLICE
Epilogue
Index
