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Ready, Aim, Trust will allow you a unique vantage point into a police officer’s life. My goal in writing this manuscript was to be transparent and express my thought processes as well as eventual outcomes. American Policing must reengage with our neighborhoods. This is only possible by increasing TRUSTbetween police and their community.
This book invites you to follow me from a young rookie in 1980, through my retirement as a captain in 2010. While I have been assigned to a wide-range of assignments, from high school undercover narcotics detective to a captain overseeing political corruption, good police work has two constants; building public trust and fighting bullies.
Ensuring ethical soundness requires us to search beneath the surface. As we forge ahead in the 21st century, we must ensure technological advancements have not diminished the importance of human relationships. The philosophy of Community Oriented Policing maximizes both technological advancements and human partnerships to improve our neighborhoods.