BREACH POINT: How Cops Find and Achieve a Balanced Life and Career

by Kent Williams with Ed Wojcicki

The book title draws its name from the tactical breach point that all officers learn and that SWAT cops use to break a barrier or enter a room. Williams' literary device - and the focus on his Breach Point Consulting business -- is to describe the equally important "personal breach points" that cops encounter when the shift is over and it's time to go home. By recognizing these breach points in your personal life, Williams says, it is possible to achieve the balanced lifestyle that historically eludes too many cops. Williams explains that as a profession, cops have more than their share of challenges with physical and mental health and relationships. His book and his seminars describe how these are byproducts of their training and the police culture, and the trouble is, too many cops carry their training about controlling everyone and trusting no one into their personal lives. Then he reveals the flip Trust more and control less and learn to live a balanced lifestyle. The book shows them how.

194 pages, Paperback

Published January 5, 2023

Reviews

[Whitney Mayoral · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this for my husband since he isn't a reader. This helped me in my own life. As a manager I took a lot of things from this book. Although a totally different career, it still had lots of good tools in the book. Every chapter I gave my new cop husband notes and he enjoyed it. Will be buying as a gift for the police chief. Thanks for your work on this book.