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The Price They Pay
"The Price They Pay" will attempt to return to the modern police officer something they have been lacking for a long time – humanity. It will tell the story of the mother and child who lost their husband and father to a hit and run, all because a 21-year-old driver was afraid the officer would stop him and find marijuana in his car. Meet the man who has attempted suicide and is entering an inpatient treatment center for his PTSD, the man who stood two feet from his partner when he died from a gunshot wound to the head, the man confined to a hospital for the past year and a wheelchair for the rest of his life, and other officers whose stories continue after the media coverage ends.
Enter their homes, their hearts, and their minds to see what they really experience. Learn how their departments, benefits, friends, and families have failed them. Find out what it’s really like to walk the path of an emotionally or physically injured officer and why the belief that every officer is supported and cared for through the thin blue line is a fallacy.
Like "Hearts Beneath the Badge", the proceeds of this book will benefit law enforcement charities.
Enter their homes, their hearts, and their minds to see what they really experience. Learn how their departments, benefits, friends, and families have failed them. Find out what it’s really like to walk the path of an emotionally or physically injured officer and why the belief that every officer is supported and cared for through the thin blue line is a fallacy.
Like "Hearts Beneath the Badge", the proceeds of this book will benefit law enforcement charities.
262 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2015
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July 27, 2021
What is The Price They Pay? Many police spouses, family, and friends, they know the answer to this question. But for those who aren’t close to someone in law enforcement, you may not know.
Wouldn’t you think that after looking at dead bodies, abused children, and senseless violence day in and day out that it would catch up with you? Yet we don’t give it a second thought when our law enforcement has to do the same. Don’t you think it might take just a little piece of you every time a beautiful child loses their life to abuse, sexual assault, and violence? I can only tell you that after seeing one tragic situation, I would be out of there.
Karen Solomon, the author of Hearts Beneath the Badge, writes about the humanity of the law enforcement officer by telling the all too real stories of men and women who go out each shift with little more than some Kevlar and a gun to protect themselves. But what protects their hearts and minds after witnessing another tragedy?
Many police (deputy, highway patrol, officer, RCMP, or whatever you happen to call them) departments have very little protocol after one of their own is a participant or witness to death and violence. They might have to be off-duty for an investigation or they may return to their shift, but there’s very little being done to help them process what they’ve seen or done. Don’t even get me started on what support their is for an officer or family after serious injury occurs. For many officers, they are retired and forgotten after giving their health for the job.
Karen and co-writer Jeffrey M. McGill introduce the reader to a new term – Post Traumatic Stress Injury (PTSI). The Price They Pay is PTSI, which may lead an officer to self-abuse or, worse, commit suicide.
They think that they should be able to handle those thoughts, feelings, or whatever on their own and without someone they can talk to who understands what they’re seeing and being a part of, the only way some can make the pictures, words, and violence go away is with a bullet in their own head. Some can’t tell their spouse what they’ve seen, because they don’t want to subject them to the horrors of the job.
The Price They Pay is a difficult book to read. I’m not going to lie to you. I picked it up and put it down many times before I could finish it. It breaks my heart to read about our men and women working the streets now. The same officers, who are called upon for help just so they can be executed for sport these days.
Our law enforcement officers do what many other men and women can’t or won’t do all while trying to maintain their own sanity and humanity. Read The Price They Pay. When you’re done reading it, go thank a cop. Buy them a cup of coffee. Let them know that you appreciate the price they pay to keep you and yours safe.
Wouldn’t you think that after looking at dead bodies, abused children, and senseless violence day in and day out that it would catch up with you? Yet we don’t give it a second thought when our law enforcement has to do the same. Don’t you think it might take just a little piece of you every time a beautiful child loses their life to abuse, sexual assault, and violence? I can only tell you that after seeing one tragic situation, I would be out of there.
Karen Solomon, the author of Hearts Beneath the Badge, writes about the humanity of the law enforcement officer by telling the all too real stories of men and women who go out each shift with little more than some Kevlar and a gun to protect themselves. But what protects their hearts and minds after witnessing another tragedy?
Many police (deputy, highway patrol, officer, RCMP, or whatever you happen to call them) departments have very little protocol after one of their own is a participant or witness to death and violence. They might have to be off-duty for an investigation or they may return to their shift, but there’s very little being done to help them process what they’ve seen or done. Don’t even get me started on what support their is for an officer or family after serious injury occurs. For many officers, they are retired and forgotten after giving their health for the job.
Karen and co-writer Jeffrey M. McGill introduce the reader to a new term – Post Traumatic Stress Injury (PTSI). The Price They Pay is PTSI, which may lead an officer to self-abuse or, worse, commit suicide.
They think that they should be able to handle those thoughts, feelings, or whatever on their own and without someone they can talk to who understands what they’re seeing and being a part of, the only way some can make the pictures, words, and violence go away is with a bullet in their own head. Some can’t tell their spouse what they’ve seen, because they don’t want to subject them to the horrors of the job.
The Price They Pay is a difficult book to read. I’m not going to lie to you. I picked it up and put it down many times before I could finish it. It breaks my heart to read about our men and women working the streets now. The same officers, who are called upon for help just so they can be executed for sport these days.
Our law enforcement officers do what many other men and women can’t or won’t do all while trying to maintain their own sanity and humanity. Read The Price They Pay. When you’re done reading it, go thank a cop. Buy them a cup of coffee. Let them know that you appreciate the price they pay to keep you and yours safe.
April 19, 2022
I enjoyed this book but at the same time it was a rough one to get through. Every once in a while I'd find myself tearing up. You definitely have to respect what the first responders go through every day that we never really stop and think about
April 22, 2022
Through Their Eyes
Looking at law enforcement through their eyes and see what they see as they do their jobs. They open the door to what it takes from them as they make sacrifices to protect and serve.
Looking at law enforcement through their eyes and see what they see as they do their jobs. They open the door to what it takes from them as they make sacrifices to protect and serve.
September 12, 2019
This book provides a necessary perspective into the lives our emergency personnel contend with. It is time to sit up , take notice, and help!
October 28, 2015
This is the best book written about policing, it's dangers tragic outcomes and ultimately triumphing over tragedy. The stories were so well written that as I read the I could feel the emotion and I had a range of them as I read. This is a powerful book written not only for cops and their families but for anyone interested in the price they pay as they protect and serve.
June 6, 2020
I’m speechless! The stories of courage, danger, death and living with the aftermath were so raw I had to skim over some paragraphs. Royalties from this book are donated to law enforcement charities because, as outline in this book, the men and women who risk their lives to keep us safe quickly find out they are of no value when injured and are treated as such. I highly recommend this book.
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