10-8: A Cop's Honest Look at Life on the Street

by Officer X

This is the private “notebook” of Officer X, a mid-career patrolman on a medium-size department with a sharp eye and a sharp pen, he speaks for thousands who are rarely heard amidst the clamoring media, the ivory-tower theorists and the politically correct policymakers. An honest and controversial look of experiences and insider observations that is original, funny, poignant, maddening, provocative, insightful, outrageous, startling, and sometimes in-your-face. He puts the brass, fellow officers, suspects, victims, lawyers, the job—himself—under glass. Cops everywhere will feel the shared heartbeat of commitment to an impossible job that few can perform with perfection.

Genres: Police, Nonfiction

227 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1995

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 2 out of 5]

An anonymous, and at times a bit self-indulgent, collection of "wisdom" and other observations about the life of a street officer. Apparently, the predeccesor to the electronic blog where the author wrote anything and everything that came to mind. Was supposed to be humorous; save the money and read something else.

[Elizabeth Nesbit-comer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kind of interesting in the beginning, but very soon became completely repetitive. I was hoping for more interesting arrests and stories.