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My Life As A Maryland Lawman
"My Life As A Maryland Lawman" details the dream of becoming a Maryland State Trooper from a boy growing up in rural Western Maryland. It covers the journey to adulthood. Moving away from home and into the big city upon graduating high school to pursue that dream. It follows the author into the police academy, to his first assignments handling a variety of calls, and onto becoming a very competent Criminal Investigator that worked complex criminal cases, including thefts, child abuses, and homicides. Upon retiring as a Trooper, he goes on to form a police department from the ground up and becomes the first Chief of Police for the town where he graduated high school. The book displays the humorous side of law enforcement, as well as the tragic side, adding some historical data along the way. Author's disclaimer; This book has not been professionally edited or proofread . If you are a stickler for grammar, spelling, and sentence structure, please save your time and money and pass this book up to avoid your feelings being hurt. The stories are told just as the author would verbally tell it in his own words. If you want get some insight into the real life of a State Trooper Criminal Investigator and Small Town Police Chief, this book is for you. Nothing jaw dropping. Just general day to day calls and cases.
328 pages, Paperback
Published August 16, 2017
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September 14, 2017
Great Book! I highly recommend!
As a Sharpsburg Resident and a Granddaughter of a Lawman. I always had and still do, have the utmost respect for ALL Officers. I know many Officers and Trooper Sexton which was named in this book was a hero to me as kid and I've never forgotten him and never will. I had heard of Jeff through my husband Scotty who worked on all the police department vehicles as their mechanic. But didn't finally meet him and his family until we did a hog roast for them a few years ago. Jeff was very nice and so was his brother. His wife was a hoot! We are also friends with Kenny(Caine) and Kevin, and shared in the loss of Chris's death. But that's small town living to have many friends together but not necessarily know each other.
Thank you for sharing your story and letting us in to an Officers world, my grandfather never talked about what he did or seen, Our family owned a bar and when he got off duty that's where he went and talked to a bottle after every shift until his massive heart attack on duty at age 51. I can't imagine some of the horrific and monstrous things done to people that officers have to witness and have it burnt into their brains for life, for that reason alone it takes heroes not cops to bring these monsters to justice and peace officers DO NOT GET THE RESPECT THEY DO DAMN WELL DESERVE AND MORE!!! So again Thank you for your service as a Trooper, Deputy and Chief of our own Boonsboro's Police Department.
As a Sharpsburg Resident and a Granddaughter of a Lawman. I always had and still do, have the utmost respect for ALL Officers. I know many Officers and Trooper Sexton which was named in this book was a hero to me as kid and I've never forgotten him and never will. I had heard of Jeff through my husband Scotty who worked on all the police department vehicles as their mechanic. But didn't finally meet him and his family until we did a hog roast for them a few years ago. Jeff was very nice and so was his brother. His wife was a hoot! We are also friends with Kenny(Caine) and Kevin, and shared in the loss of Chris's death. But that's small town living to have many friends together but not necessarily know each other.
Thank you for sharing your story and letting us in to an Officers world, my grandfather never talked about what he did or seen, Our family owned a bar and when he got off duty that's where he went and talked to a bottle after every shift until his massive heart attack on duty at age 51. I can't imagine some of the horrific and monstrous things done to people that officers have to witness and have it burnt into their brains for life, for that reason alone it takes heroes not cops to bring these monsters to justice and peace officers DO NOT GET THE RESPECT THEY DO DAMN WELL DESERVE AND MORE!!! So again Thank you for your service as a Trooper, Deputy and Chief of our own Boonsboro's Police Department.
December 3, 2017
Great read for former law enforcement.
As a former trooper the book brought back very fond memories of my time with the Maryland State Police. He might not be a great author but Jeff Hewett did a outstanding job with his book.
As a former trooper the book brought back very fond memories of my time with the Maryland State Police. He might not be a great author but Jeff Hewett did a outstanding job with his book.
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