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About the Author of this
page..........
Let me first begin by quickly describing myself. I am a
28* year old
male, married and have four children*. My family means more to me than anything. My
career comes in a very close second. ("How many people have a job where they can say
that?") I have been a police officer for two and a half years and I love every
minute of it**. Our department has close to 75 officers. I live in a city with a
population of nearly 100,000. Crime is lower here than in most other cities our size in
the United States, but that does not mean for a second that we are immune to anything.
We have rapes, burglaries, robberies, high-speed chases, and all of the other
crimes of huge cities.
In this email I want to give each of you a look into the world that
cops live in. Including the thoughts and emotions that I experience when on patrol.
***UPDATE:
I
became a police officer in 1997 at age 25, and I now have 5 children. You
can figure the age from that I guess, then I don't have to update too much.
What is Last Night's Shift?
Last night's shift is an email that I will send
out frequently after my night shift. In the email I will give details of last nights
shift. I will give my thoughts and feelings that I have regarding, "Life on the
Beat". I talk about the things that I do out there on the streets. Also, I talk
about how it effects me and my family. Of course, in this day and age with lawsuits and
legal action I must remain as anonymous as possible. Therefore, I will use only events and
never real names and places.
This email is for everyone, you do not have to be in Law Enforcement
to subscribe. I feel that most of the things that I talk about may
actually be somewhat boring to an police officer. The reason for that is because they see
these things on a daily basis. I enjoy speaking with non--law enforcement people in order
to give a better idea of what really goes on out there.
What I have found after 2+ years of sending this email is that many
nights are very exciting and eventful and others are casual and mundane. All of the emails
are completely true. All of the events are as detailed as I can possibly be without giving
names and places.
In the first two months (now 2 years) the email has grown bigger that I imagined. At
first I was able to personally add all of the subscriber names and addresses to the list.
But this task soon proved to be overwhelming, so I am now using a service called
Egroups. Egroups is able to add all of the subscribers automatically.
It's easy to join. Just click on the above Egroups banner and submit your email
information. If it is too confusing or does not work correctly, simply email your address
to me and I will personally add you to the mailing list.
Mailing list currently over 4500
subscribers.
How do you know if this Email is
for you?
It is if you have ever asked yourself:
"What was that Cop was thinking?"
"How do Officer's cope with the things they see?"
"Why does my (Officer) spouse never talk to me about police work?"
"Do I have what it takes to become a Police Officer?"
"What do I need to do in order to become a Police Officer?"
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