I received a review copy from the author at my request and this is my honest opinion。 What an emotionally powerful read。 Mr。 Smith takes the reader into the depths and heights of the world of law enforcement。 No current， ex， or family of law enforcement can read this memoir and be untouched by it。 It too accurately reveals the world they inhabit to be discounted and the word pictures Mr。 Smith draws are too powerful to be ignored。 The reader is inexorably drawn into the fray with the inhabitants I received a review copy from the author at my request and this is my honest opinion。 What an emotionally powerful read。 Mr。 Smith takes the reader into the depths and heights of the world of law enforcement。 No current， ex， or family of law enforcement can read this memoir and be untouched by it。 It too accurately reveals the world they inhabit to be discounted and the word pictures Mr。 Smith draws are too powerful to be ignored。 The reader is inexorably drawn into the fray with the inhabitants of his world。 The good， the bad， the ugly， the desperate， the sublime， and the down-right idiotic are all shown here in living color。 It is a book you aren't likely to forget anytime soon。 。。。more