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    Black in Blue: I Did Not Choose This Job the Job Chose Me
    Black in Blue: I Did Not Choose This Job the Job Chose Me
    Black in Blue: I Did Not Choose This Job the Job Chose Me
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    Black in Blue: I Did Not Choose This Job the Job Chose Me

    By Thomas Leonard Mitchell

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    As an African American retired Police Lieutenant, I am speaking from my personal experiences and bringing a practical, humorous, and insightful twist into the life of a law enforcement officer. This book will help all generations in every walk of life deal with any interaction you may encounter with law enforcement officials, and it will give you the tools to better understand the police role and your role within that encounter no matter what, where, why, who, when and how. This book provides some answers to those many unanswered questions and this should be a required reading for anyone living in The United States of America.
    “As someone who has worked with so many people in so many law enforcement agencies over the years, you will find that this book offers practical and valuable advice” for everyone.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateMar 12, 2023
    ISBN9781669868965
    Black in Blue: I Did Not Choose This Job the Job Chose Me

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      Book preview

      Black in Blue - Thomas Leonard Mitchell

      Copyright © 2023 by Thomas Leonard Mitchell.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.

      Rev. date: 03/08/2023

      Xlibris

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      CONTENTS

      Preface — I did not Choose this job this job chose me.

      Chapter 1 — The Standard

      Chapter 2 — The Police Academy

      Chapter 3 — The Force Continuum

      Chapter 4 — The Challenges vs Changes

      Chapter 5 — The Art of Law Enforcement

      Chapter 6 — The Law Enforcement in Social Media World Era

      Chapter 7 — The Infamous Blue Line

      Chapter 8 — The Rank-and-File Chain of Command

      Chapter 9 — The Lessons Taught Lessons Learned

      Chapter 10 — The art of Testifying vs Testilying.

      Chapter 11 — The Balance Between the Job and Between your Personal Life

      Chapter 12 — The power can control You or You can control the power.

      Chapter 13 — Self Righteousness and the Hypocrite

      Chapter 14 — The Self-Induced Stress, Depression and Happiness

      Chapter 15 — The elephant in the room effect What do you do when the problem person on the job is your partner?

      Chapter 16 — Time for the Police to start policing the Police.

      Chapter 17 — The dreaded law enforcement officers Killed in the Line of Duty

      Chapter 18 — The phrase Don’t take the job personal.

      Chapter 19 — The Don’t make assumptions syndrome.

      Chapter 20 — Justice is Blind symbolism.

      Chapter 21 — The true meaning of What does it mean to keep your good name.

      Chapter 22 — The Internal Affairs Department job

      Chapter 23 — The Power and The Perks

      Chapter 24 — The Field Officer Training (FTO) Program

      Chapter 25 — The Confidential Informants

      Chapter 26 — The Community Action Based Policing (COACT) Department

      Chapter 27 — The Million Dollar Question --------Was It Worth It?

      Tools For Your Toolbox

      Watch Word: What To Do When You Are Not Sure What To Do!!!!!!!!!!

      My Closing Statement

      About The Author

      Dedication

      First giving honor and thanks to my SAVIOR. I dedicate this book to all of my family, my mother, father, wife, children, grandchildren, sisters, brothers, sister in-laws, brothers-in-laws, outlaws (LOL), cousins, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and grand pups who are all unique in their own special ways and exhibit different qualities of love that have made my journey through my life and my many occupations possible. If you get the chance to read my first book titled The Autobiography of Thomas Leonard Mitchell, it details all my past and present occupations which were inspirational in writing this book. This book is based on several accounts of my law enforcement careers as seen from my eyes and witnessed through my soul. I genuinely enjoyed this journey.

      Preface

      I did not Choose this job this job chose me.

      When we were children and were asked by adults what do you want to be when you grow up? We usually respond with I want to be a teacher, a doctor, a nurse, a lawyer, a firefighter, an astronaut, a dentist, a businessperson, a police officer, and the list goes on and on. I choose to use the police officer for this example for the simple fact it is what I can relate to the most. For the record I did not choose to become a police officer my job choice was to inspire the world in whatever I chose to do. So, with that in mind I did not know who or what I wanted to be, but I did know that whoever I wanted to be I would BE. I served over 35 years in law enforcement, it is fitting to explain that when a person wants to become a police officer; the very first thing they must do is fill out an application, then someone from human resources contact them from a pool of other applicants and set up an interview. If the interview process goes well and your background check and references, go well. Then the next part of the process is to be given a conditional job offer. Then that person will accept the conditional offer and then that individual is selected to attend the police academy. Once they graduate from the police academy they are chosen and given the job. So, in

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