“The authors invite you to step out of your preconceptions and into the cop’s unique life-or-death frame of reference. Accept the invitation, and one thing is certain: you will think hard before you pass judgment on the next news story that comes your way concerning an ‘officer-involved shooting.”

– Alan Axelrod, author of <em>Cops, Crooks, and Criminologists</em> and <em>The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Forensics</em>

“All concerned and interested citizens should read it, and if I had my way it would be mandatory reading for any reporter contemplating a story on a police shooting.”

– Urey W. Patrick, author of <em>In Defense of Self and Others</em>

“In an era when so many are demonizing law enforcement, this book reveals the humanity of those brave souls who walk the thin blue line.”

– Thomas Jackson, former police chief of Ferguson, Missouri, and author of <em>Policing Ferguson, Policing America</em>