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    Restoring the Kingdom: Returning Law Enforcement to What It Once Was
    Restoring the Kingdom: Returning Law Enforcement to What It Once Was
    Restoring the Kingdom: Returning Law Enforcement to What It Once Was
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    Restoring the Kingdom: Returning Law Enforcement to What It Once Was

    By Dan Glenn

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    This is not a "how to be a cop" book. It is about restoring the lost reputation of honesty and integrity to a once proud profession. This book contains tools, that when used properly, can help reverse the growing trend of animosity toward the protectors of our society. The honest mistakes police officers make will always happen, and the biased headlines against law enforcement will surely continue to happen; however, the public trust is what matters most. The public's view of law enforcement needs to change for the better. It can change for the better. It must change for the better.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateDec 22, 2009
    ISBN9781449051143
    Restoring the Kingdom: Returning Law Enforcement to What It Once Was
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    Dan Glenn

    Dan Glenn is a retired police officer. He has been married to Dori for 15 years, and they have 5 sons. His experience in law enforcement included patrol, narcotic influence detection, DUI enforcement, Drug Abuse Resistance Education, and training new police officers fresh from the academy. One of the comments Dan heard regularly from citizens was that they wished more officers were like him. He looked at the way he treated people he came into contact with and determined that he did not do anything special, but that he treated them the way he would have wanted to be treated, if he was on the other end of the contact.

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      Restoring the Kingdom - Dan Glenn

      Restoring the Kingdom – Dan Glenn

      Preface:

      This book is not about how to be a cop, nor is it an anti-law enforcement book. It is an honest, yet critical, look at what has happened to a profession that I care very deeply for. My focus is on how a once revered profession has lost a lot of its luster, and what each individual law enforcement professional can do to help restore it to what it once was.

      I spent time as a training officer at a police academy, and in a patrol car, some time ago, and I know that some training techniques have likely changed, and many departments have a specific protocol for how things should be done in certain situations. I have always believed in allowing trained professionals to do their job, and I do not want to go against that belief now. I will not go into any specifics on how a given situation that may likely call for agency specifics should be handled.

      In the final chapter of this book, I will share a couple of safety ideas, only because I have observed many officers today, in my daily travels, in some scenarios, doing things that are completely unsafe. In many cases there are not specific agency guidelines regarding how to conduct these activities. One funeral for a fallen officer is too many.

      My wife did not want to date me, much less marry me, when we met, partially due to the profession I made clear (to everyone I was close with) that I had chosen. I was working as a non-sworn officer for a local law enforcement agency in Southern California, and was about to enter the police academy when we met. My wife grew up in a somewhat rough area in Southern California. She did not exactly witness police brutality, but she did witness plenty of arrogance on the part of local law enforcement officers, and she witnessed officers display the attitude of superiority toward citizens. She had firsthand experience of being talked down to, and generally treated with a lack of respect by police officers she came into contact with. My wife was not anti-law enforcement, but she had a difficult time imagining being married to a man who would possibly treat others the same way she had been treated. I imagine she naturally thought I may even treat her that way in our relationship. After what seemed like forever, she decided that I was worth taking a chance on, but was still unsure about my profession. She rode along with me from time to time and quietly observed how I conducted my business. After observations came some commentary. I was nervously awaiting her opinion of me, as a police officer. In her assessment, she felt that police officers would have a better reputation if they treated people the way I did.

      Her attitude towards police officers went from believing all of them were cocky, arrogant, cravers of any chance to prove superiority over people (by nature of the job, and from what she personally witnessed), to feeling that the job could be done with dignity, class, and when necessary, using command presence to its fullest, or going hands on with people, to resolve a situation. What did I do that was so fabulous? I did nothing fantastic at all. I simply treated the people I dealt with the way I would want to be treated if I were on the other end of the contact.

      Chapter One – The Kingdom

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