NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
April 14, 2008
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
DEPUTY'S PERSONAL STORY
PUBLISHED NATIONALLY
An Okaloosa County Sheriff's Deputy put one of
his most painful, personal memories from the job on paper, and the story is now
being published as part of a collection of true life police stories, written by
the officers themselves. Deputy Pat Jenkins retells the story that impacted him
so greatly in the new book "True Blue, to Protect and Serve", now available in
bookstores and on-line.
The stories were
compiled by Las Vegas Police Officer Randy Sutton. He
is dedicating the book to the thousands
of officers killed in the line of duty whose names are engraved on the Law
Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C.
In fact, all proceeds from book sales made through the National Law
Enforcement Memorial Fund web site, (www.nleomf.com)
its catalog, and retail store will go towards building the country's first
National Law Enforcement Museum. Just go to the web site, then to "Gift Shop"
and click on the book's cover.
Deputy Jenkins
has been with the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office for fifteen years and
currently works in Court Security. He says he wrote the very personal story for
an English Composition Class at Okaloosa-Walton College but initially wasn't
sure he wanted to share it. It conveys his experience trying to comfort and save
the victim of a head-on collision, and then his anguish of having to notify the
next-of-kin when she dies. Jenkins concludes you can never find the "right
words" in such a heart-breaking situation.
National Police
Week is May 11th through the 18th.
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