Patrol is seldom routine for law enforcement officers. Retired Michigan State Police Trooper Mike Stamm's witty yet insightful tales illustrate this unspoken truth. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

This book is a chronology of my 31 years as a trooper with the Michigan State Police. It contains a blow by blow rendition of continued police commander misuse and abuse of power. This book is a chronology of commander misconduct and persecution which continued for the totality of my career. You will read about how I made them pay for their transgressions. This vengeful and hateful behavior by the police commanders is intertwined with some of the most bizarre events and circumstances you could imagine. This book will take you inside the cop shop. It will take you behind the scenes and you will become enlightened to some of the strangest happenings that could ever occur there. You will also meet some of the most interesting characters within the police community. This book will give you a better understanding of why sometimes crimes go unsolved or why sometimes it takes forever for a criminal to be brought to justice. In reading this book, you will sometimes wonder how there would ever be any time left for crime investigation with all else that is going on within the department. It will give an understanding of what type of person becomes a police officer. The book is serious, sad and comical all wrapped up in one package. You will walk and sometimes run along side me through my career while I describe in detail the battles I encountered.

Ten hours, nine heroes, five heart shots, three abductions, two widows, and one fatherless son. The prequel to the Paths Crossed series is unknowingly conceived when a door prize, the first book in this series, is won by the widow of fallen Michigan Trooper Dugald Pellot. This chance draw would lead the widow to the book's author. Over coffee, she would share with Edwards a scrapbook she had created for their son so he would know of the tragic event that had claimed his father's life. This paths crossed would spark long-retired Michigan State Police Detective Lieutenant Clif Edwards, author of the Paths Crossed series, to research his coldest case ever; the two-state terror of September 30, 1957. During his reconstruction of those ten hours, he uncovers fascinating information leading to and following that fateful day. From 1957, when the author was but 2-years old, he then leaps ahead in time to the year 2019 when he confronts the last man standing from the five shoot-outs that left two troopers dead. Blending investigative and narrative acumen, Edwards vividly reveals a nationwide crime wave, and the courage of eight officers while standing in harm's way.

Though numerous studies have been conducted regarding perceived racial bias in newspaper reporting of violent crimes, few studies have focused on the intersections of race and gender in determining the extent and prominence of this coverage, and more specifically how the lack of attention to violence against women of color reinforces their invisibility in the social structure. This book provides an empirical study of media and law enforcement bias in reporting and investigating homicides of African American women compared with their white counterparts. The author discusses the symbiotic relationship between media coverage and the response from law enforcement to victims of color, particularly when these victims are reported missing and presumed to be in danger by their loved ones. Just as the media are effective in helping to increase police response, law enforcement officials reach out to news outlets to solicit help from the public in locating a missing person or solving a murder. However, a deeply troubling disparity in reporting the disappearance and homicides of female victims reflects racial inequality and institutionalized racism in the social structure that need to be addressed. It is this disparity this important study seeks to solve.

Author Bryan Gregory was born a preacher's kid with a streak of the devil in him. He made it a point to enjoy life and pulled a host of pranks. But now, he's a retired North Carolina State Trooper hiding out in Pennsylvania. For many years Gregory wanted to share his experiences, but found life too hectic. Now, he shares his intriguing, and sometimes hilarious, tales of life as a state trooper in Ole Man on the Porch. From seemingly routine stops that result in foot chases, fights and car pursuits, to intentionally misdirecting a lost rookie trooper, Gregory's stories are highly entertaining. While Gregory's career as a trooper certainly had its share of ups and downs, it was also extremely rewarding. Ole Man on the Porch provides a rarely seen insider's perspective on law enforcement.