Confessions of a Mountie : my life behind the red serge

"Confessions of a Mountie is the dramatic memoir of retired RCMP Officer Frank Pitts from Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador. His story begins with a terrifying standoff between him and a machete-wielding suspect. As his life flashes before his eyes, Frank Pitts recalls his enlistment, training, and cases both solved and unsolved that have led to this moment. Through these flashbacks, we learn what a day in the life of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer is like and that decisions, often made in the blink of an eye, can mean the difference between life and death."--From publisher. During one of many lectures, my trainer explained that throughout a police officer’s career he or she will be called “pig” many times. The trainer explained that it should not be a cause for you to lose your composure. He said to embrace it, as it stands for Pride, Intelligence, and Guts. Confessions of a Mountie is the dramatic memoir of retired RCMP Officer Frank Pitts from Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador. His story begins with a terrifying standoff between him and a machete-wielding suspect. As his life flashes before his eyes, Frank Pitts recalls his enlistment, training, and cases both solved and unsolved that have led to this moment. Through these flashbacks, we learn what a day in the life of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer is like and that decisions, often made in the blink of an eye, can mean the difference between life and death. Frank Pitts’s story has excitement, humour, and tragedy all rolled into one. Most of all, this heartfelt memoir shows the human side of the men and women who serve in the RCMP. "Shoot me!" This is the dramatic memoir of RCMP Officer Frank Pitts from Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador. His story begins with a terrifying standoff between him and a machete-wielding suspect. Through flashbacks, we follow his enlistment, training, and the day-to-day procedures involved with law enforcement that have brought him to this moment. We learn what a day in the life of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer can be: decisions made in the blink of an eye that can mean the difference between life and death. Throughout the book are a series of flashbacks--the death of his father on Bell Island, cases both solved and unsolved, the suicide of his shift partner--after which the reader is brought back again and again to the present, the standoff. Frank Pitts's life flashes before his eyes: all his memories, training, and experiences, leading him up to what will be a pivotal moment in his career as a policeman."-- Provided by publisher