Society's Warrior Class

About the Book

As a police officer in today's society there are a number of issues that we must face each and every day, whether we are on or off duty. The problems we face and must overcome can be very overwhelming at times. We have been described as being a closed society with a warrior mentality and tribal instincts. We live among other cops, associate with other cops and spend much of the normal daily tasks with only other policemen. It's the "us against them" syndrome. When facing death, destruction and the dregs of society in which the public does not have to notice, it wears on you harshly. Over 150 police officers die in the line of duty every year, but more than double that commit suicide.

Throughout this book I hope not only to entertain you but also to share my experiences and feelings and show you a different yet very real side of being a police officer, who is out there in the streets every day handling everything imaginable under the sun.

As police officers it is instilled in us very early to be fair and impartial, professional and courageous and most important not to show our emotions or feelings. We do this each and every day in every situation we are thrown into. Whether it is a domestic fight, a neighbor's barking dog or a dead child floating in a pool. This is a very difficult lifestyle; emotions run rampant, up and down like a roller coaster and with intensity levels only measurable by a Richter scale.

The police officer you most commonly will encounter is the person in uniform, shinny badge, neatly pressed shirt, thick duty belt, and glossed shoes, on patrol on duty.

However there is another, your next door neighbor, who eats, drinks, sleeps, cuts his grass on weekends and has a family. Police officers are human just like everybody else. We are selected from society and there are good and bad in everything. Unfortunately a policeman's job is enforcing laws and when you encounter one, he/she is most likely doing their job, which becomes a negative contact for you if you are on the receiving end. Regardless when you call the police for help, we will be there. We do not turn away dangerous situations, we do not back down and we will not run.

About the Author

Marc C Barry is an eleven year veteran police officer of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. He started his career in July of 1989 as a patrolman on the streets of Las Vegas. Throughout his career he has been assigned to various select details such as: Organized Crime Bureau, Undercover Street Crimes Unit, Violent Crimes Federal Task Force and many others.

Marc holds a number of accredited instructor certifications such as: Police Officer Standards Training/State Law Enforcement Instructor, NRA Tactical Police Firearms Instructor, Close Quarters Battle Instructor, H&K Master Sub-Machine Gun Instructor, State Law Enforcement Counter Terrorism Instructor, Urban Assault Tactics Instructor and various others. Marc has directly trained over 2500 police officers, law enforcement agents and military special forces world-wide. Marc's experiences are real, NOT made up for entertainment purposes.