Deputy Claudia Jean (Cici) Onofrio is going into work one beautiful Colorado afternoon believing her biggest problem is deciding whether to stay at mostly rural Arroyo County Sheriff’s Office, or move to an urban department in the Denver metro area. She’s wrong. A More Perfect Union
Your phone "rings." It is your sergeant, calling on your day off. Of course you let it go to voice mail. You're not a rookie, or in line for promotion.
Yeah, um... When you get this, get your gear together and report to headquarters. The President is having a giant pissing contest with our mayor and governor and there is some big protest this evening. The Guard will be here.
What do you do?
I wrote A More Perfect Union to provide one answer. Maybe it's not your answer - one reader said frankly, "It's my least favorite of your books." Maybe you'd see it a different way, like several of the people I talked with while the novel took shape.
Maybe you think Cici should have turned in her gear. Fair enough. But, as events around the country ebb and flow, it is a question being answered in police departments all over America.
It is a law enforcement axiom that one should never go anywhere that their mind has not already gone. Officers have had many opportunities to think about what they would do. It shouldn't be a surprise when the call comes.
What would you do?
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