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by Charlie Sewell (Author)
I'd rather you call me Charlie spans sixty-five years of reminiscences replete with the dreams of a five-year-old that came to life with humor, mischief, and some degree of peril growing into my teenage years. Life in the South enabled me to engage in antics and adventures that would prepare me for an amazing and thrilling journey into adulthood. Learn about real life events in the 1950's and 1960's in Alabama and Georgia including my surprising and poignant forty-two-year law enforcement career. You'll feel like you're there witnessing many natural deaths and fatalities that came too often. Each one was hard, and each one will confiscate a little part of your heart. Come face to face with suppressed memories and how they can hurt deeply. Can a police officer run through the sewers of life and not come out smelling rotten, or pursue fiends without becoming one? Be captivated and witness the dream unfold.
Author Biography
Charlie Sewell is a retired forty-two-year career police officer who served as Chief of Police for three different police agencies. He has a Master's Degree in Public Administration and spent his career working to improve law enforcement standards, bolster the relationship between police officers and the public, and to bring transparency to a profession thrust with secrecy. Charlie has eight years of experience as a newspaper columnist. He always writes to enlighten the public about issues germane to law enforcement and public safety. His article Gratuities, Pay Now or Pay Later was published in the April 2006 FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin and distributed in many countries around the world. Charlie has a strong compassion for others, and enjoyed several years as an adjunct professor teaching in the criminal justice department at two colleges. He is passionate about sharing his message about growing up in the South, and the trials and tribulations of being a police officer.
