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The author was born and raised in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and emigrated to the U.S. in 1972, and settled in Chicago in 1973. He received a graduate degree from the University of Chicago (MA '79), and joined the Chicago Police Department in 1986, and later also worked part-time for the University of Chicago Police Department and the Chicago Housing Authority. The author worked the streets of Chicago as a Patrolman, Tactical Officer and Field Training Officer until 1997, when he was catastrophically injured in the line of duty, suffering numerous fractures, a collapsed lung, and a torn Aorta, which ultimately left him paralyzed, legally blind, and partially deaf. He has gone through numerous surgeries since, and continues to battle recurring infections and complications. It was during the darkest days of his recovery, after six weeks in a coma, that he had to reconstruct his memory of the preceding ten years. It was then that the foundations for this book were laid, long before he gained access to the special computer software that would enable him to put the first word on paper. All in all, it took thirteen long years to complete this book. The author now resides in a Chicago suburb with his teenage daughter, and remains active as a Survivor, spreading the gospel of Officer Safety to police recruits before they hit the street...

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