10-33
An Officer Down Steps Back Up
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4.9 • 8 Ratings
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
10-33 – the portable radio code every police officer dreads. “Officer down.”
On November 27, 1998, Laurie White, in her third year as a constable with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was that “Officer down.” Shot in the line of duty, Laurie had to have her right leg amputated below the knee. 10-33 – An Officer Down Steps Back Up is an inspiring memoir revealing her struggles to adjust to her new normal while working to return to active duty with the RCMP.
In this memoir, author Laurie White shares her physical, emotional, and psychological struggles, while making inspiring observations based on life experiences as a person with a disability, a first responder with post-traumatic stress disorder, and as a single parent. White’s experiences inform her belief that emotions resulting from pain, loss, grief, and trauma are highly relatable, and transcend individual circumstances. This memoir describes how facing our struggles with humility and humour can help us to overcome adversity and build resilience. Readers will learn that sharing vulnerabilities and challenges can create unique opportunities for personal growth, increased awareness, and higher levels of empathy. White shares her journey in an authentic way so that others facing adversity realize they are not alone in their ongoing struggles to achieve and maintain physical and mental health.
Customer Reviews
An inspirational read
Having served in law enforcement for over 32 years and having a spouse who worked in a civilian capacity and a daughter currently serving, I found this book very relatable.An excellent read for anyone struggling with emotional or physical challenges.She is honest,humble,and courageous! Chris Scott Deputy Chief of Police Kingston (Retd)
Inspiring!!
If you want to read a book that will make you catch your breath, cry, laugh, be so immensely inspired, this is it. I could not stop once I started. I know Laurie White personally, having both grown up in the same hometown. I obviously knew what happened to Laurie, but after reading her book yesterday, I realized what I thought I knew was the tip of the iceberg. Laurie tells her story with such raw honesty. The good, the bad, and the ugly. Resilience, courage, stubbornness (in the best sense of the word), and just pure grit is what she’s made of, and so much more. I encourage everyone to read this book, there are so many lessons we can learn from her journey. She is a survivor. She is an inspiration. She’s just a normal human who went to work one day and her whole world changed. She shares the obstacles, struggles, life lessons, and does so with a sprinkle of humour. Brilliant.