Vanowen Division: Diary of a Boot

This book is about my days as a rookie on the Los Angeles Police Department.

I worked morning watch, which is really graveyard. I saw and experienced different things. No two nights were exactly alike. I saw how police were when no supervisor was around.

I saw how police talk about one another behind their backs.

They were very self-centered, and some didn't care to hear backup calls.

At code 7 (lunchtime), some would turn off their rovers so as not to hear distress calls.

They didn't want to be disturbed. This book is based primarily on these facts. Only a few things have been changed.