{"product_id":"gray-skies-blue-line-victor-letonoff-9781958861981","title":"Gray Skies, Blue Line: Letters from a Cop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFive years ago, when I started this book, my intention was to pass on to young officers the wisdom I'd acquired during my years on the job. But time and events have proved that perhaps my message needed to reach a greater audience. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work of a cop was completely foreign to me when I stepped into it. I had been a sculptor and a decorative blacksmith until I made the switch. I quickly took to policing, but I was shocked by what I was thrown into. All professions have skill sets, and police work is no exception, but unique to this profession is that you step right into the unfiltered chaos of the human condition the minute you leave the academy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent times, everywhere I look, I see police officers being blamed for society's ills. The vitriol being unloaded on cops was difficult for me to understand. How was it that cops had become the enemy? Cops are just employees. Public servants. They enforce the laws that are created through the democratic process under which we all live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI write this book in an effort to demystify and to humanize the person behind the badge (any person behind the badge). Like you, we are all just people. At least we start that way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI hope that \u003cem\u003eGray Skies, Blue Line\u003c\/em\u003e will open many eyes and hearts. It's a beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictor Letonoff has over 20 years of experience as a police officer. He's been writing about police work for the past ten years, winning several national awards. This is his first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victor Letonoff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1958861987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781958861981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sager Group LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d","brand":"Victor Letonoff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437692137727,"sku":"9781958861981","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_200dbe98-85c4-4b84-8f2e-f4d80bea25af.jpg?v=1777163442","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gray-skies-blue-line-victor-letonoff-9781958861981","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}