Order your copy of Brave Hearts today! It will make you proud of what you do. www.braveheartsbook.com or call: 1-800-270-5317 Available on Amazon * Ebook available for Kindle and iPad Most police officers will never fire their gunduringtheirentirecareer.Everyday, however, they negotiate and mediate oftenwithdesperatepeopleinarageor a psychotic state. Mike says he’s always felt his job is to calm things down.“If I have to make an arrest, I tell a few jokes and if I have to, a few fibs. If I can get them laughing on the way to central booking,I’mhavingarealgoodday.” Mike Morra The Rescuer Chapter 2: Brave Hearts AnntookitforgrantedPetewouldmake surethewomanwiththeknifewouldnot pose a threat.“When I went back to the bedroom I could see he was distracted,” Ann recalled. “She could have easily grabbed the knife. I started yelling at Pete,‘Grabtheknife,grabtheknife.’It’sa good thing he snapped out of it because when the woman heard my voice, her hand moved toward the knife." For cops to be distracted like that, to loose their concentration for even just a second, is extremely dangerous. It had never hap- pened to Pete and it made him nervous. Pete Tetukevich and Ann-Margaret Lyons When Love Crashes In Chapter 4, Brave Hearts “A seminal work on the complexities of law enforcement work and the complicated challenges inherent in protecting people from harm.” William J. Bratton Commissioner, NYPD