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"I love the power and authority my gun and badge represent!" BOOKS BY BRIAN S. BENTLEY ONE TIME The Story of A South Central Los Angeles Police Officer I once said, "If I can change one person's life around , then I've made a difference." So far, the only attitude and life that has been changed is my own. How did an idealistic, middle-class college graduate wind up wearing a badge and pounding the mean streets of South Central Los Angeles? That's the question officer Bentley asked himself after eight years on the force, living and working in one of the toughest neighborhoods in America. One Time is a candid and brutal look at the life of a Black cop with the LAPD. Bentley says he became a police officer because he wanted to make a difference and to change even one life. Unfortunately, he found that the only life he changed was his own. He lost hope, gave in to episodes of violence and abuse while relishing the power given to him by his badge and his gun. One Time pulls no punches! The author recreates the joy, pain and frustrations he felt as he tried to do what was right. One Time brings great, dramatic stories of South Central Los Angeles to life. It is a story about the inner workings of America's most powerful institutions, the LAPD! One Time: The Story of a South Central Los Angeles Police Officer can be purchased on Amazon.com by clicking on the book cover. Buy the Book Today! Sign My Guestbook View My Guestbook PLEASE VISIT OTHER PAGES LOCATED ON THE LEFT. HONOR WITHOUT INTEGRITY A Journey Behind The Thin Blue Line Click on image to purchase Honor Without Integrity is one Patrol Officer's personal journey across the "thin blue line" of the Los Angeles Police Department. Set in the backdrop of South Central Los Angeles, Officer Bentley and his partner do whatever it takes to arrest, book and ensure convictions of dangerous gang members. As a subplot, they also do whatever it takes to make the late nights more exciting and pleasurable on a person level. It is dramatic personal testimony and insight offered in a manner that is intriguing, intense and at times humorous. "My training and experience gave me the confidence that I could justity pulling over anyone I pleased. I'm certain I could have justified stopping a car driven by civil rights attorney Johnny Cochran, with Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Jesse jackson as passengers, solely because I felt like it. Like it or not, every person driving through South Central LA is fair game." Books may be purchased on Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com. Available by request at all Borders, Waldens and Barnes and Noble Bookstores. Click on image to purchase Hit Me Once, Hit Me Twice examines the dating history of a woman who matured from a young girl that was attracted to possessive boys, into a woman who became involved with verbally and physically abusive men. The book also gives helpful tips on how to survive abusive relationships. Hit Me Once, Hit Me Twice begins each chapter with interviews of actual police officers. In addition, the author gives readers a unique inside view of domestic violence from a patrol officer’s perspective. Hit Me Once, Hit Me Twice provides readers with important information on restraining orders, crime reports relating to domestic violence, key words victims should use when speaking to the police and what physical evidence victims should point out during battery investigations. The author wants to reach young women before the police are needed.

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