Thanks to all the wonderful people at Hachette Book Group. Tremendous thanks to Krishan Trotman and Mauro DiPreta. To my friend and colleague Ron Harris, you now know me better than most. You were amazing to work with. I learned so much from you and thank you for accompanying me on our journey.
To Carol Mann and Malaika Adero: You believed and we achieved.
To Louise Ballard and Lorita Holley, thank you for sharing your husbands with the world.
To James Golden, Dr. Robi Ludwig, Joey Jackson, Andre Anderson, Pastor Victor Medina, Coach Joe Purzycki, Pastor Frank Burton, Linda Spaight, Dr. Towanna Freeman, Dalton Price, Elliott Weinstein, Myron Cox, Harry Cooke, Keith Glover, Jerome Hatfield, Nathaniel Jones, Victor Williams, Florence Chung and Shannon Wilkinson, Dr. Joseph Devine, Greg McCurdy, Grayling Williams, Al Berrios, Larry Washington, Drew and Kate Lewis, Ron Rivera, Dana Nichols, James Hairston, Tracy Harris, Gerard Wilcher, Kent and Songa Montford, Robert Botelho, Brian Glynn, Joe Bryant, Delaware State University, Gerard Harris, Elena Gonzalez, Kendra Tyson, Tonya Cauley-Scott, Willi and Karla Ellison, John and Lisa Ross, the Reverend Jesse Chester and the Reverend Eddie Lake, Karen Dorough, Kelvin Crenshaw, Michael Horace, Larry Ford, Jeffrey Fulton, Justin Benaugh, Ohaji Abdallah, Kenneth Spann, Debra Bressaw and Jamsheed Arjomand, Delano Reid, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rich and Sandra Richard, Mike and Clara Colbert, Larry Ford, Tommie Bosley, Gary Lewis, Jeanne Fox-Alston, the Chicago Skaters, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Constance Hester, Richard Rose, Dr. Adrienne Bradford, LaTeisha Larkins, Andrew Grubin, Tricia Bayley, Delford Jimmerson, St. Sabina Catholic Church, Dr. Rock, Emmitt Jordan, Andrew Cutraro, Geraldine Harris, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, Scott Tennyson, Melvin Graham, David Sherman, Clark Atlanta University, Police Executive Research Forum, Joel and Tina Willis, David Carson, Robert Cohen, Noel Greenwood, Charles Adams, James Willis, James Harris, Phillip Dixon, Lorenzo Boyd, Jake Oliver, Howard University, John Batiste, Tom Masters, Arch City Defenders, Steven Woods, Dan Satterberg, Joanne Suder, John Crawford Jr., Maxine Birdsong, Kirk Montague, Larry Washington, Rebecca Gorely, Michael Wright, Tony Rice, Luke Rommel, Van Brooks, Reverend Sammy Vaughan, Marcellus Edwards, Terry Langen, Tim Borchers Esq., Debbie Bullock, Charles Humphrey, Carolyn Williams, Jeffrey Fulton, Charles and Carol Reed, Robert Moskaitis, Joyce Breassure, Tonya Cauley-Scott, Paul Schmick, Cecilia Molinari, Sheryl Axelrod, Brian Mallory, Pamela Liflander, and the scores of people who were gracious enough to share their time and their stories.
To my family, Dawn, Courtney, and Matthew, you are the wind beneath my wings. To Mom Elaine, thank you for your love and support. Dad, rest in peace. I hope I’ve made you proud. And to Will and Maureen, I am eternally grateful for your support.