Hero To Zero 2nd edition by Fortier Zach

Author:Fortier, Zach [Fortier, Zach]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: autobiography, bad cops, Criminals, police, Ann Rule, Gang Crime, True Crime, cop criminals, zach fortier, Crime, Cops, Street Crime
Publisher: Steele Shark Press
Published: 2013-11-09T22:00:00+00:00

I ATTENDED POLICE ACADEMY AT a satellite location. It was located at a college that had contracted with the state police academy to provide the same courses as the actual academy, but at a remote location. The coursework and academics were the same, but they were taught by local state-certified cops.

This was where I met Dan Arnold. Dan was a state-certified arrest-control instructor, and a black belt in aikido. He was one of four local cops hand- picked by the director of the police academy to teach the arrest-control course.

On the first day of arrest-control class, we lined up in six rows, and the four veteran cops made us do pushups until we could not do them anymore. I noticed right away that none of them did pushups. It was not going to be a lead-by-example class. The motto of the class became, “Do as I say, not as I do.”

We were “worked out” by the four cops non-stop until we all were covered with sweat and some of us puked. Dan stood with his arms folded and watched. Later, on our hourly breaks, he would take out his martial-arts staff and dance around the room in mock combat with an imaginary opponent. In the brief five-minute break, we watched him break into a profuse sweat while he defeated his imaginary foe. He was that special.

Several years passed, and I was now at the same department as the four arrest-control instructors who had worked us out years before. Dan was now one of my field training officers. He was as enthusiastic working as an FTO as he had been in the arrest control class. He offered a lot of wind, smoke, and mirrors, but not a lot of action or help.

Finally, however, Dan found his place in the department. He put in for a transfer and was granted a slot in the department’s traffic division.

Traffic enforcement fit Dan like a glove. It came naturally to him. In, traffic Dan rose to the occasion like he had never done before as a cop. He applied himself almost from day one. After a brief period of time, he was recognized for his efforts in DUI enforcement, and even received recognition at the state level for the impact he had in identifying and arresting drunk drivers. From there, Dan went on to obtain the department’s first Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) certification. Dan sailed through the certification effortlessly.

This was a noteworthy accomplishment. Several others had attempted to get the certification and had been unable to do so. The classes are long, and it takes a lot of determination to obtain all of the necessary real-world drug observations in the field required to get the certification. Dan was proud of his certificates, and posted them in his office. I was checking them out one day when I noticed he had a diploma that stated that he had graduated with honors with a bachelor’s degree in genetic engineering. I looked at the certificate and thought, Seriously? Genetic engineering?

“So, do you have a Bachelor of Science?” I asked

“NO!” he said.

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