Second Chance

The author, Joe Hawk is a dedicated law enforcement officer. He gave forty-two {42} years to his law enforcement career; first starting in New York City, patrolling the streets and subways. From time to time, he was tasked to train recruits, and fellow police officers in firearms. He was tasked with writing a police officer test whereby, he was sworn in as a New York City, Police Personnel Examiner. In addition, he was tasked to write a job analysis, what a police officer does on a routine basis; this was the prerequisite for the police physical agility test. He was promoted to sergeant whereby, he trained new recruits in stakeout and surveillance techniques. He supervised newly appointed recruit officers on a nightly basis during 8 p.m. to 4:00 A.M tour of duty. Joe Hawk made numerous outstanding arrests, which are featured in his first book,” It's What We Do”. He supervised a twelve {12} man team for four {4} years while he was a sergeant, with the Task Force accounting for over 7,000 arrests and the issuance of over 43,000 summonses. He acquired numerous medals over the years and was Officer of the Month twice. He only missed about ten {10} days’ work, sick time, throughout his career. Second Chance gave him the opportunity to continue doing what he loved to do, being a police officer. He had a most rewarding career with the Palm Beach P.D., despite the pitfalls that he encountered during his first eleven years. He was a model officer for other officers, displaying moral courage and leadership abilities, while fighting an uphill battle of favoritism and retaliation. Officers came to him for answers instead of going to their immediate supervisors. Most of the officers called him “Doctor.”