{"product_id":"9781426957642","title":"The Naked Badge: True Police Experiences: Stranger than Fiction","description":"On a balmy April morning in 1954, James Moore was sworn in as a member of the Toledo Police Academy’s twelfth cadet class and began what would eventually become a twenty-six-year career with a police force intent on fiercely protecting the citizens of its beloved city.  \u003ci\u003eThe Naked Badge\u003c\/i\u003e shares powerful, hard-hitting anecdotes of the realities of Toledo, Ohio, law enforcement that took place from 1950s to the 1970s. With from-the-heart honesty that at times reads like fiction, Moore provides a compelling glimpse into a time when formal training was minimal and outdated; there were no such things as computers, portable radios, bulletproof vests, or air-conditioned vehicles; pay was minimal; and officers worked a forty-eight-hour week. While revealing the stark vulnerabilities of rookie patrolmen, Moore shares real-life cases that disclose his own failures and shortcomings as his career takes him from a patrolman assigned to walking beats in the toughest sections of the city to a veteran captain who prided himself on treating everyone fairly.  \u003ci\u003eThe Naked Badge\u003c\/i\u003e offers an enlightening and entertaining look into the intriguing world of police work during a period of great change in America.","brand":"Trafford Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127386718448,"sku":"9781426957642","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781426957642_p0.jpg?v=1763748389","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781426957642","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}