Policing in small town America explained in pages

This book is similar to the “Behind and Beyond the Badge” series by Florida retired law enforcement officer Donna Brown as it profiles several public safety professionals in the course of their duties. The key difference, however, is it only focuses on police officers and no other public safety professionals. Nonetheless, John Digirolamo does a good job telling stories worth publicizing in “It’s Not About the Badge” from a law enforcement perspective. Some of the events in this book occurred just after the George Floyd nationwide protests from summer 2020, when many officers felt like they were on life support and had to be conservative on their decision making before a police chief or city mayor pulls the plug on them. Some stories are older but not less interesting. The book only includes six officers, all from small town America, making the argument that even in lesser known jurisdictions, criminals can still be a nuisance.