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For 38 years, Jim Simone patrolled Cleveland's Second Police District, a drug-plagued area with one of the highest violent crime rates in the nation. Called "Supercop" by the media (a nickname he dislikes), Simone generated headlines and public interest on a scale not seen since Eliot Ness searched for Cleveland's Torso Murderer in the 1930s.Simone worked primarily in traffic enforcement—the riskiest assignment for a cop—and never shied from danger. He was stabbed, clubbed, run over, and shot. He traded gunfire a dozen times, killing five people in the line of duty. All of his shootings were ruled justifiable. Driven by a ferocious work ethic, Simone's arrest rates were 500 to 600 percent higher than the department average. Despite Simone's numerous shoot-outs, he is an advocate of police restraint. In __Badge 387__, author Rob Sberna describes how Simone and other law enforcement experts analyze the dynamics of deadly force encounters, including the Tamir Rice and Michael Brown shootings, and discusses how similar situations can be resolved non-lethally. Clearly, this is a timely exploration of an issue featured regularly in today's headlines.__Badge 387__ recounts the brave explo

Who reads Badge 387: The Story of Jim Simone, America's Most Decorated Cop (True Crime History)?

Author

Robert Sberna

Publisher

Black Squirrel Books, a trade imprint of the Kent State University Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781606352885

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, Memoir, Fiction

Rating

4.33 / 5 (12 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14