Dec 8, 2023 | A Day In My Life
A day in my life? I’m a cop. A day in my life usually means it’s the last day of someone else’s. I’m Detective Harriet Foster. I work homicide for the Chicago Police Department. My partner Det. Vera Li and I were called out early this morning to a parking garage a...
Sep 6, 2023 | A Day In My Life
I am fortunate to have another day. Every day could be your last on a patrol. A warning our sheriff reminds us of at the top of every shift. As the only female Taos Pueblo deputy tasked with our portion of the region, the warning to be vigilant rings in my ears as I...
Sep 4, 2023 | A Day In My Life
The day started like every other. I stopped by Randy’s Donuts in Pasadena to pick-up a half-dozen and two take-out coffees, drove to the convenience store parking lot at the corner of Valley Boulevard and Highbury Avenue, and waited for Sid, my confidential informant,...
Aug 18, 2023 | A Day In My Life
My name is Gwen Maner, and my days are spent working a job I’m not prepared for, caring for my daughter as a single mom, and hanging with my new bestie, Nicola. It’s certainly not the life I expected, but after my husband died of a heart attack three months ago, I had...