Ingrid Dean - Spirit of the Badge: 60 True Police Stories of Divine Guidance, Miracles & Intuition

T OPAZ H EART P UBLISHING
Traverse City, Michigan

Disclaimer: While the content of this book is based on actual experiences, some names and other details have been changed to protect individual rights to privacy. Topaz Heart Publishing nor the author take responsibility for the accuracy of the stories as depicted by the contributors. Nothing in this book is meant to replace good, quality, police investigation. Rather all these experiences suggest that we may not know everything. It is a suggestion that some things are not what they appear to be. Psychologists would probably agree that even perceptions are still somewhat of a mystery in our human evolution.

Copyright 2009 Ingrid P. Dean

Illustrations 2009 Ingrid P. Dean

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Dean, Ingrid P.

Spirit of the badge : 60 true police stories of divine guidance, miracles, amp; intuition / Ingrid P. Dean Traverse City, Mich. : Topaz Heart Pub., c2009.

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ISBN: 978-0-9820824-0-9

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To Michael Curtis, my uncle and a famous artist, who told me long ago that color was nothing but refracted light to be spread to the world unconditionally by all.

A human being is part of the whole, called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences his thoughts and feelings as something separate from the resta kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal decisions and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

Albert Einstein

T he experience of interconnected consciousness has been held as significant for thousands of years, yet it is not accepted as a mutually agreed upon reality. Because of irresolvable personal, religious, and intellectual conflictsstemming from deeply held convictions about the makeup of lifewe have only gradually developed ways of exploring the truth of our innermost nature.

This book is a creative compilation of unusual, moving, and exceptional moments experienced by police officers in their daily work. These moments imply we are interconnected. Law enforcement officers represent a small portion of our world population, but like other groups and professional families, they are sometimes regarded negatively as separate, apart, robotic, authoritarian, ego-maniacs, etc.I could come up with many more adjectives that are pejorative.

I suggest that police officers are not separate from you. Police officers are human beings who, consciously or unconsciously, choose to serve people for the common good. Hence, this heartfelt collection of true stories is an attempt to help untangle some of the illusory misconceptions and boundaries that have been created between police officers and the general public.

I believe that our goal as a human race is to share a greater sense of belonging together and to realize that we are all interrelated. If we are able to heighten our sense of connection to a larger whole, then a new level of shared intelligence, respect, compassion, and creativity will begin to emerge among everyone.

May we all contribute to the common goal of oneness in some small way. Thank you to all my fellow police associates and friends who entrusted me with their remarkable stories.

In heartfelt gratitude,

Ingrid

P ublication of this book was made possible by the collective contributions of many active and retired police officers, their friends, and families. Special thanks are due to the Michigan Department of State Police and Retired Colonel Tadarial Sturdivant for supporting and approving my request to research police experiences for my Masters Degree in Transpersonal Studies. This book is the final result of an exciting, atypical, culminating school project.

My heartfelt thanks to all the law enforcement officers and staff from agencies around the country who contributed personal interviews, written letters, emails, and photographs to produce this extraordinary collection of stories. The camaraderie and enthusiasm among police officers never ceases to amaze me. I was contacted by many officers I had never met before, in addition to those I was acquainted with. I can not express enough thanks and gratitude to all of you for your honesty, courage, and openness in sharing such personal experiences for people to read. Thank you for granting me your permission to print stories that are so rarely shared with the public. You have been my greatest street teachers for almost twenty years!

Blessings to all the academic teachers in my life, who encouraged and supported me throughout this project: Drs. Frank and Shelley Takai, Drs. Mark and Mary Thurston, Dr. Henry Reed, and Greg Deming. I am especially grateful to Dr. Michael Mirdad, who came up with excellent ideas for my initial research project and who unconditionally served as an energetic healer and teacher to me for the last four years.

Many thanks to all of my spiritual life teachers, past and present, who directly, indirectly, and synchronistically contributed their energy and strength for this book to happen. I am indebted to my oldest hands-on spiritual teachers, Michael and Beth Stone, who prepared me to write a book like this. Most recently, I thank Bodhi Avinasha, Larry Melamerson, Richard and Antoinette Asimus, and again, Michael Mirdad, for their insights into Kriya Yoga and spiritual awareness. Through yoga they have taught me the value of circulating life force energy for personal healing and rejuvenation. Without them, Im not sure this book would have ever happened!

I sincerely thank my mother, Dr. Caroline Dunlap, for the initial editing she provided.

I thank my sister, Ellen Driesbaugh, and my best friend, Linda McCleary, for their enthusiasm, support, and insight.

And special thanks to Mary Jo Zazueta of To the Point Solutions, who edited the final manuscript and beautifully designed, in style and composition, both my school presentation and this final publication.

In addition to the author, the following law enforcement officers and advocates, active and retired, contributed one or more stories to this publication. The author gratefully acknowledges these individuals for permission to include their material and also thanks those whose stories did not get selected due to space and other considerations.