Uncovering the Untold Struggles Behind the Badge: A Riveting Journey Through Duty, Marriage, and Family
Generously, The Badge Between Us invites you to eat that graduation cake and peer over that edge. So, for several evenings this spring I sat at my dining room table doing just that, indulging in the deliciousness of Dwyer’s unfettered state of mind, while contemplating how serving your passions, by the forkful, can simultaneously confuse your soul.
I mostly read to contemplate and forget the unopened envelopes on my dining room table.
One of the more memorable sides of this book is that The Son of Sam, serial killer David Berkowitz, bookends this story. Berkowitz’s 1977 killing spree provides Dwyer with the motivation to become a cop and protect the public safety, but it’s one of the book’s final scenes, when Dwyer interviews the infamous Son of Sam, in prison, that showcases Dwyer’s masterful prose: “How could Berkowitz, the boogeyman of my youth, have found his faith in prison, while I struggled to hold on to mine?” The chapter, “Meeting Sam,” deepens Dwyer’s work from chasm to canyon. Here he writes with an atypical candor and vulnerability compared to previous pages, and in doing so reveals his own trepidations and regrets. Mentionable: If you’re a fan of the Netflix show Mindhunter, you’ll revel in “Meeting Sam.”
