Former Portland Deputy Chief Joe Loughlin

Ray is joined in studio by Former Portland Deputy Chief Joe Loughlin and Former Portland Detective Bruce Coffin. Joe has co-authored another book with Kate Clark Flora. Shots Fired: The Misunderstandings, Misconceptions, and Myths about Police Shootings is a journey “behind the shield” which highlights the experiences of the real human beings in the line of fire. Their first book is Finding Amy: A True Story of Murder in Maine.

Former Portland Detective Bruce Coffin

Bruce has more than twenty-seven years in law enforcement. At the time of his retirement, from the Portland, Maine police department, he supervised all homicide and violent crime investigations for Maine’s largest city. Bruce also spent four years working counter-terrorism with the FBI, where he earned the Director’s Award, the highest honor a non-agent can receive. Bruce’s debut novel, Among The Shadows, and his follow-up, Beneath the Depths, the first two novels in the John Byron Mystery Series from HarperCollins Publishers, have been well-received by fans and critics alike. The third novel in the series, tentatively titled Beyond the Truth, is now available for advance purchase in digital format.
Part 1-4: Ray listens to stories the boys are telling. Ray, Bruce and Joe talk about how society has de-humanized police. Departments all over the country are down in personnel and the boys discuss some of the reasons why.