{"product_id":"tattered-when-the-blue-line-frays","title":"Tattered: When the Blue Line Frays","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTattered: When the Blue Line Frays\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA single incident lasting seconds can unravel a career built over decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn a summer afternoon in Charleston, a foot pursuit ended in a chaotic arrest. Within days, a routine police report became the center of a criminal investigation, an Internal Affairs inquiry, and a chain of decisions that would ultimately cost Lieutenant Rusty Myers his badge after twenty-three years at an institution he trusted and dedicated his life to.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTattered\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is not just the story of an investigation. It is the story of what happens to a person when identity, reputation, and purpose collapse all at once.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdministrative leave becomes isolation.\u003cbr\u003eSilence replaces camaraderie.\u003cbr\u003eThe fight to clear a name becomes a fight simply to survive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith unflinching honesty, Myers recounts the psychological toll of accusation, the slow unraveling of professional trust, institutional betrayal, and the moment he realized he had become the very person suicide-prevention training warns about.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut this is not a story about defeat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is a story about resilience, faith, and rebuilding a life when the institution you served no longer stands beside you. Drawing on lived experience inside the system, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTattered\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores leadership, accountability, and the human cost of organizational decisions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart memoir, part leadership reflection, and part survival story, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTattered\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers a rare inside look at the emotional reality of modern policing—and the quiet strength required to endure when everything you built begins to fray.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor police officers, leaders, and anyone who has faced the collapse of reputation or purpose, this book asks a difficult question:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen the uniform comes off, who are you still able to become?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914691240127,"sku":"85c315f6-a702-4a53-b7d3-f2b2f05b2664","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/0236e49b70edce39b2d81f5d1248b0c4.jpg?v=1785060756","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/tattered-when-the-blue-line-frays","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}