title: Looking Back: A Police Story
author: David Cole
description: The author retired from the Suffolk County Police Department after thirty years of service. During his career, he was assigned to the Patrol Division and was promoted through the ranks to command: training, investigative and detective sections of the police department. The author is a graduate of the 194th Session of the FBI National Academy and holds a Master's Degree in Criminal Justice. After retiring, the author worked as a military contractor in both Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2015 the author was awarded the Defense of Freedom Medal.
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  # Dirty Heart
  
  
  
  
  
  By Rhys Ford
  
  
  
  
  
  A Cole McGinnis Mystery
  
  
  
  
  
  Former LAPD detective Cole McGinnis’s life nearly ended the day his police
  partner and best friend Ben Pinelli emptied his service weapon into Cole and
  his then-lover, Rick. Since Ben turned his gun on himself, Cole thought he’d
  never find out why Ben tried to destroy him.
  
  
  Years later, Cole has stitched himself back together. Now a private
  investigator and in love with Jae-Min Kim, a Korean-American photographer he
  met on a previous case, Cole’s life is back on track—until he discovers Jeff
  Rollins, a disgraced cop and his first partner, has resurfaced and appears to
  be working on the wrong side of the law.
  
  
  As much as Cole’s fought to put the past behind him, he’s soon tangled up in a
  web of lies, violence, and death. Jeff Rollins is not only trying to kill
  Cole’s loved ones, he is also scraping open old wounds and long-forgotten
  memories of the two men Cole loved and los