title: Please God, Don't Let My Badge Tarnish: One Man's Courage To Take A Stand!
author:  Kevin LaChapelle 
description: Kevin LaChapelle is the head of the Special Investigations Agency in Southern California, a nonprofit organization he created to help communities throughout the United States rid their towns of corruption in public officials.
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  [![cover image](9780062569516_coverimage.jpg)](nav.xhtml#ncover)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [![title page](9780062569516_tpimage.jpg)](nav.xhtml#ntitle-page)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # [Dedication](nav.xhtml#nde1)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For those who wear the badge.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # [Epigraph](nav.xhtml#nep2)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.
  
  
  —André Malraux
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Cover](cover.xhtml#cover)
  
  
  * [Title Page](title_page.xhtml#title-page)
  
  
  * [Dedication](Dedication.xhtml#de1)
  
  
  * [Epigraph](Epigraph.xhtml#ep2)
  
  
  * [Contents](nav.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Chapter 1](Chapter_One.xhtml#ch3)
  
  
  * [Chapter 2](Chapter_Two.xhtml#ch4)
  
  
  * [Chapter 3](Chapter_Three.xhtml#ch5)
  
  
  * [Chapter 4](Chapter_Four.xhtml#ch6)
  
  
  * [Chapter 5](Chapter_Five.xhtml#ch7)
  
  
  * [Chapter 6](Chapter_Six.xhtml#ch8)
  
  
  * [Chapter 7](Chapter_Seven.xhtml#ch9)
  
  
  * [Chapter 8](Chapter_Eight.xhtml#ch10)
  
  
  * [Chapter 9](Chapter_Nine.xhtml#ch11)
  
  
  * [Chapter 10](Chapter_Ten.