— Chapter 52 —

Deemed Ready for Duty

Being declared ready and actually feeling ready are not always the same. This chapter likely explores the gap between official clearance and the inner work of returning to the badge.

Front page of a newspaper titled 'Selma Times-Journal', dated Wednesday, March 15, 1995, with a headline 'Grand jury clears Dempsey in shooting'.
Scene of a crime investigation outside a residential apartment complex with police officers, crime scene tape, and police vehicles, and several people gathered around.
A human-like sculpture with a muscular build and neutral expression, with colored arrows pointing to different parts of their body, standing in front of a plain wall and cabinet.
Outside view of a beige building with two electric meters on the wall, some vines growing around piping, and a small bush on the right, with dirt ground and some litter.
View from inside a police vehicle looking out through the windshield, with police officers and spectators at a scene marked by yellow police tape outside a residential building.
A crime scene outside a residential house with yellow police tape cordoning off the area. Several evidence markers are numbered 1, 2, and 3, indicating different pieces of evidence on the ground. A police officer stands on the right side of the image, looking away from the scene. Two individuals are working on the scene in the background, near the house. The scene appears to involve some investigation or incident.