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CONTACT: afohara@comcast.net
"Jerry Jimston" was the long-time editor and publisher of The Jimston Journal but would have quickly been
out of a job were it not for the support of his creator, Andy O'Hara. A retired police officer,
Andy has written numerous articles and short stories published on and off-line. Andy was an editor for two
In truth, the Journal and his writing was a period that helped Andy in his healing from a 24 year career as a cop that ended with a severe diagnosis of PTSD and a flirtation with suicide. It helped draw him out of the shell of isolation that comes with the malady and gave new purpose to his life.
With that, it led Andy to a whole new life--the inspiration to work for his fellow police brothers and sisters to help them avoid the same fate, or worse. The result was the foundation of the non-profit Badge of Life program in 2007 that lives today, gathering friends and volunteers and insisting that departments provide not only the best training in weapons use and physical fitness, but in emotional self care so that officers are better equipped to face the daily death, carnage and horror that haunts them over a career of ten, fifteen and thirty years.
No longer need officers suffer in silence. No longer must officers wait until they are at the "breaking point" to receive help. It's a new day, a changing culture, and new ideas are on the horizon.
The Jimston Journal will stay, of course, with its past articles but posting new, ground-breaking articles for the human beings that protect us day and night.
Jerry, wherever you are in your fictional world, thanks for getting me here, today.
CONTACT: afohara@comcast.net
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