"Honor" Above All Else
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Former deputy writes expose on law enforcement
Walton County gets its own chapter.
By Gwen Break
Dennis Wise served the Walton County Sheriff?s Office as a public information officer but what he saw there and in other areas of law enforcement left him with ?a sick feeling in my stomach.?
Wise has written a book that describes in detail some of the things he feels the public needs to know about law enforcement.
?Honor Above All Else: Removing the Veil of Secrecy,? crosses the blue wall of silence. Wise said it was written to ?bring light to the darkness.?
?I felt the corruption and abuse of absolute power had to be made known,? said Wise.
Wise said he left the Walton County Sheriff?s Office with a good feeling towards the sheriff and the office, but with more than 30 years of experience in law enforcement in south Florida, he got tired of the cover ups and wrong doing he saw.
Wise said he wrote about what he saw while at the Sheriff?s Office but most of the book is dedicated to the other places where he worked prior to coming to Walton County.
?Walton County is not an isolated case. It was included because I just happen to live in Walton County and worked here for a period of time,? said Wise.
He said the Walton County Sheriff?s Office has some ?hard working wonderful people,? but that he took his oath of offi ce seriously and could not abide some of the things he saw. Those things, he said, are in the book.
?People are afraid to come forward. They will lose their job,? said Wise.
Wise said the book is for mature audiences and the stories told are done so with some humor and are ?stranger than fi ction.?
?You couldn?t make this stuff up,? said wife Shelia.
Wise said he hopes everyone in Walton County will read the book, which will be available online on Nov. 30 (www.honoraboveallelse. org).
He said there is only one way corruption can be cured. ?You elected them. Get together and have them removed,? said Wise.
Wise is doing a book signing at Bad Ass Coffee on Old U.S. Highway 98 on Dec. 2, noon to 4 p.m.
The only comment from Sheriff Ralph Johnson about the book came from his public information offi ce.
?It?s fi ctional reading. He can say what he likes. Good luck with the book,? said Lt. Bryan A. Maule Jr., public information offi cer for Walton County Sheriff?s Offi ce.
The week prior to the book?s release, some lawn ornaments were stolen from Wise?s house in South Walton but Wise refused to think it was anything but a common theft.
?I think it just happened. My wife though, thinks it?s too much of a coincidence,? said Wise with a small smile.
Walton County gets its own chapter.
By Gwen Break
Dennis Wise served the Walton County Sheriff?s Office as a public information officer but what he saw there and in other areas of law enforcement left him with ?a sick feeling in my stomach.?
Wise has written a book that describes in detail some of the things he feels the public needs to know about law enforcement.
?Honor Above All Else: Removing the Veil of Secrecy,? crosses the blue wall of silence. Wise said it was written to ?bring light to the darkness.?
?I felt the corruption and abuse of absolute power had to be made known,? said Wise.
Wise said he left the Walton County Sheriff?s Office with a good feeling towards the sheriff and the office, but with more than 30 years of experience in law enforcement in south Florida, he got tired of the cover ups and wrong doing he saw.
Wise said he wrote about what he saw while at the Sheriff?s Office but most of the book is dedicated to the other places where he worked prior to coming to Walton County.
?Walton County is not an isolated case. It was included because I just happen to live in Walton County and worked here for a period of time,? said Wise.
He said the Walton County Sheriff?s Office has some ?hard working wonderful people,? but that he took his oath of offi ce seriously and could not abide some of the things he saw. Those things, he said, are in the book.
?People are afraid to come forward. They will lose their job,? said Wise.
Wise said the book is for mature audiences and the stories told are done so with some humor and are ?stranger than fi ction.?
?You couldn?t make this stuff up,? said wife Shelia.
Wise said he hopes everyone in Walton County will read the book, which will be available online on Nov. 30 (www.honoraboveallelse. org).
He said there is only one way corruption can be cured. ?You elected them. Get together and have them removed,? said Wise.
Wise is doing a book signing at Bad Ass Coffee on Old U.S. Highway 98 on Dec. 2, noon to 4 p.m.
The only comment from Sheriff Ralph Johnson about the book came from his public information offi ce.
?It?s fi ctional reading. He can say what he likes. Good luck with the book,? said Lt. Bryan A. Maule Jr., public information offi cer for Walton County Sheriff?s Offi ce.
The week prior to the book?s release, some lawn ornaments were stolen from Wise?s house in South Walton but Wise refused to think it was anything but a common theft.
?I think it just happened. My wife though, thinks it?s too much of a coincidence,? said Wise with a small smile.
The pilfering of the knome and flamingo a week prior to the release of the book smells like a publicity stunt to me.....
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FYI SHELLEY: They were at the entrance to our front door, they were not gnomes or flamingos........they were angels. They also confiscated two angels off Angel Island.....Who on earth steals ANGELS?? They had been there for six years up 'til we told everyone about the book, then the following night someone (like the thief in the night they were), came and took our statues...... I am as baffled as you......but believe me, I would never say someone took our angels if it were not true......I wish it wasn't. I have been praying that God will lay a burden upon this person(s) heart(s) to know it was wrong, and they will be led to return our angel statues. What would you think if this happened to you???
Sheila Wise P.S. Hope to meet you Sat. at Bad Ass!! (I could have come up with something better than that if I were going for a publicity stunt). Also, when the present PIO from the sheriff's office said it is a fictional book; HE LIED. He OBVIOUSLY has not read the book, and has no clue what he is talking about! Read the book and you will know my husband is an honorable man and would not make up stuff to write in a book entitled....."Honor" Above All Else.:clap_1: :nono1: It's ok, I know you were joking:!:
The pilfering of the knome and flamingo a week prior to the release of the book smells like a publicity stunt to me.....
I don't know about this theft incident being a publicity stunt, but this thread sure is. Four brand spankin' new posters pushing the book and the author making several cheesy, tiring intimations of the book's importance...
Thanks, but I'll read it at the library and then decide if I'll add it to my collection and support the author financially.
Maybe they needed the angels more than you.
Or, maybe the Devil made them do it. Or, maybe they flew off to take care of some official angel business. Where ever they are, I am sure that God is looking out for them. ;-)
Maybe they needed the angels more than you.
Thank you so much for making me feel better and telling the ladies at the book club about the book. I sincerely hope this gets posted to your box; this is the first time Dennis and I have used the message board and it seems we ended up posting our replies WRONG and ChrisV thinks we did it on purpose as ANOTHER "publicity stunt" by it showing up in separate boxes! Dennis and I would like for those interested in buying the book to join us at the signing at Bad Ass........but, we don't won't anyone to think we are trying to force them into buying the book.....that's just crazy talk! We hope to see all INTERESTED persons at the signing. Hope to see you there......Sheila
P.S. I would still like to see the person(s) who took our angels have a change of heart and return them.....or if they flew away on a mission from God that they would come home soon too!!!
This forum is for shameless plugs anyway, so don't let it bother you. It's just another form of advertising. ;-)
Wow! I'm feeling downright ecstatic now! Thank you. Glad everyone's not mad at me for it taking a week for me to figure the darn thing out.
Sheila :roll: I do want my angels back . I think I'lll just
chill! Yeah, that's me!!