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Carrie’s memoir about her first 156 ride-along hours with the Mobile Police Department, FRAGMENTS OBSERVED: LESSONS LEARNED ON PATROL, is available now in paperback and e-book.
(Since June 2025, she’s been blogging about her MPD rides and continues to do so. Find the articles here.)



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Check out a video slideshow Carrie made of all the MPD names at The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington D.C.



You can purchase books through The Haunted Book Shop in downtown Mobile, Alabama.

Or find the links for all Carrie’s books at your favorite sites/apps here.

Readers in the USA can order signed copies direct from Carrie on her Square shop.