NO EASY RIDE Reflections on My Life in the RCMP Ian T. Parsons On July 3, 1961, Ian Parsons reported to RCMP Depot Division in Regina as a raw recruit. It was the beginning of a 33-year adventure that took him from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island and many points between. By the time he retired with the rank of inspector, Parsons had a policeman’s trunk full of colourful stories and insightful observations that he now shares in this memoir. Parsons writes candidly of his many roles within the RCMP, from postings in rural detachments, where he dealt with diverse policing issues, to stints teaching at the Canadian Police College in Ottawa and at the RCMP Academy in Regina. Always an independent thinker, Parsons lectured sometimes-resistant RCMP senior officers on the adoption of new ways and helped introduce programs to modernize recruit training and make it more relevant to the demands of a rapidly changing Canadian society. In recent years, Parsons has observed the troubled state and tarnished reputation of his beloved force as it faces crisis after crisis. Against the entertaining backdrop of his life in red serge, he gives a thoughtful assessment of things gone wrong in the iconic institution and identifies the drastic steps necessary to save it. Memoir Heritage House • May 5.5 x 8.5, 240 pages, b/w photos 978-1-927527-16-0 • paperback • $19.95 Ian T. Parsons was born in Kamsack, Saskatchewan. Formally trained as a musician, he 978-1-927527-17-7 • epub • $9.99 joined the Lord Strathcona’s Horse Regimental Band in Calgary, Alberta, and in 1961 he 978-1-927527-18-4 • epdf • $9.99 enlisted with the RCMP. During his 33 years with the force, he served in many capacities, Author’s home: British Columbia, Canada including as an academic instructor, researcher and management trainer. As an inspector, RIGHTS: World he coordinated complex policing entities. He has worked in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, BISAC: Newfoundland, Manitoba and BC. Ian has a BA from Carleton University, majoring in BIO027000: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/ psychology and law, and holds certificates in general and advanced police studies from the Law Enforcement Canadian Police College. He lives in Courtenay, BC. MARKETING & PROMO • National and regional marketing campaign targeting major daily newspapers, broadcast media and online communities as well as magazines such as BC BookWorld, British Columbia Magazine, The Gazette, Georgia Straight, Canada’s History, etc. • Online marketing and promotion via Facebook and Twitter • Excerpts, electronic galleys and co-op available HERITAGEHOUSE.CA 1 A CAIT MORGAN MYSTERY THE COrpSE WITH THE GOLDEN NOSE Cathy Ace The second book in the Cait Morgan Mysteries brings overindulgent foodie and crim- inologist Cait Morgan to the vineyards of British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley. A world-famous vintner is dead. 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