Signal 50/48

"Signal 50/48"-Person shot! Person dead!This is no ordinary police radio distress call."Signal 50/48" Killing Atlanta's Finest! is no ordinary book. In the eulogistic follow-up to his autobiographical debut, "Signal 63" Officer Needs Help!, Captain Harold B. Goldhagen (ret.) delivers yet another gripping account of life and death as a big-city police officer. Paying tribute to fallen members of the law enforcement community, "Signal 50/48" Killing Atlanta's Finest! chronicles twenty-eight separate cases of police homicides in Atlanta, dating back to 1960. Once again armed with indisputable truth, Goldhagen shifts his focus from the history of the collective to the tragedy of the individual. Three years of painstaking research has rendered privileged, page-turning insight into the morbid circumstances surrounding the sickening murders of City of Atlanta police officers. Rich with personal details of each of the victims, official crime scene reports, and interviews with surviving family members and colleagues, "Signal 50/48" Killing Atlanta's Finest! is authentic nonfiction from an uncommonly credible source of authority. Taking you to each crime scene, "Signal 50/48" is the collected nonfiction accounts of the twenty-eight Atlanta police officers who were intentionally shot and killed in the line of duty going back to 1960. Each chapter tells the personal story of the individual officer and the details surrounding the incident of his/ her murder, and the effect on those closest to them. Harold B. Goldhagen is a veteran Atlanta police officer, retired as a captain after thirty years of service. This is his second nonfiction book about the Atlanta Police Department. He lives with his wife and family in suburban Atlanta.