The LawDog Files

"You'll enjoy it!" according to Old NFO. I must say I have been reading these shorts since the early 2000s on TFL, and it's great to see them finally collected in a single place. By turns hilarious, poignant, and thought provoking they show the life of a deputy sheriff in small town West Texas, and the miscreants one encounters in the course of duty. It's a defacto trib. Do not read this while drinking unless you like a nasal rinse FrancisT I've read various Lawdog tales on his blog and, along with countless others, have been waiting impatiently for the official bound collection of the lot of them. We now need volume 2 because the current collection of tales just whets the appetite.I particularly commend the tale of the encounter with the hog but none of the tales a. At Long Last!! R. K. Smith An expert storyteller, whose blog I have followed since it first appeared, has finally gathered some of his best stories and brought us The LawDog Files. It matters not if one has law enforcement experience -- these stories grab hold and make the reader pay attention, even while shouting with laughter, or reaching for the tissues

And underlying the humor is an unmistakable sympathy for society's less fortunate - and in most cases, significantly less intelligent - whose encounters with the law are an all-too-frequent affair.. In THE LAWDOG FILES, he chronicles his official encounters with everything from naked bikers, combative eco-warriors, suicidal drunks, respectful methheads, prison tattoo artists, and creepy children to six-foot chickens and lethal chihuahuas.THE LAWDOG FILES range from the bittersweet to the explosively hilarious, as LawDog relates his unforgettable experiences in a laconic, self-deprecating manner that is funny in its own right. The book is more than mere entertainment, it is an education in two English di