I was a serving officer when I accessed a police database to help my love interest who had underworld connections
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Growing up I dreamed of being a police officer. I joined martial arts classes and read everything I could on the subject and then when I turned 19 I joined the force.
It was the best decision I had ever made, until I started to discover that the tools I had to cope with being a police officer weren’t enough. I saw dead bodies, murders, violence. And then I fell in love with the wrong man.