"Freeze, Hands up where I can see them." He has said those words a thousand times Being a cop of course he has However, no matter how good his future is His past was dark Theift Arson Drug dealing He did it all Making easy money, at high risks He never thought he'd get caught He thought it'd last forever The easy money The thrill of the escape That is what drew him into that life He thought he'd never get caught They caught him It was while he was in jail That his life began to change It was slow and took a couple of years But it happened When he first got to jail He was like all the other punks in there Started fights Caused trouble Got into fights Slowly he became the one Who stopped the fights and the trouble makers He stated talking to the prison Chaplin more Then one day decided it was time To turn his life around He started acting better But not just Acting, everything about him began to change His additude His personality The way he talked It all changed Finally he was up for perole and was approved He left jail with a new since of perpose A new since of who he was He lived in an apartment and worked at a near by grocery store One day the store got robbed When the robber started to flea He jumped him and held him down untill the cops came He knew this is what he wanted to do He talked to the store manger Who agreed he would make a fine cop The next day He went to the police station and said he wanted to join At first the officer in charge (knowing the man's background) thought he was joking But decided to let him join All through police academy He excelled in every area of the job It looked like he had a bright future ahead of him in law enforement At graduation He graduated with top honors and Was the head of his class Now after all these years He has never second guessed his choice to be a cop Not even when hunting down those he used to call friends He uses his knowledge of the world of crime To help catch the criminals Though his past was dark His future is bright and forever will be His experience and knowledge of the world of crime Has proven quite valuble