And Then We Die

With the addition of Joseph Butts’ And Then We Die, Police-Writers.com now lists 2437 books authored by 1116 US state and local law enforcement officials.


During his over twenty-eight year law enforcement career, Detective Joseph L. Butts, worked for the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office (Wisconsin). Joseph Butts worked assignments in the courts, uniformed patrol, the bicycle detail and the detective bureau. He was the first African American Sheriff’s Deputy to be assigned regular patrol duties in several south suburban communities of Milwaukee county; and, the first African American deputy sheriff to be assigned undercover drug assignments in Milwaukee County suburban communities. Moreover, during his career, Joseph L. Butts worked Internal Investigation, the Organized Crime Unit and investigated crimes throughout Milwaukee county. Detective Joseph L. Butts wrote a book about his experiences, Crime and Other Critical Social Ills: As Seen from Behind the Badge and is the author of And Then We Die.

According to the book description of And Then We Die, “This book is based on the actual and true events that happened in both the professional and personal lives of two Milwaukee County Wisconsin law enforcement officers. What they experienced while on duty on a hot summer's night adversely changed the course of their entire professional, personal and family lives. These types of experiences are neither rare nor isolated; they could happen to anyone - but especially to a disproportionate number of men and women who choose to serve as first responders in the professional field of public safety and National Security; for example, the brave men and women who serve in the military units of the United States of America. Incidents of mental illnesses can occur due to stress and worry after experiencing so many cases of inhumanity and brutality, but for some reason these incidents are dealt with covertly and are kept almost top secret where possible.”