From the case files of Cpl. Chad Jensen (Ret.)

One overtime shift at the Los Angeles County Fair became a years-long battle with the system he had sworn his life to. This is the true story, told by the man who lived it.

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Exhibit A · The Promise

Part memoir and part exposé, Badge Under Fire raises urgent questions about accountability within law enforcement and federal agencies, offering an unvarnished look at how easily justice can be manipulated and how much it can cost to fight back.

Case file // Los Angeles County

The night everything changed

File 01 · The Night

A routine overtime shift at the L.A. County Fair. Sugar-rushed kids, rowdy adults, and one call to the busiest corner of the fairground. An arrest he knew was by the book.

File 02 · The Betrayal

An excessive-force accusation. A fraudulent investigation, headed by corrupt federal agents willing to do anything to put him behind bars, and a police chief who refused to stand behind his own corporal.

File 03 · The Fight

Isolated from his colleagues, Chad held the line with his family, his friends, and his partner on the force, Prince, and refused to let the truth be buried.

Cpl. Jensen on patrol

Why this story matters

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Told firsthand

Not a reporter's reconstruction. Every page comes from the man who wore the badge.

Inside the badge

What a use-of-force investigation actually looks like from the officer's side of the table.

Corruption, documented

A rare account of a fraudulent FBI investigation and a malicious prosecution, laid out in the open.

Raw and honest

The fear, the isolation, the doubt. Nothing polished away, nothing spun.

Cpl. Jensen on a SWAT callout

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Built like evidence

A book made to sit under a desk lamp at midnight: gunmetal, bronze, and grain, straight from the cover of the case itself.

  • Matte gunmetal cover with photographic grain
  • Title stamped in distressed bronze foil color
  • Cream page block
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The details

Title
Badge Under Fire: A Fight for Truth
Author
Cpl. Chad Jensen (Ret.)
Publisher
Ballast Books
ISBN
978-1-966786-82-5
Length
233 pages
Editions
Softcover · Hardcover · E-book · Audiobook
Events
True events · Los Angeles County, California
Language
English