Comments on: Medically and Psychologically Ruinous https://www.isegoria.net/2014/03/medically-and-psychologically-ruinous/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:29:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Bill https://www.isegoria.net/2014/03/medically-and-psychologically-ruinous/comment-page-1/#comment-1178707 Bill Sun, 30 Mar 2014 16:12:59 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34449#comment-1178707 Has this always been true? I was just thinking that my favorite modern-day detectives, like Lucas Davenport and Harry Bosch, are both troubled dark characters, and it’s obvious that it’s their experiences as police officers that propel their journeys into personal darkness. Both John Sandford and Michael Connelly were deeply embedded police reporters before they were fiction writers.

But three generations ago, I’m not convinced that the detective heroes were deeply troubled as a result of their work. Maybe it’s because Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot were consulting detectives, and not police officers, and were basically intellectual problem solvers. I don’t think either Doyle or Christie spent that kind of time with real police detectives.

Has it always been this difficult for police officers?

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