The Cop and The City - Paperback

by Ronald G. Parsley (Author)

This is the second book about the police career of Ronald G. Parsley. This book is fiction, based on historical fact. The story is set in Middletown, Ohio during the years of 1969 to 1975.

Author Biography

Born in 1942 in London Kentucky, we soon moved to Dayton, Ohio. After a few years, we moved to Hamilton, Ohio where my father purchased a home and this is where I grew up. I attended Hamilton Publice Schools. After purchasing another home, we move again out of the city into the county area where I attended the Fairfield Public Schools. I left school in my senior year and married in 1960. The following year, I was a new father unable to secure a good paying job. I returned to high school and graduated from Middletown High School. I was able to secure a position with the Ohio State Highway Patrol as a Drivers License Examiner while I waited for the next patrol academy to start. I had an uncle that was a state trooper and I was always impressed by him. While working at the Hamilton Examining Station, I began to change my mind about becoming a State Trooper. I had discovered that the Sheriff Department appeared to be more of what I was wanting. With the assistance of my uncle, I got the job at the Sheriff Department. I left the Highway Patrol and began my new job as Deputy Sheriff on August 2, 1965. Over the next fifteen years, I also worked for the Middletown Police Department, the Trenton Police Department and The Fairfield Townshop Police Department. Now retired, I'm the proud father of three sons, and six grand children