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The Journey to Midnight: An undercover officer's path from suicide to redemption Paperback – Sept. 8 2021
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"The souls that have seen the darkest days can shine the brightest light"
God wasn't finished with him. Matt Griffin scheduled his suicide for midnight. He was tired and exhausted. But this wouldn’t be a rushed event. He’d planned his earthly exit so none of his four sons would find him, and that his death would ensure they had a better life without him.
A father, a former Navy Search and Rescue Swimmer, law enforcement officer, an undercover cop who spent years pretending to be someone he was not, Matt decided he had nothing left to offer his ex-wife, his family, his friends, or his community. But God had bigger plans — and a chance phone call only hours before he decided he’d crawl into his SUV and put his gun to his head, stopped him in his tracks, and changed his life and the lives of thousands of others.
The Journey to Midnight is Matt Griffin’s memoir about his childhood journey from the inner city and poverty, to a lacrosse scholarship at Morristown-Beard, one of the richest, most prestigious high schools in the country, to the US Navy, then a career as a law enforcement officer and undercover cop. Matt shares the heartbreak of divorce, the joy of single fatherhood, the dark streets of the drug world, and the thing that almost killed him, and killed 228 police officers in 2019, and continues to kill 22 military veterans per day - SUICIDE.
- Print length278 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateSept. 8 2021
- Dimensions15.24 x 1.6 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-101736729802
- ISBN-13978-1736729809
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- Publisher : Griffin Publishing (Sept. 8 2021)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 278 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1736729802
- ISBN-13 : 978-1736729809
- Item weight : 376 g
- Dimensions : 15.24 x 1.6 x 22.86 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,075,647 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,076 in Law Enforcement Biographies & Memoirs
- #36,485 in Practical & Motivational Self Help
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About the author
One life, One legacy.
Matt Griffin is a six year US Navy veteran and fifteen-year law enforcement veteran specializing in narcotic-related investigations. Matt began in the Navy in 1997 and in 2001 certified as Search and Rescue swimmer where he conducted counter drug operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom dismantling cartel members from delivering more than a metric ton of cocaine to the US. Matt started his police career with the Virginia Beach Police Department in August of 2003. He was assigned to the 3rd precinct where he received several accolades including the Class Act Award for initiative and motivation. Matt’s expertise in patrol narcotics earned him a certification in Virginia Beach Criminal and Superior Court as an expert witness in narcotics packaging, distribution and sales.
In February of 2007, Matt began working with the Keene, NH Police Department where continued his work in narcotics by assisting with the NH Drug Task Force. In 2010, Matt was assigned as a School Resource Officer at a local high school. Based on his experience, Matt drafted the New Hampshire state policy on Cyber Bullying. Matt traveled across NH, presenting to various agencies and school boards how to effectively combat cyberbullying in schools.
In 2013, Matt transitioned back to patrol where he led the police department in arrests for two consecutive years. During that time, Matt also received a Life Saving Award for his decisive actions in administering lifesaving first aid to a young female.
In November of 2015, Matt was selected to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Drug Task Force where he worked an undercover capacity. Over the past few years, New Hampshire’s opioid addiction and fentanyl crisis has claimed the lives of over 1000 residents state wide. Matt’s Drug Task Force has investigated dozens of fentanyl-related overdoses and continues to combat the deadly drug by educating the public and conducting undercover operations targeting the sources. In 2016, Matt was awarded a New Hampshire State Police Commendation for his arrests and seizures in 2016.
In 2017, Matt retired from the Keene NH Police Department with the desire to share his story and help end the stigma that surrounds mental health awareness in our first responder communities.
Today Matt is a national speaker, mentor, and consultant who wants to change the culture around mental health and police, members of the military, Emergency Services, and Fire Fighters. The very people protecting society are the ones least likely to get the help they need and deserve because of a culture that stigmatizes PTSD, compassion burnout, and addiction. He didn’t just find love and the light. He found God. And now he wants to make sure other officers, emergency services personnel, and veterans know they’re loved, there’s light, and suicide is not the answer.