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"ref": "2011, Jack W. Snook, Richard B. Gasaway, Tim L. Holman, A Leadership Guide for Volunteer Fire Departments, page 26",
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"ref": "2013, Kevin Opheim, Along for the Ride, page 95",
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"ref": "2017, Darren Burch, Twisted but True",
"text": "One of the benefits of a ride-along for a family member is to give them an opportunity to witness a cop's job firsthand, gaining insight into what we do as law enforcement officers.",
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"ref": "2022, Elaine Biech, ATD's Handbook for Training and Talent Development",
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"ref": "2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 319",
"text": "He had taken her for a dogsbody, a beta fish, a bridesmaid, a ride-along; he had looked right past her, as likely many people did.",
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"ref": "2010, Tyler G. Hicks, 101 Great Mail-Order Businesses",
"text": "Since the dessert advertisement is a ride-along with your ads for other foods, your only additional cost is the printing and paper charges or Internet page cost for your dessert and/or ice-cream ads.",
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"ref": "2021, Nelson Searcy, Jennifer Dykes Henson, Maximize: How to Develop Extravagant Givers in Your Church",
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},
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"ref": "2013, Kevin Opheim, Along for the Ride, page 95",
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},
{
"ref": "2017, Darren Burch, Twisted but True",
"text": "One of the benefits of a ride-along for a family member is to give them an opportunity to witness a cop's job firsthand, gaining insight into what we do as law enforcement officers.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2022, Elaine Biech, ATD's Handbook for Training and Talent Development",
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},
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"ref": "2013, Kevin Opheim, Along for the Ride, page 95",
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},
{
"ref": "2017, Darren Burch, Twisted but True",
"text": "There is a common belief among patrol officers that there is a “ride-along curse,” suggesting that when their shift involves taking a ride-along, it usually means the patrol shift will be mindnumbingly boring; a series of barking dog complaints, burglary reports, and the like.",
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"text": "Being a ride-along doesn't make you immune, but it takes the bull's-eye off your back.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 319",
"text": "He had taken her for a dogsbody, a beta fish, a bridesmaid, a ride-along; he had looked right past her, as likely many people did.",
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},
{
"ref": "2010, Tyler G. Hicks, 101 Great Mail-Order Businesses",
"text": "Since the dessert advertisement is a ride-along with your ads for other foods, your only additional cost is the printing and paper charges or Internet page cost for your dessert and/or ice-cream ads.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2021, Nelson Searcy, Jennifer Dykes Henson, Maximize: How to Develop Extravagant Givers in Your Church",
"text": "In the corporate world, a company puts a ride-along into a mailer that another company is doing.",
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