Three Sisters Ponds

About the Book

In September 2000, I was sitting on a bench facing the Mediterranean Sea in the French Riviera town of Nice. I had flown there during a three-day break in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial in Camp Ziest, Netherlands, where I was expected to testify. As I sat on this bench eating lunch, I suddenly found myself overwhelmed by emotion. It was an awakening: I realized that my being there was the fulfillment of one of my many life dreams and goals that were launched thirty-one years earlier from another bench facing the Three Sisters Ponds in Baltimore’s Druid Hill Park. Now, from a bench in the French Riviera, I began to chronicle the manifestation of those dreams and goals, accomplished through my thirty-six-year law enforcement career as a Baltimore City policeman and FBI agent. I'm hoping my story catches on with anyone who dares to dream and set challenging and aggressive life goals. While writing Three Sisters Ponds, there were areas of my story where I felt compelled to express myself poetically.

About the Author

Phillip B. J. Reid was born in Baltimore City, Maryland, on October 27, 1948, and is a graduate of Edmondson High School, the Community College of Baltimore, and Morgan State University. Mr. Reid joined the Baltimore City Police Department (BPD) in 1969, where for eight years, he was assigned to street patrol duties; the personnel recruiting division; and the BPD training academy, as an instructor. Mr. Reid joined the FBI in 1977, and during his 28-year career, he was assigned to seven FBI Field Offices, and FBI Headquarters, in Washington, DC. Mr. Reid retired from the FBI in 2005 as the special agent in charge of the Denver, Colorado, field office, overseeing the FBI's investigative responsibilities in Colorado and Wyoming. Mr. Reid was a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE).