Tightrope

How do you stay upright when the very system you swore to uphold begins to shake beneath your feet?<br /><br />In Tightrope retired Deputy Chief Constable Jennifer Hyland offers a rare and unflinching look behind the badge. Through raw honesty and hard-won wisdom she charts her twenty-six-year journey through Canadian policing-rising from a young recruit to one of the highest-ranking women in the profession-all while walking the fragile line between duty and despair strength and vulnerability silence and truth.<br />But this is more than a story about crime scenes and crisis calls. It's about the invisible injuries: the quiet corrosion of identity from institutional politics power struggles and a culture that too often punishes authenticity. Diagnosed with PTSD and multiple sclerosis Hyland came face-to-face with her breaking point-and chose not to shatter. Instead she found a way forward that honoured both the work and her humanity.<br />Tightrope is a reckoning and a rallying cry. It's for everyone who has walked a difficult path for those wearing a uniform those just entering policing and those who've left-wondering if they were the only ones who struggled. It's a mirror a lifeline and an invitation to heal. Because the truth is you're not alone-and there is strength and even hope on the other side of the storm.