San Jose
Police
Department
U.S. Army
Aviation
Drug
Enforcement
Administration
196th
Aviation
196th Light
Infantry
Brigade
Americal Division
San Jose
Police Department
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As an ocean sailor, combat helicopter pilot, police officer, narcotics detective, DEA task force officer, and intelligence agent, Russell Jones experienced a life of adventure, risks, and struggles against man, machine, and nature. He served in Vietnam, Iran-Contra, and the War on Drugs, yet constantly questioned the policies that were taking the lives of those who were serving honorably.
Honorable Intentions is a memoir by Russell Jones. As an army Chief Warrant Officer and combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam, he earned the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, and 16 Air Medals. After his honorable discharge, he became a San Jose police officer, where he worked as a Canine Officer and Field Training Officer, FTO. Promoted to the Detective Bureau, he was assigned to the Narcotics Division where he worked Organized Crime, investigating organizations such as the Nuestra Familia and the Hell's Angels. After law enforcement, Russell Jones served as an intelligence agent in Costa Rica during Iran-Contra in Nicaragua where he infiltrated groups involved in covert operations such as Tipped Kettle. In private practice as a Forensic Consultant, he testified as an expert witness in criminal cases, such as rape and homicide, where drugs and substance abuse played a role. In academia, he developed, wrote, and implemented Drug Rehabilitation courses designed for court-mandated clients. As a guest of the Ministry of Interiors of both the Soviet Union and China, he traveled throughout those countries and worked with their narcotics officers. He has thousands of miles of blue water ocean sailing experience, having sailed to Central America, the Caribbean, and the Bahamas, as well as the east coast of the US, from Florida to Maine. Russell Jones served with honor, but constantly questioned government policies that were taking the lives of those he served with.
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Air Medal
Purple Heart
Bronze Star
Cross of Gallentry with Palm
“Russell Jones' engrossing memoir, Honorable Intentions, is a story of adventure and heroism that becomes a personal journey of enlightenment as he breaks the bonds of supreme religious authority embedded at childhood and becomes immersed in public service as a police officer, soldier and spy, all with aspirations to contribute to the betterment of his fellow man. But along with the excitement and satisfaction of public service he comes to understand the dark corrupting influences imposed by those in leadership positions who depend upon men of his caliber to strip themselves of their individuality and become part of the collective though obedience, discipline, dedication, and pride, while they are exploited and used as the hunter/gatherers to feed the quota-based propaganda machines— traffic tickets, drug arrests and seizures, battlefield body counts— used to justify the tyrannical enforcement of failed public policy while the institutions they lead, once established to protect and serve, erode from the inside-out from the corruption of totalitarian ideology that always accompanies the perversions of coerced morality. This journey of enlightenment has served Russell Jones well as his voice today is an experienced, credible weapon used effectively in this book to expose and counter the failed 40-year ideology of totalitarian paternalism that we call the War on Drugs.” --Stephen Downing, Deputy Chief of Police, Los Angeles Police Department, Ret.
“Russell Jones exposes the truth that certainly angers and threatens the agenda of many.” Micah Bowie, Pitcher, Major League Baseball, 1999-2008.
“A fast moving, gripping account of Jones' adventures as a combat soldier, dedicated cop and narc. The account of his training, indoctrination, sense of camaraderie, and disappointment in the bureaucratic leadership in both professions is mesmerizing and as good as it gets. Jones presents a moving and valuable saga representative of the millions of patriotic Americans who made the United States the most free and powerful nation in the world.” --Joseph D. McNamara, Police Chief, San Jose CA, (ret.)
“Premier army aviator with whom
I entrusted my life without question.”
-- Gen. Frederick J. Kroesen, US Army, Ret.
“Read it straight through.”
-- Maj. Gen. Chuck Teeter, US Army, Ret.
“...mesmerizing...gripping...fast moving...”
-- Joseph D. McNamara, Police Chief, San Jose, CA, Ret.
“...exposes the truth...”
-- Micah Bowie, Pitcher, MLB
“...vast and hard hitting...”
-- Judge James P. Gray, Superior Court, Orange County, CA, Ret.
“...journey of enlightenment...”
-- Stephen Downing, Deputy Police Chief, LAPD, CA, Ret.
The Book
