Police Officer Shot by a Criminal: Her Remarkable Return to Full Duty After an Amputation. Special Episode. Retired RCMP officer Laurie White shares the shooting that cost her a leg, the struggle to rebuild her life, and the determination behind her return to policing. The Podcast is available for free on the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast website, also on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, iHeartradio and most major podcast platforms. #LawEnforcementTalk #Free #Podcast #Radio Constable Laurie White heard a loud pop. Then came the smell of gunpowder, smoke rising from her shin, and the realization that a routine moment in police work had become a fight for her life. Supporting articles about this and much more from Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast in platforms like Medium , Blogspot and Linkedin. “I tasted the chalky residue. I smelled the smell of gunpowder. I looked down and I saw grayish smoke coming from my shin,” White recalls. “And then I saw a black hole in the white door. And I said to my partner, ‘I’ve been shot.’” Supporting articles about this and much more from Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast in platforms like Medium , Blogspot and Linkedin. Moments later, her partner called out the emergency radio code that would eventually become the title of her book: “10-33.” Officer down. In this special episode of the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast, White shares what followed: a lifesaving amputation, months of rehabilitation, and her determined return to full duty after an amputation. She also speaks about the psychological injuries that continued long after she put her uniform back on. A November Afternoon That Changed Her Life In November 1998, White and two fellow Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers were executing a search warrant at the home of a sexual offender. The interview is also featured across Facebook and Instagram. Standing to one side of a carport door as officers attempted to gain access, she was shot in the right leg. Her partner dragged her to safety. A medical evacuation plane transported her to Vancouver, where she underwent eight hours of surgery. Police Officer Shot by a Criminal: Her Remarkable Return to Full Duty After an Amputation. When White awoke, she learned that surgeons had amputated her right leg five inches below the knee to save her life. “For a long time, I did not look at it,” she says. “I felt that looking at it would make it real.” For the police officer shot by a criminal, surviving was only the beginning. Learning to Walk While Living With Trauma After weeks in the hospital, White began intensive rehabilitation. Healing brought complications, infections, and pain, along with the challenge of lea