Robbie Bishop and I met in 1989 in Woodstock, GA. I produced a motivational video for him so that he could use it during training classes to keep the students interested. It seems odd to think that I would start producing a video about Robbie’s lifetime achievements. When we were deciding on music in 1989 – I never would have thought that I would be using that same music in a Documentary called “Living Life on the Edge” that same title as the music video we would show to police officers all across America. I feel huge pride to know that most of the interviews that Ty and I have completed make reference to Living Life in the Edge. I know that Robbie did not think that he was making his final video in 1994 (when we finished the final version of Living Life on the Edge). We always talked about another video and what stuff we would put in that video, but we never did. I videotaped his big busts whenever I was available. I learned more about criminal interdiction than I was ever able to use, but still I think about the times that we spent driving in circles knocking down the tall grass in the median. We made several interdiction walk around training tapes and felt like that was the best way to get the message out.When I Interviewed Chief Jimmy Koury first – the pain of his murder resurfaced and I knew that I would have to be stronger than strong to make it through that and the remaining interviews. I will not really totally recover from Robbie’s death – but through the production of this documentary, I am slowly feeling like I will be able to do Robbie justice by telling the world what an incredible man that he was.
You rock that rock star Justin!