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Publisher
Learning Express
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xi, 338 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language
English
Description
"Tap all the potential of being a state trooper--a rewarding career, job security, and excellent benefits. Prepare for your exam with this comprehensive guide. It includes critical information about the test, material reviews, practice tests, and more." --
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English
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The problem is not overpolicing, it is policing itself Recent years have seen an explosion of protest against police brutality and repression. Among activists, journalists and politicians, the conversation about how to respond and improve policing has focused on accountability, diversity, training, and community relations. Unfortunately, these reforms will not produce results, either alone or in combination. The core of the problem must be addressed:...
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English
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Opening with a powerful letter to former Tacoma police chief David Brame, who shot his estranged wife before turning the gun on himself, Norm Stamper introduces us to the violent, secret world of domestic abuse that cops must not only navigate, but which some also perpetrate. Former chief of the Seattle police force, Stamper goes on to expose a troubling culture of racism, sexism, and homophobia that is still pervasive within the twenty-first-century...
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English
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"We all want to feel safe. But safe from what, and from whom? In his 60-plus years as a trial lawyer, Gerry Spence has never represented a person accused of a crime in which the police hadn't themselves violated the law. Whether by covering up their own corrupt dealings, by the falsification or manufacture of evidence, or by the outright murder of innocent civilians, those individuals charged with upholding the law break it every day, in ways more...
5) The black and the blue: a cop reveals the crimes, racism, and injustice in America's law enforcement
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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A CNN contributor and former law enforcement officer offers a personal account of the racism, crimes, and color lines that challenge America's police, sharing insights into high-profile cases, the Black Lives Matter movement, and what is needed for change.
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Language
English
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Violent crime has been rising sharply in many American cities after two decades of decline. Homicides jumped nearly 17 percent in 2015 in the largest fifty cities, the biggest one-year increase since 1993. The reason is what Heather Mac Donald first identified nationally as the "Ferguson effect": Since the 2014 police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, officers have been backing off of proactive policing, and criminals are becoming...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The explosive true story of America's most corrupt police unit, the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), that terrorized the city of Baltimore for half a decade. When Baltimore police sergeant Wayne Jenkins said he had a monster, he meant he had found a big-time drug dealer-one that he wanted to rob. This is the story of Jenkins and the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), a super group of dirty detectives who exploited the some of America's greatest problems: guns,...
Publisher
LearningExpress
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xi, 210 pages)
Language
English
Description
"If you're prepping for the police sergeant exam, this eBook offers the insider tips and focused practice you need. It includes two practice tests based on official exams, a minicourse with over 300 questions, application information, and more." --
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English
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On August 14, 2014, five days after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown ignited race riots throughout the city of Ferguson, Missouri, the nation found an unlikely hero in Captain Ron Johnson of the Missouri Highway Patrol. Charged with the Herculean task of restoring peace between a hostile African American community and the local police, Johnson, a 30-year law enforcement veteran and an African American, did the unthinkable; he took off his bullet-proof...
11) Police officers
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fly Guy and Buzz visit a police station and learn about police officers and what they do.
12) Police officers
Author
Language
English
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Description
Little readers will learn all about what police officers do, where they work, and why they are important in our communities. Very simple text combined with correlating and colorful images will both inform and strengthen reading skills. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.
Publisher
LearningExpress
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (x, 333 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
The best police officers are well prepared for any challenge they may face. Your first challenge is the exam. Will you be prepared? This e-book guarantees a passing score by giving you the essential practice you need to score high on your police officer exam and start building your future, today. It includes every tool you need to succeed on test day - whether you are taking a local, county, state, or federal agency exam. This edition contains new...
Publisher
LearningExpress
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (ix, 189 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"The best police officers are prepared for any challenge, and the first challenge to master is the police officer exam. Packed with six full-length practice tests, Power Practice includes more than 500 questions, with a detailed explanation for each." --
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Language
English
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"On July 7, 2016, hundreds of protesters gathered in Dallas after the shooting of two black men--Philando Castile and Alton Sterling--by white policemen. One hundred Dallas police officers stood guard. At around nine p.m., a gunman opened fire into the line of officers from behind. Five were killed and a dozen more injured. Senior Cpl. Larry Gordon, a black twenty-one year department veteran, managed to keep the shooter talking, in part by bonding...
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English
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With amazing details of backroom deals and larger-than-life powerbrokers, Levitt lays bare the backstabbing, power-grabs, and chaotic internal investigations that have run the NYPD's reputation into the ground in the past--and the forces conspiring to do so once again
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English
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From 1996 through 2014 Charles Campisi headed NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau, working under four police commissioners and gaining a reputation as hard-nosed and incorruptible. When he retired, only one man on the 36,000-member force had served longer. During Campisi's IAB tenure, the number of New Yorkers shot, wounded, or killed by cops every year declined by ninety percent, and the number of cops failing integrity tests shrank to an equally startling...
20) Police brutality
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Publisher
Greenhaven Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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