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Tag: Books for Cops: Page 4
Special Units
East Los Angeles Priest Publishes Gang-Intervention Memoir
The Rev. Greg Boyle, the Jesuit priest who founded Homeboy Industries, has published a memoir about his work steering wayward youth away from gang involvement.
March 16, 2010
Patrol
Columbine: The Horror Writer
POLICE Magazine editor David Griffith recently spoke with "Columbine" author Dave Cullen about the psychology of Eric Harris, law enforcement response the day of the massacre, the investigation, and how school shootings can be prevented.
September 17, 2009
Editor's Notes
I Hope This Guy Isn’t a Crisis Negotiator
It seems the head of Atlanta’s police union Sgt. Scott Kreher told the city council in an open meeting that he would like to beat Mayor Shirley Franklin “in the head with a baseball bat” when he thinks about problems disabled officers have getting workers’ compensation claims approved.
May 21, 2009
Gangs
The Gang Investigator’s Library
Here are some law enforcement gang sources and authors that I would recommend. I am unable to list everyone because I only have a limited space. I tried to give a varied mix of more recent textbooks, non-fiction books, Websites, and blogs. I’m going to organize this alphabetically by author.
February 3, 2009
Special Units
'Terror at Beslan' Author's Chilling Keynote Inspires TREXPO Crowd to Combat School Terrorism
Tactical consultant John Giduck used a lot of humor in his six-hour two-day keynote presentation at TREXPO West. And that's a good thing because Giduck's presentation is about Islamist terror attacks on children, especially school children. So if his audience of veteran cops and soldiers didn't have some comic relief, they'd probably start crying.
March 31, 2008
Patrol
The POLICE Interview with Joseph Wambaugh
Few artists have done more to change the way that cops are portrayed in popular culture than best-selling author Joseph Wambaugh. While Jack Webb's Joe Friday was all about the facts, ma'am, Wambaugh's cop characters were and are all about the heart and soul. They are human and their profession takes a toll on them as individuals.
September 30, 2007
Special Units
Inside the NYPD Bomb Squad
POLICE Magazine is proud to offer you this excerpt from "Bomb Squad," a book that answers the age-old question: Why would any right-thinking cop want to come face to face with a bomb?
August 31, 2007
Training
BOOK REVIEW: How to be an Expert Witness
Retired NYPD lieutenant, attorney, and ILEETA member Adam Kasanof has done something that has needed to be done for a long time – he has provided an affordable, easy to understand guide to help law enforcement trainers become better expert witnesses. His book is excellent, and long overdue.
June 10, 2007
Training
How to Mark Your Training Weapons
In the last decade, there has been a significant rise in the number of officers killed in training by live weapons. This is documented in Ken Murray’s book “Training at the Speed of Life.”
May 8, 2007
Special Units
Responding to School Sieges
Someday in the near future, an American community—probably far from an urban center—will find that one of its schools has been taken over by Muslim terrorists who are holding the students hostage. The time for American law enforcement officers to think about this possibility and train how to respond to it is now.
August 31, 2006
Patrol
"Terror at Beslan: A Russian Tragedy with Lessons for America's Schools"
BOOK REVIEW: Reading this book reminded me of how I felt when I viewed the film "United 93." I knew going in how it would end but, as they say, "The devil's in the details."
August 31, 2006
Training
Police Recruits
Should applicants for jobs as police be held to a higher standard of moral character than is expected in other fields of employment? These reÂcruits, after all, are just the mirror image of the society they will police. Is this preÂrequisite fair, or even realistic?
July 31, 2000
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