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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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This is the story of Baltimore police sergeant Wayne Jenkins and the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), a super group of dirty detectives who exploited some of America's greatest problems: guns, drugs, toxic masculinity, and hypersegregation. In the upside-down world of the GTTF, cops were robbers and drug dealers were the perfect victims, because no one believed them.
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist presents a history of African Americans in New York City from 1910 to 1960 as told through the life of the city's first black police officer who, fearing his racist colleagues just as much as the criminal element, became an unheralded figure in the fight for civil rights.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Presents the dramatic true stories, told in their own words, of the patrol officers and K9 handlers, sheriffs and detectives who risk their lives every day to protect and serve, revealing what it’s really like to wear the uniform and carry the weight of the responsibility they’ve been given.
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English
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Now the Netflix Limited Series Unbelievable, starring Toni Collette, Merritt Wever, and Kaitlyn Dever • Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists tell the riveting true crime story of a teenager charged with lying about having been raped—and the detectives who followed a winding path to arrive at the truth.
“Gripping . . . [with a] John Grisham–worthy twist.”—Emily...
“Gripping . . . [with a] John Grisham–worthy twist.”—Emily...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"An urgent warning about the growing threat to our democracy from a twenty-year police veteran and former diehard Trump supporter who nearly lost his life during the insurrection of January 6th. When Michael Fanone self-deployed to the Capitol on January 6, 2021, he had no idea his life was about to change. When he got to the front of the line, he urged his fellow officers to hold it against the growing crowd of insurrectionists-until he found himself...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"This is an award-winning inside view of a remarkable K9 search and rescue team operating in the wilds of Washington State whose "principal investigator" is a yellow lab named Keb. Keb's story is of a dedicated K9 who can distinguish the scent of the dead from the scent of the living and who can detect long-buried bones. Readers will follow this intrepid K9 and her teammates as they face the challenges of changeable weather, deep northwest forests,...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In the wake of high-profile murders that have brought much-needed attention to the pervasiveness of police misconduct, a UCLA law professor exposes the many ways in which our legal system protects police at all costs, shedding light on our failing criminal justice system.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The definitive account of the bizarre hostage drama that gave rise to the term "Stockholm Syndrome." By the end, the police and press alike would have a new way to understand the complicated emotional relationship between captor and captive.
Author
Publisher
Kaplan North America, LLC, d/b/a Barron's Educational Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Helps applicants prepare for police officer exams by providing a review of the question types used on recent tests given nationwide, full-length practice exams, explanations of correct answers, and test-taking strategies.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A behind-the-scenes account of the blacklivesmatter movement shares insights into the young men and women behind it, citing the racially charged controversies that have motivated members and the economic, political, and personal histories that inform its purpose.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of Frank Hamer, whose extraordinary career as a Texas Ranger made him one of the West's most legendary lawmen, discussing his participation in the Bandit War of 1915 and the deaths of Bonnie and Clyde.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From corsets to crime fighting , Mae Foley challenged the patriarchal status quo by not only juggling family life, but also by forming the first female auxiliary police force. After the 19th Amendment passed in 1920, Foley galvanized 2,000 women to join her "Masher Squad" and eventually became one of the first sworn officers with the NYPD. The "Masher Squad" brought down robbers and rapists, investigated the notorious 3X serial murders, and provided...
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