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"Straight from the mean streets, Walk the Blue Line is a first-person account of the days and nights of America's brave cops"--
America's cops are our eyes. Our ears. Our protectors. Those who wear a badge do their best to help people. These men and women serve their communities. They service their country-- even at the risk of their own lives. Here patrol officers, K9 handlers, sheriffs and detectives reveal what it's really like to wear the uniform....
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Meet DCI Alex Fleming. A man on a mission. Alex Fleming is a newly promoted DCI with a troubled past who becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue when investigating a murder. A London nightclub owner is, found dead on his boat on the River Thames. Fleming is keen to prove his worth with his first murder case after joining the Major Crime Unit of Thames Valley Police. But, Bill Watson, a belligerent DCI, gives Fleming a hostile reception and, as internal...
3) Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI
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Jana Monroe was no ordinary cop. One of the first analysts—and, at the time, the only female agent in the world-renowned FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit at Quantico, she consulted on more than 850 homicide cases, including infamous serial killers Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Edmund Kemper, and Aileen Wuornos. Monroe was also the model for Clarice Starling in the movie version of The Silence of the Lambs; she even helped train Jodie Foster for her...
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"Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants When two wealthy white landowners are found dead, the whole country immediately thinks it must be Jerome Washington, the hired help, who killed them. He was standing over the bodies when the police responded to an anonymous call...
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"Renee Ballard works the night shift in Hollywood, beginning many investigations but finishing none as each morning she turns her cases over to day shift detectives. It's a frustrating assignment for a once up-and-coming detective, but it's no accident. She's been given this beat as punishment after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a supervisor. But one night Ballard catches two assignments she doesn't want to part with. First, a prostitute...
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Guardians of justice volume 3
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"The police say her father's death was suicide. But Kelly Warren says it was murder-and she has new evidence to prove it. Detective Cole Taylor doesn't put much stock in her claim, since nothing in his case review suggests foul play. But when Kelly ends up in the emergency room with a suspicious life-threatening medical condition, Cole decides to dig a little deeper. What he discovers is a startling secret that links Kelly to a long-ago crime." (from...
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Guardians of justice volume 2
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"As a social worker, Alison Taylor has a passion for protecting children and seeing that justice is served on their behalf. But when she starts getting harassing phone calls and bizarre "gifts," it seems she may be the one in need of protection. When her tormentor's attentions take a violent turn, her brother Cole comes to her aid, along with his new partner, Detective Mitch Morgan. As her relentless stalker turns up the heat, Mitch takes a personal...
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Delhi High Court Bar Association, accomplishing much to improve India’s prison systems, from introducing Special Courts within the prisons to initiating video conferencing connections between jails and the court. He has also fought for gender equality within the prison system by ensuring that women are availed the same privileges of semi-open and open jail which are availed to men. His efforts have earned him the India Vision Award for his achievements...
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For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then in 1986 he disappeared, eluding capture by multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area. Three decades later, true crime journalist Michelle McNamara was determined to find the violent psychopath she called "the Golden State Killer." Michelle pored...
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Deep in the Florida Everglades, the body of a woman is discovered in pieces, presumably ravaged by an alligator. Upon closer inspection, it’s determined no animal could make such perfectly precise cuts. Only a blade could do that. Wielded by a human. Soon, dozens of oil drums emerge amid the river of grass. Each one packed to the brim with body parts. FDLE special agent Amy Larson and her partner, FBI special agent Hunter Forrest, share a bad feeling...
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She's the only witness to see the face of a killer, but a deadly attack leaves Belinda Lewis unable to remember even her own name. She'll have to rely on her rescuer, FBI special agent Jonah Phillips, to survive repeated attempts on her life -- but she doesn't know he's in hiding because his description matches the killer's. Can they unmask the true criminal to clear Jonah's name and save both of their lives? - back cover.
12) Dear Martin
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Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.
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America has become increasingly divided and polarized in recent years. With growing racial tension, animosity toward law enforcement professionals, government corruption, and disregard for the constitutional process, there seems to be no easy answer in sight. But Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke knows where we must begin: we must stop blaming others; look at our problems with open eyes; take ownership of our family, community, and country; and...
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Forty-one seconds.
That's how long Officer Scott Smith and Franklyn Reid knew each other before Reid ended up dead with a bullet in his back, shot in broad daylight by Smith.
Turn on the news today and you'll likely see a story just like this one. Details might differ, but we're always left with the same question:
How can we reduce-and eventually eliminate-unwarranted police civilian shootings?
In 1998, Wayne Reid's life was changed forever when...
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It started out as a book about how we humans express our feelings along with some of my poetry. I feel that expressing our feelings is important to not only our emotional health but our physical health as well, but it is not as easy as it should be today, however. Even that freedom is being challenged in today's social and political climate.
The more I thought about it, the more committed I became to putting pen to paper to express my views on...
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Legendary FBI undercover agent Thomas McShane is one of the world's foremost authorities on the billion-dollar art theft business, and here he presents a unique memoir that provides a thrilling ride through the underworld of stolen art and historical artifacts. His expertise and indefatigable determination prompted FBI Director William H. Webster to name McShane as the Senior Investigator of the FBI's expanding Art Squad.
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The study analyses the police’s role in society, about its bad name and looks into the history of the institution, dating back to the ancient period, and is presented with research oriented approach and logical treatment achieving a totality. A valuable literature on police and an essential reading for all police personnel's, bureaucrats, scholars and journalists.
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This book examines if there is a difference in the percentage of cyberbullying between Republican and Democrat states and if there is a relationship between being cyberbullied and having suicidal thoughts. Chapter 1 describes cyberbullying and related problems, the theoretical framework, the significance of the study, the research design, the research questions, the study's assumptions and limitations and expected findings. Chapter 2 presents a literature...
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Badge of Honor goes beyond mere analysis, offering insights into officers' daily challenges while on duty. It explores the repercussions of calls to defund the police, revealing the adverse impacts of departmental cutbacks that impede officers and detrimentally affect the quality of life for the communities they serve.
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In today's fast-paced environment, the speed at which communication travels and the resounding calls for police accountability demonstrate a need for purposeful communications embedded in a strategic mindset. When done right, strategic communication can increase transparency, build trust, and encourage active community participation. Chief Cook has distilled over thirty years of experience into timely lessons filled with practical solutions you can...
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