"...officer Down, Code Three"

Author: Pierce R. Brooks
Publisher: M T I Film & Video
Total Pages: 266
Release: 1975-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780916070014

The author, a veteran police officer and training instructor, explores cases of police fatalities to determine the most common contributory procedural errors. Brooks calls these 'the deadly errors'. They are failure to maintain proficiency and care of equipment, improper search and use of handcuffs, failure to position oneself properly, and failure to watch suspects' hands. Failure to remain alert and awake, failure to wait for assistance, and preoccupation and apathy are also common dangers.

The Tactical Edge

The Tactical Edge
Author: Charles Remsberg
Publisher: Calibre Press
Total Pages: 721
Release: 1986-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 093587805X

Extensive, advanced text of realistic tactical options for defeating violent offenders in life-threatening situations, including vehicle stops, domestic disturbances, armed robberies, building searches, barricaded subjects, and hostage officer crises. Addresses mental conditioning, tactical thinking and a host of special problems, whether you respond to dangerous calls alone, with a partner or as part of a tactical team. Used as a foundation for much training and for promotional exams.

The Onion Field

The Onion Field
Author: Joseph Wambaugh
Publisher: Delta
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2008-11-26
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 0307489124

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A fascinating account of a double tragedy: one physical, the other psychological.”—Truman Capote This is the frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young robbers whose separate destinies fatally cross one March night in a bizarre execution in a deserted Los Angeles field. “A complex story of tragic proportions . . . more ambitious than In Cold Blood and equally compelling!”—The New York Times “Once the action begins it is difficult to put the book down. . . . Wambaugh’s compelling account of this true story is destined for the bestseller lists.”—Library Journal

Signal Zero

Signal Zero
Author: George Kirkham
Publisher:
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1977
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

CODE 30

CODE 30
Author: Gail Smith
Publisher: Linda Mooney
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2010-04-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1941321135

My name is Alexis Hembree, and I’m a cop. My partner and I are good at our jobs, except we don’t tend to work what others would call a “normal” beat. For some reason we draw evil to us like flies to sugar. Sometimes there are things in this world we can’t explain or anticipate. But when they cross that line between their existence and ours, when they show up, we have to deal with them as best we can. Some cops fight criminals. We fight something that never should have existed.

Twenty-Three Minutes

Twenty-Three Minutes
Author: J.C. De Ladurantey
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2021-08-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1663226628

Twenty-Three Minutes takes you on a ride-along in the front seat of a patrol car with Officer Howard Hamilton of Orchard Hill PD.He loves working the streets and finds out he is assigned to train a new recruit who may be a former gang member. His adventures take him to a possible suicide that just does not add up. His former drug dealing partner demands he assist him in taking down a drug cartel that is bringing drugs to Orchard Hill schools. His wife announces she wants to be a yoga teacher just about the time he finds his daughter in a drug house. If that is not enough, he conducts a traffic accident investigation where he may file charges against one of his wife’s friends, the dreaded soccer Mom. What could go wrong?

3000 Miles

3000 Miles
Author: John David Harris
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2014-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1460227395

In Los Angeles, nothing ever "just happens." The underbelly of the city works at a methodical pace, and any one action can spiral into a tornado powerful enough to tear up the city. A prisoner transport bus is ambushed in the pre-dawn hours, and all fifty-four maximum-security inmates escape. The city's best detectives begin sifting through the sea of decoys to find the target of the attack - but as law enforcement spins its wheels, the eight men behind the heist get further away from the crime scene. As the investigators dig for clues, one thing becomes clear: this was not merely a group of criminals breaking a partner out of jail. This was an act of pure desperation.

Homicide Investigation

Homicide Investigation
Author: John J. Miletich
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2003
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780810846258

"Professionals in law enforcement and those considering law enforcement as a career; students of sociology, psychology, criminal justice, and law and criminology courses; and readers of true-crime literature will find this book an engaging and informative reference."--BOOK JACKET.

Deceived

Deceived
Author: Fred Wooldridge
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2011-04-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1456725602

After becoming permanently disabled from a horrific act of violence perpetrated by an amateur assassin, police Captain Greg Strong was forced into early retirement. The motive for the attempt on his life was never determined. The captain, along with his wife, Maggie, moved from Miami Beach to the Blue Ridge Mountains where they hoped to live out the remainder of their lives in peace. But this was not to be. A strange set of disruptive circumstances sent them on a mission of deception and intrigue. Not only is Deceived a graphic and gritty work of fiction, it is also riddled with the experiences of the author, Major Fred Wooldridge, who spent 28 years with the Miami Beach Police Department. Only a veteran police officer with so much street experience could write such a book and tell of such events. The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. Sit back, take a deep breath and prepare to be entertained and deceived. Fred Wooldridge is also author of, Im Moving Back to Mars.

Street Survival

Street Survival
Author: Charles Remsberg
Publisher: Calibre Press
Total Pages: 471
Release: 1987-01-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0935878009

This book deals with positive tactics officers can employ on the street to effectively use their own firearms to defeat those of assailants. It is devoted exclusively to understanding and mastering techniques that work for survival in real life situations. Unfortunately, most of the current literature on so-called 'combat shooting' explores what works against paper targets. Few street-wise experts or truly contemporary articles have emerged on street survival, although deadly assaults on the police continue to occur year after year. This book can help make you survival sensitive. The techniques it emphasizes are designed to affect the way you prepare, plan and react, to keep you alive in real situations. They are not hypotheses, but proven procedures, based on the insights of officers who have experienced gun battles and survived and on the lessons left behind by those who have died.