Police Rescue and Bomb Disposal

Police Rescue and Bomb Disposal
Author: Jason Byrnes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2017-09-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1925520951

‘In police rescue, there is no such word as can’t. It CAN be done.’ Sergeant Ray Tyson, 1976. This is the story of an elite unit that has been protecting public safety for 75 years. Every day the women and men of the NSW Police Rescue and Bomb Disposal Unit confront some of the most challenging and harrowing situations imaginable; including recovering decomposing bodies from cliffs, cutting people out of the wreckage of crashed cars, or disarming improvised explosive devices. Nerves of steel, compassion and dedication to duty are the core requirements for police rescue operators and bomb technicians. Police Rescue and Bomb Disposal takes you on a journey from the dark days of World War II when police first formed a unit to recover bodies from Sydney’s cliffs, to the unit leading rescue operations at the Granville train disaster, the Newcastle earthquake, the Thredbo landslide, and other emergencies up to and including the Lindt Café siege. Drawing upon numerous interviews and official documents this book is complimented by many never seen before images and is a fitting testament to the dedication and personal sacrifices made by a small band of highly skilled professionals.

Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics 1997

Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics 1997
Author: Brian A. Reaves
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1999-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780788181900

As of June 1997, there were more than 700 general purpose State and local law enforcement agencies with 100 or more full-time sworn personnel that included 50 or more uniformed officers responding to calls for service. These larger agencies collectively employed about 381,000 full-time sworn personnel, including about 226,000 officers assigned to respond to calls for service. Nearly all of these agencies provided data in response to this survey. Includes sections showing data on personnel, expenditures and pay, operations and equipment, computers and information systems, and policies and programs. Hundreds of statistical tables.

LEAA Newsletter

LEAA Newsletter
Author: United States. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Publisher:
Total Pages: 178
Release: 1970
Genre: Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN:

The official DSA theory test for motorcyclists

The official DSA theory test for motorcyclists
Author: Driving Standards Agency
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2010-09-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780115531279

This publication is the official theory test book for motorcyclists compiled by the Driving Standards Agency. It contains multiple choice questions, with answers and explanations, dealing with topics such as: alertness and attitude, safety margins, hazard awareness, vulnerable road users, motorcycle handling, motorway rules and rules of the road, road and traffic signs, documents, accidents, and motorcycling loading.

London: Bombed Blitzed and Blown Up

London: Bombed Blitzed and Blown Up
Author: Ian Jones
Publisher: Frontline Books
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2016-10-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1473878993

When it comes to being bombed, London is unique. Although it cannot claim to be the most bombed capital city in terms of the weight of explosive detonated it has endured the most varied and unrelenting attack since the discovery of explosives. From the first Irish Republican bomb in 1867, London and its population have been under almost constant assault. Terrorism features in virtually every decade from the 1860s to the present and has caused much damage, particularly during the late 1980s and early 1990s. However, by far the greatest destruction was from the air. The Zeppelin and Gotha bomber raids in the First World War being but a foretaste of what would happen in the Second. Then the capital was devastated, firstly by the LuftwaffeÕs aeroplanes and then HitlerÕs ÔvengeanceÕ weapons, the V-1s and V-2s. After the Second World War the bombers returned, in the form of the IRA and then the homegrown terrorists of 2005. Written by a former Explosives Officer who worked for the Counter Terrorism Command of the Metropolitan Police, this is the most comprehensive record of BritainÕs capital under attack that has ever been compiled.