Best State To Become A Police Officer - April 2024

Becoming a Police Officer: An Insider's Guide to a Career in Law Enforcement

Becoming a Police Officer: An Insider's Guide to a Career in Law Enforcement is a serious examination of police work that is directed toward young people who are contemplating a career as a police officer. Author Barry Baker draws on over thirty-two years of experience from some of the most violent streets of any city in the United States to show you the unembellished truths of law enforcement.Baker describes the self-satisfaction that can be found in police work while identifying its pitfalls and how to avoid them. Before ending his career as a detective lieutenant, Baker spent his first twen... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0595380786
• ASIN: 0595380786
• ISBN: 0595380786
• Brand: Brand: iUniverse, Inc.
• Manufacturer: iUniverse, Inc.

Police Oral Board Secrets: Tips on How to Become a Police Officer

Behind the scenes tips about how to pass the police oral board. Written by a veteran police officer who has sat on approximately 150 oral boards. Learn what questions are asked, how to prepare yourself, things to absolutely avoid doing, and much more. Discussed are specific things you should be doing prior to going before the police oral board. Also how to handle any issue in your background which may otherwise cost you the job. You will discover what you need to be doing concerning your online activity before you sit down before the oral board. In addition some very powerful advice is given o... [Read More]

• ASIN: B004QOAGLY
• ASIN: B004QOAGLY

The Late Show (Renee Ballard Series Book 1)

In this first installment of the Renée Ballard series, #1 bestselling author Michael Connelly introduces a "complicated and driven" young detective fighting to prove herself on the LAPD's toughest beat (The New York Times).Renee Ballard works the midnight shift in Hollywood, beginning many investigations but finishing few, as each morning she turns everything over to the daytime units. It's a frustrating job 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 ca... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01MYDJB6R
• ASIN: B01MYDJB6R
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

Norman Hall's Police Exam Preparation Book

Guaranteed Top Scores on Your Police Exam! If you are planning to join the hundreds of thousands of applicants who take the police officer exam each year, you need a high score. In this updated and revised edition of his #1 police exam book, Norman Hall guarantees that you'll score 80% to 100% on the exam--or your money back! With Norman Hall's Police Exam Preparation Book, 2nd Edition, you'll have everything you need to ace the test, including answer keys and self-scoring tables, pointers on avoiding common trouble spots, tips for meeting the physical requirements, the most up-to-date test-ta... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1580628427
• UPC: 045079208421
• ASIN: 1580628427
• ISBN: 1580628427
• Brand: Norman Hall
• Manufacturer: Adams Media

The 48 Laws of Power

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human Nature. In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinge... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0140280197
• UPC: 725638107234
• ASIN: 0140280197
• ISBN: 0140280197
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Crossing (A Harry Bosch Novel Book 18)

In this "tense" thriller and #1 New York Times bestseller, Detective Harry Bosch teams up with Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller to track down a killer who just might find them first (Wall Street Journal).Detective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but his half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, needs his help. A woman has been brutally murdered in her bed and all evidence points to Haller's client, a former gang member turned family man. Though the murder rap seems ironclad, Mickey is sure it's a setup.Bosch doesn't want anything to do with crossing the aisle to work for the defense. He... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00U6DNZOY
• ASIN: B00U6DNZOY
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

The good news is that most soldiers are loath to kill. But armies have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. And contemporary civilian society, particularly the media, replicates the army's conditioning techniques, and, according to Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's thesis, is responsible for our rising rate of murder among the young.Upon its initial publication, ON KILLING was hailed as a landmark study of the techniques the military uses to overcome the powerful reluctance to kill, of how killing affects soldiers, and of the societal implications of escalating violence... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316040932
• ASIN: 0316040932
• ISBN: 0316040932
• Brand: Back Bay Books
• Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America

NOW A NEW YORK TIMES, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, INDIEBOUND, LOS ANGELES TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, CHRONICLE HERALD, SALISBURY POST, GUELPH MERCURY TRIBUNE, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER | NAMED A BEST/MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2017 BY: The Washington Post • Bustle • Men's Journal • The Chicago Reader • StarTribune • Blavity • The Guardian • NBC New York's Bill's Books • Kirkus • Essence“One of the most frank and searing discussions on race ... a deeply serious, urgent book, which should take its place in the tradition of Baldwin's The Fire Next Time and King's Why We Can't Wait." ―T... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250135990
• ASIN: 1250135990
• ISBN: 1250135990
• Brand: Dyson Michael Eric
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

You Have the Right to Remain Innocent

An urgent, compact manifesto that will teach you how to protect your rights, your freedom, and your future when talking to police.Law professor James J. Duane became a viral sensation thanks to a 2008 lecture outlining the reasons why you should never agree to answer questions from the police—especially if you are innocent and wish to stay out of trouble with the law. In this timely, relevant, and pragmatic new book, he expands on that presentation, offering a vigorous defense of every citizen’s constitutionally protected right to avoid self-incrimination. Getting a lawyer is not only the ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1503933393
• ASIN: 1503933393
• ISBN: 1503933393
• Brand: James Duane
• Manufacturer: Little A

Down the River unto the Sea

In this Edgar Award-winning novel, "Mosley writes with great power" about a framed NYPD investigator facing racism and political corruption (Booklist). Joe King Oliver was one of the NYPD's finest investigators, until, dispatched to arrest a well-heeled car thief, he is framed for assault by his enemies within the NYPD, a charge which lands him in solitary at Rikers Island. A decade later, King is a private detective, running his agency with the help of his teenage daughter, Aja-Denise. Broken by the brutality he suffered and committed in equal measure while behind bars, his work and his dau... [Read More]

• ASIN: B071FZSWP1
• ASIN: B071FZSWP1
• Manufacturer: Mulholland Books

30 Days of Justis (Michael Gresham Legal Thrillers Book 8)

OVER 1,500,000 COPIES SOLD, AMAZON HAS SAID, "WE ARE INSPIRED BY THE SUCCESS OF THIS WRITER AND HOW HE IS DELIGHTING READERS"--AMAZON PRESS RELEASE 10/15/18She’s a daughter he doesn’t know he has. Until she calls him...from death row.From USA Today bestselling author John Ellsworth comes another book so thrilling the pages all but turn themselves. Written as a standalone novel.Michael Gresham meets his lost daughter, Cache, in her prison cell. She is scheduled for execution in 30 days. Her other lawyers have given up; there is nothing left to do. On a hunch, Michael reviews ancient records... [Read More]

• ASIN: B078MHVNWZ
• ASIN: B078MHVNWZ

What Are Friends For? (Seasons in a Small Town Book 1)

• ASIN: B01NCNJ313
• ASIN: B01NCNJ313
• Manufacturer: Craig Place Books

All American Boys

A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature. In this Coretta Scott King Honor Award–winning novel, two teens—one black, one white—grapple with the repercussions of a single violent act that leaves their school, their community, and, ultimately, the country bitterly divided by racial tension.A bag of chips. That’s all sixteen-year-old Rashad is looking for at the corner bodega. What he finds instead is a fist-happy cop, Paul Galluzzo, who mistakes Rashad for a shoplifter, mistakes Rashad’s pleadings ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1481463330
• ASIN: 1481463330
• ISBN: 1481463330
• Brand: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
• Manufacturer: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books

Cesar's Rules: Your Way to Train a Well-Behaved Dog

The training book you’ve been waiting for from the bestselling author and star of National Geographic Channel’s Dog Whisperer Your dog just doesn’t seem to listen. You’ve been through obedience training, but he still can’t seem to master the most basic commands. And nothing you do seems to prevent him from misbehaving. “Clients usually come to me when their dogs are ruining their lives, not when they won’t sit,” says Cesar. “But everywhere I go, people are telling me they are confused about the wide variety of training options and theories out there, and they feel paralyzed ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307716864
• ASIN: 0307716864
• ISBN: 0307716864
• Manufacturer: Harmony

The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks: A Middle Grade Mystery (Detective Mya Dove Book 1)

When Mya Dove found mysteries to solve, they were too easy. Seeking a real challenge, she joined the top-secret Children's Police Force. They offered her exciting cases with five-day deadlines. Mya couldn’t wait to start!Her first investigation is into Libby Smith, the new girl at school. Libby won’t speak, smile or play with anyone. That’s why the Children's Police Force thinks she’s mean. But they can't tell anyone that. Not without real proof.Finding proof is Mya’s job, but it won’t be easy. Libby isn’t just mean. She’s sneaky, too. When Mya questions her, Libby fake cries f... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00E1OJ7P0
• ASIN: B00E1OJ7P0
• Manufacturer: Amaria & Sariel

Philoslothical Police Officer Habit Tracker Journal: To Help You Become the Best Version of Yourself

Philoslothical Police Officer Habit Tracker Journal: To Help You Become the Best Version of

• UPC: 254712523