Law Enforcement

E. Winslow (Buddy) Chapman, the 39-year-old executive assistant to the Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee, became the first, and so far, only civilian to hold the top job at the Memphis Police Department. It was 1977. For decades Insurance companies have labeled Memphis the “Murder Capital of America.” The MPD was a police force that had been in crisis for more than a decade and was in dire need of leadership and reform. Chapman took charge as the new Memphis Police Director facing entrenched police corruption, multiple federal civil rights investigations and judicial consent decrees, an ...

Mountain Survival: When search-and-rescue park ranger Autumn Mercer and her K-9 partner, Sherlock, meet a stranger in the mountains whose brother is injured, they drop everything to help. But all they find where Derek Peterson last saw his sibling is a trail of blood—and men who want them dead. Search and Defend: Undercover to track the assassin who killed his partner, FBI special agent Alex Driscoll accidentally pulls his partner’s widow, Violet Sharp, and her search-and-rescue K-9, Teddy, into the case.

This fictional work presents some of the daily occurrences of a career policeman, from rookie cop to the position of chief. His personal story illuminates aspects of law enforcement that will resonate in readers who value peace at home and on the streets. Warning: many of the stories are humorous. We begin in late summer, 1968. Braden Vicentin, a long-haired seventeen-year old from the east coast, heads to Arizona to start college and quickly realizes he has touched down in a foreign land. The history, food, language, and customs all play a part in causing the culture shock he experiences. ...

I am writing this story to share the experience Officer Scott had with Officer Full Throttle. It was by far his most memorable experience as a law enforcement officer. Officer Scott spent most of his career in Special Ops in the military, and a law enforcement career was his best option. Officer Scott’s first training officer right out of rookie school was Officer Full Throttle. It’s only fair that he would share this story to illustrate what an outstanding officer Full Throttle was and was the best Officer Scott had ever worked with in his 15 years as an officer.

The police are constantly under scrutiny. They are criticized for failings, praised for successes, and hailed as heroes for their sacrifices. Starting from the premise that every society has norms and ways of dealing with transgressors, A Short History of Police and Policing traces the evolution of the multiple forms of "policing" that existed in the past. Professor Emsley explores the idea and reality of policing, and shows how an institution we now call "the police" came to be virtually universal in our modern world.

There is no more noble profession in any society formed by man, than serving the people. There is no greater human responsibility or undertaking than civil, thoughtful and unbiased enforcement of the laws of the land. With the establishment of such enforcement organaizations, which will be staffed by imperfect human beings, we have a responsibility and duty to ensure that “We, the people,” do the utmost to respect those enforcing the law.

How much do you really know about the FBI? Do you know who the FBI is? Do you know what the FBI does? This manual debunks FBI myths and misconceptions for those who read, watch, and write crime dramas about the FBI or have always wanted to be a Special Agent. Like most people, you've probably learned about the FBI from popular culture - reading books and watching TV shows and movies, along with, of course, the news. You might be surprised to learn that a lot of what you've been reading and watching is inaccurate.

The tables have turned. Rather than Lainie Marks accepting a job to hunt down a crimina,l she finds herself being the one protected from a past evil that now wants her dead. New police officer Seth Wyatt finds the frightened woman running for her life after a traffic accident and teams up with her to stop a madman. Only, Seth isn't sure Lainie can hold it together when she comes face-to-face with the man who terrorized her in the past. Neither wants romance. Both want to focus on their careers. Can these two learn the valuable lesson that life isn't meant to be lived alone even with the ...

When the judiciary fails to deliver justice and turns a blind eye to the trouble in the streets, it's the time for the ordinary folks to convince them to do something, "we see people wasting away, we are losing lives, social structures have lost their steering and direction, even a police station is not a safe place to hide anymore," says a young activist lawyer to the supreme court judge, "all this is happening right under your nose while you sit right there on your high throne-like chair doing nothing as if you were a supreme being, wouldn’t you at least say something your highness? you...

This book is about the missing women of the West Mesa in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is a fiction book written by Southwest author Todd Hemming. This book gives a possible scenario of what might have happened to these women and who were the possible perpetrators behind this heinous crime. Even though the book is dark it gives a glimpse of the evil that exists in society. I just want to say I never meant to put down or belittle the families and the victims of this horrible crime. I lost me only sister in 2012 and believe me I know the true meaning of grief and pain. I wasn't myself for over ...

Elyse Maxwell wants life to feel normal after two years mourning the death of her brother-in-law and his family. But a random encounter with a runaway in New York City has her hoping her niece, Gracie Lynn, is alive. Elyse will stop at nothing to find her and bring her home. Detective Jack Prescott agrees to help, even though he thinks nothing will come of it. Neither of them knows the truth. Elyse’s inquiries endanger them all. Can they solve the mystery of the Maxwell murders before there are more victims? The truth can be deadly. Is finding a lost treasure worth the risk?

Two Alpha dragon shifters have longed for their mate. But when they find him... he's human. Or so they think. They want him, regardless. But they've put his life in danger. Can his Alphas keep him safe long enough for them to seal their bond and claim their mate?

She doesn’t want to carry a gun. Why would someone want her dead? Amy Oaks is content to sit behind a desk at Wife for Hire and do her investigating on a computer. When a man pursues her for nefarious means, the cozy little world she's created for herself is turned into something unrecognizable, a world she never sought or wanted. Rookie police officer Mark Fields rescues a pretty woman from being hit by a bus. When she says she didn't fall, but was pushed, he doesn't believe her until he finds out she's also been receiving threatening notes. Assigned as Amy's protection until the culprit...

An unconscious man. No memory of who he is. When Meghan Miller finds an unconscious man in the alley, nothing in her life is the same again. Especially when he wakes up with amnesia and her business card is all he has in his pocket. With no money and no name, John Davidson, known as John Doe from the moment he opened his eyes, calls on the beautiful woman who saved his life. When he finds out she's a private investigator, he asks her to help him discover who he is. As bits and pieces of his memory returns, John realizes things are far more dangerous than he could have imagined. The two are ...

Grimeswood, Alabama. After midnight as a heavy fog rolls in... When one of the town's finest residents, a sleepy sheriff's deputy, pulls over a mysterious car on a dark stretch of backwoods highway, he comes face to face with a deathly enchanting vampire of the night, the Empress of the Rose. But upon inspection of the vehicle and its strange driver, Oli Reeves just won’t hear what the lady has to say, nor does he heed the cryptic advice of the letters she uses as identification. A supernatural tale of the occult with creeping thorns based on the knowledge and imagery of the Tarot.

A sexy playboy billionaire. An independent female cop. Both working the same case. A case that could kill them. Bolton Steele, the youngest of the Steele brothers, literally runs into a beautiful woman chasing his suspect. This encounter sends them into a partnership neither wants, and one more dangerous than anything either of them expected. From society functions, a cat burglar, and a dangerous art thief, Bolton and Cheri find themselves in a fight for their lives. Can they let go of preconceived plans and follow their hearts or will they succumb to the wiles of a cold-blooded killer? ...

She lives life by her own rules. Trust no one is first on the list. He's sworn to protect her, but the secrets she's holding back will get them both killed. Being a middle son in the hard-driving MacKenzie family, Harbor patrol officer Teo MacKenzie knows how to tow the line and stay out of trouble. He works hard, plays hard, and prays hard. But the day he finds an unconscious woman adrift on an outgoing tide, all the rules he's lived by evaporate, because if he's going to keep Dr. Kendall Rodriguez alive, he'll need to rewrite every single one of them. After a hardscrabble childhood in ...

New Deal Law and Order follows President Franklin Roosevelt, Attorney General Homer Cummings, and their war on crime coalition, which overcame the institutional and political challenges to the legitimacy of national law enforcement. Promises of law and order helped to manage tensions among key Democratic Party factions—organized labor, Black Americans, and white Southerners. Their anticrime program, featuring a strengthened criminal code, an empowered FBI, and the first federal war on marijuana, was essential to the expansion of national authority previously stymied on constitutional grounds.

Private Investigations provides practical guidance on all aspects of the investigative process and details how the different phases come together to ensure a successful outcome. It teaches the fundamental elements of an investigation, i.e., surveillance, open-source intelligence gathering, the handling of informants, other covert activities, evaluation of evidence, and much more.

The line between justice and vengeance runs thin Sergeant Hector Ramirez, an Army MP, is tasked with investigating heinous rapes on his military base. With his partner, Specialist Eric Miller, they set off to apprehend the perpetrator. Yet as their investigation deepens, the criminal becomes increasingly difficult to find. Tensions mount as pressures from Ramirez's superiors build up, it becomes clear that the attacker is someone within their ranks. Struggling with his own sanity and crumbling relationships, Sergeant Ramirez finds an unlikely ally in a witness who brings crucial information...