Law Enforcement

The tide is turning. Legion’s plot to rule the world is crumbling. But with the nuclear weapons missing, every second becomes critical. And tracking down Martin Collins, the elusive leader of Legion, is Strike Forces’ number one concern because until Collins is in custody, no one is safe. Secret Service Agent Kinsley Allison has done everything in her power to protect President Victor Douglas from danger. Always putting the job first ahead of her feelings for him and she almost died because of it. Now, with the world on the brink of chaos, it’s Victor’s turn to protect Kinsley, ...

Previously published as Walker Pierce (c) 2017, by Wick, Christa (AUTHOR), completely rewritten in first person POV and revised throughout with newly added content, a different extended ending, and a bit more steam. --------------------------------------------------------------------- As far as first impressions go, nearly dropping a tree onto a federal agent is admittedly not the greatest one I’ve ever made. As an opening gambit in pursuit of a feisty, deliciously curvy woman, it’s decidedly the worst. Doesn’t help matters that Miss Independence insists she doesn’t have time to get...

A harrowing diagnosis, a life-or-death struggle for a gun, and multiple youthful facial injuries nearly broke me. Ironically, those incidents helped me unlock a very human strength I did not know I had. That same strength is found within each and everyone of us, regardless of what we face. At twenty-six years old, I was forced to unexpectedly confront my mortality. After an MRI of my back, doctors incidentally discovered that I had numerous cysts throughout both of my kidneys and liver. Statistics suggested that the life I had envisioned was no longer within my grasp. My life expectancy ...

Nine years ago, mercenary Kane Rogan and photojournalist Siobhan Walsh risked their lives to rescue Hestia Juarez, a 13-year-old girl being forced to marry a much older man to expand her father’s crime family. Her enraged father has never forgotten. Now, Kane and Siobhan are finally getting married. They only invited a few people - including FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid and her husband, Sean Rogan - to celebrate. When Sean and Kane go missing the day before the wedding, Lucy must put her fear aside and work the case. Because someone believes that Siobhan knows where Hestia is....

Featured on the YouVersion Bible App Devotional Reading Plan! "Uncuffed might be the most important book ever written specifically to help marriages in the law enforcement community. Crafted with tremendous transparency, raw honesty, practical application and a level of grit that could only be possible through their own harrowing experiences, our friends Scott and Leah Silverii have created a masterpiece that will undoubtedly help marriages everywhere. If you are a First Responder or married to one, this book will be a game-changer for your marriage!" -Dave and Ashley Willis, Authors of The...

The Berlin Wall is crumbling, and with it comes the threat of a Soviet bio-weapons program that could bring the Cold War to an explosive end. Rookie officer Herman Faust apprehends a high priority defector during a routine traffic stop but it quickly spirals out of control when the defector's brother vanishes, and the defector is found dead in her holding cell! Faust finds himself entangled in a web of CIA secrets, anonymous threats, and a Soviet plot to launch a biological weapon on the American Embassy. With the stability of West Berlin on the line, Faust must risk all to stop the deadly ...

In the dangerous world of outlaw motorcycle clubs, one woman's quest for the truth could cost her everything--including the man she never knew she needed. Ginger "Shy" Jones thought she knew the rules of the game. Raised in the shadow of the Red Vipers MC, she's no stranger to the gritty underbelly of biker culture. But when she wakes up battered and bleeding on a country road with no memory of how she got there, she realizes she's in way over her head. As she struggles to piece together the events of that night, she finds herself caught between her volatile boyfriend and Viking, her ...

Could the lives of innocent young girls have been saved? No doubt! Are there more victims, non-identified? Probably! On Saturday afternoon, 24th June 1995, two little girls disappeared in Grâce-Hollogne, a town near the city of Liège. Two months later, in the early hours of 23rd August 1995, two teenagers vanished from Ostend, a city on the Belgian coast. In spring 1996, on 28th May, a twelve-year-old girl cycled to school in the morning, but she never arrived there. She too disappeared without leaving any trace. On Friday evening, 9th August 1996, a fourteen-year-old girl did not return ...

In Leadership Under Fire: Lessons from the Frontlines of Law Enforcement, Keith Grounsell shares hard-earned wisdom from more than 26 years of leadership in some of the world's most demanding environments. Drawing on his experiences as a two-time Chief of Police and U.S. Contingent Commander internationally, Grounsell delivers a candid look at the successes, mistakes, and tough lessons that shaped his leadership journey. From building high-performing teams and navigating crises to tackling corruption and adapting to cultural differences, this book offers a powerful roadmap to leading with ...

Parole and probation officers must deal with individuals suffering from psychiatric or substance abuse disorders on a frequent basis. Ellis Amdur and Alan Pelton offer parole and probation officers a comprehensive set of strategies to keep themselves as well as the general public safe, while functioning at the highest level of professionalism. The first section of this book offers an overview of the role of community corrections in dealing with the mentally ill and/or substance abusing offender. The second section is tactical: everything from field safety and tactical planning on one side, ...

Welcome to Icicle Lodge. Watch your back. Not everyone survives their visit. A wealthy gentleman, his one-armed butler, eight guests, and a cat are trapped in a ski lodge buried beneath an avalanche. One of them will be brutally murdered behind a locked door in the middle of the night. On the suspect list are a socialist and his girlfriend, the worst actor in LA, the French ambassador's daughter, and of course the butler. But at the top of the list is a brain surgeon. Think you know who did it? You don't. You don't even know who died. Even June Kato can't help solve this impossible to ...

Nicole is the wife of a 20-year law enforcement officer and gives us a glimpse into what LEO spouses deal with. Nicole tells us the story of watching her husband go through changes and ultimately try and take his life at the end of his law enforcement career.

An unsolved murder, more than 40 years in the past, leads to the discovery of a new victim and the return of an old stalker. After a blow to the head, Owen Lafferty lied dying, alone in a cabin, far out in the woods and far from home. He was found by Dana Rossi-Crane as she happened along, chasing around the threads of a 1972 unsolved murder involving her mother-in-law, Faye and Owen and his family. Dana’s efforts were too little, too late to save Owen. With the two murders, 40 some years apart, looking like they’re related, a cast of suspects now in their sixties and seventies and a ...

While her friends were examining new wrinkles during their mid-life crisis, Suzie ignored hers and went to the police academy. The small town police department had no idea what they were getting into when they hired Suzie and sent her to the police academy. She had aced the written test, excelled at the psychological, and finished the physical course with seconds to spare. There was no way to keep her from going but no one thought she had a chance to finish the eighteen weeks and survive the grueling requirements. They thought wrong! Follow Suzie as she navigates a new world and proves grit...

It’s evident that policing is a problem. But what is the way best forward? In Beyond Policing, distinguished scholar and writer Philip V. McHarris reimagines the world without police to find answers and reveal how we can make police departments obsolete. Beyond Policing tackles thorny issues with evidence, including data and personal stories, to uncover the weight of policing on people and communities and the patterns that prove police reform only leads to more policing.

Revised and updated for Washington law! Visit BlueToGold.com for agency-pricing. As a law enforcement officer, you must be able to articulate hundreds of important search and seizure doctrines. Especially in this day and age where the public and courts are increasingly scrutinizing your encounters with the public. This book will become a valuable partner whether you’re looking for legal guidance in the field or back at the station and need help writing a police report founded directly in case law. Topics Covered: Private Citizens & Agents Two Types of Searches Abandoned or Lost Property ...

Only seconds after widowed mother-to-be Naomi Carr-Cavanaugh is rescued from two masked gunmen, she’s accused of multiple murders. Detective Bennett Ford believes he’s finally apprehended the Rocky Mountain Killer—until Naomi is attacked again. Now she must rely on Bennett and his K-9 partner for protection. But with threats closing in, she’ll have to prove her innocence first in order to stay alive.

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 ...

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. ...

All he was doing was escorting a lady to the outskirts of the galaxy to check on a station because of some unexpected activity. He didn’t have to get involved with her and fall in love. Ladonna thought this new guy, Pyre, was hot. If it wasn’t for all the trouble she was expecting at the station she and Patty had just bought, she’d pursue a relationship and keep him. After all, he’d been her first crush. But business had to come first. Pyre tried to avoid Ladonna, but he was too drawn to her. Now what the hell did he do? Can two lovers settle a whole bunch of trouble and work things...