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Case brief: The opening of the Kalamazoo City Dome - the world's largest indoor/outdoor amusement complex - has everyone in the city buzzing, especially because it's going to be the shooting site for Chase Mercy's new blockbuster film. But that's when things start to go haywire, and Mayor Saunders suspects foul play. Who would want to sabotage the Dome, and why?

In a town where magic stirs the air, a fiery blacksmith must forge her destiny, fight for her family, and gamble on love as boundless as the Sedona scenery. Single mom and badass blacksmith, Abby Carson, has spent years hammering out a life on her own terms, raising her daughter, and avoiding trouble — especially the masculine kind that comes wrapped in a flannel shirt and a spellbinding smile. But in Sedona, where vortexes hum with mystical energy, trouble is as persistent as the visions that color her dreams. When the famed vortexes start misbehaving, the town buzzes with talk of energy...

In a town filled with memories, can love heal the wounds of the past and offer a second chance at forever? Haunted by the scars of childhood betrayal, KC Gates had learned one painful truth—crying for help meant nothing if no one cared enough to listen. When she once sought refuge in a teacher’s kindness, her plea was ignored, shattering her heart all over again. Determined to be the voice she never had, she became a teacher herself, vowing to stand as a fierce protector for victims of abuse. Returning to her hometown in rural West Texas, KC embraced life as a traveling substitute ...

Daniel Reinhardt spent 24 years as a police officer near Cleveland, Ohio. He was long unaware of the ways the culture of the police department was shaping him, but gradually, through his own experiences as a police officer and through the mentorship of Black Christians in his life, his eyes were opened to a difficult truth: police brutality against racial minorities was endemic to the culture of the system itself. In Rethinking the Police, Reinhardt lays out a history of policing in the United States, showing how it developed a culture of dehumanization, systemic racism, and brutality.

HOW TO WIN IN COURT - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW - Updated If you want to learn how to win court cases then this Guide is for you. Whether you're a layman or a young lawyer, or a trainee lawyer or law student, you'll find this short book invaluable. It covers everything you need to know, including - For the layman: * what to do if you find yourself arrested for an offence you haven't committed; * how to handle yourself at an ID Parade so as to minimise the danger of being wrongly identified and maximise the possibility of further proceedings being dropped; * how to find a successful lawyer...

The Torture Machine takes listeners from the 1969 murders of Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton and Panther Mark Clark - and the historic 13-years of litigation that followed - through the dogged pursuit of commander Jon Burge, the leader of a torture ring within the CPD that used barbaric methods, including electric shock, to elicit false confessions from suspects.

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 ...

Large-scale protests, marches, and demonstrations in cities all over the globe have followed high-profile fatal encounters involving law enforcement and people of color. Citizens have taken to the streets and demanded answers to the chronic problems of police violence and lack of accountability, particularly at the intersection of law enforcement and race in the United States. Many have demanded reform, defunding, and even the outright abolishment of police departments. How did we get here? And what does the future of public safety look like?

NEW REFORMAT FOR KINDLE I have had the opportunity to review and read THE THIN BLUE LIFELINE and I cannot recommend this book highly enough. This moves policing communication so far beyond "Verbal Judo" and "Tac Com" that those systems cannot even compare (though, to be sure, there are some similar techniques that they utilise in those systems). It is relevant, well-written, operationally-based, and goes to the heart of the matter in dealing with people who are in crisis - not just for dealing with "mentally ill" folks - but virtually everyone with whom police officers come into contact....

True Jamaican horror story about a man called Thaddeus Hyatt. His killing spree committed on Easter Monday, March 30th 1959, made international news. The events and timeline are well documented in living memory, newspaper articles and court documents. Amazon Customer 4.0 out of 5 stars Chilling Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2019 Verified Purchase A chilling account of the life of Teddy. Heard bits and pieces during my childhood but this is the most I have ever heard FM 4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2017 Verified Purchase Not my ...

By the novel use of haiku quintets and related content, Common Ground makes an incisive argument that mediation in its various skillsets can and should play an important role in police reform in particular, and in family and organizational life in general.. Prose sections include "Everyday Peacemaking: Quelling the Conflicts That Disrupt Our Lives" and "Managing Differences: How to Build Better Relationships at Work and Home."

Resilience Behind the Badge is a comprehensive and unflinching exploration into the inner world of those who serve and protect. This groundbreaking book delves beyond the surface of law enforcement to expose the emotional, cognitive, and psychological challenges that officers face—both on and off duty and at the deepest levels. By covering a wide range of topics, it ensures that readers are fully informed and equipped to understand and address the complexities of law enforcement. Through 21 compelling and expertly crafted chapters, the book reveals what lies beneath the uniform: the ...

Get a deeper understanding of police shootings through interviews with officers involved in real-life cases. Today’s media is filled with discussions about officer-involved shootings. Too often missing from that discussion are the police officers’ voices and the reality of what happens in actual shooting incidents. Through actual interviews with involved officers, this book addresses common myths and misunderstandings about these shootings. Shots Fired is a journey “behind the shield” and the experiences of the real human beings behind the badge.

Grace Church’s life is a perfect mess. Her career is in the toilet, her love life is non-existent, and her beloved grandfather, the reason she became a cop in the first place, has just been murdered. So Grace is going home, to Mystic Lake, Pennsylvania. But Mystic Lake is far from a typical small town. It’s the base of her mother’s psychic empire, the home of her sister’s Wiccan Coven, and the former love of Grace’s life. Her first obstacle is Sam MacMillan. Her former lover is also back in Mystic Lake and none too happy that Grace is home. But the passion between them is hard to ...

Quinn: Officers of the Law Book 3 A Curvy Younger Woman and Alpha Police Officer Insta-love Romance Alice I was running late for an important town meeting. Busy working hard to protect my town. I missed the meeting because I was pulled over. I would have been livid, but Quinn was too cute to be mad at. Quinn I was new to the police force. Given orders to pull over a suspect’s car. After making the stop, I saw she was the most beautiful girl. She needed help saving the town, I needed her to save my heart. Short story telling a sweet & steamy insta-love romance with a curvy younger woman ...

Arresting Communication: The Academy Edition was written by Lt. Jim Glennon a 30 year law enforcement veteran who also taught at a Police Academy for 12 years. The book can be used by academies as a blueprint for training as well as by recruit officers looking for the tools necessary to communicate effectively during any type of interaction. It includes subjects such as: body language, proxemics, detecting deception, how to get confessions, developing rapport, avoiding citizen complaints, and understanding the fundamental needs of the Human Animal. In addition, the book advises those ...

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 ...

Sometimes, a cop has to improvise.Like when my partner Richie and I had to respond to a woman claiming a guy in another building was trying to control her brain. Richie questioned her thoroughly, and found out that this guy’s death ray would only work at night and only seemed to be directed toward her bedroom window. "Not a problem,” said Richie, “I’ve seen this before. Follow me and do exactly as I say.” He explained that if she covered the window entirely with aluminum foil, the negative ions that comprised the thought-control function of the gamma ray that this guy was ...

Broken and Blue: A Policeman’s Guide To Health, Hope, and Healing by Chief Scott Silverii is a heartfelt and powerful testimonial of a law enforcement officer’s journey through the darkest valleys of anxiety, pain, and PTSD. With over 25 years of service, Chief Silverii shares his personal struggles and the toll that a career in policing can take on one’s mental and emotional health. This book is not just a recount of hardships but a beacon of hope and a guide to healing. Chief Silverii opens up about his path to recovery, offering practical advice and spiritual insights that helped ...

In the second half of 2020 and continuing into 2021, protests against racial injustice spread across the United States after the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis Police Department officers. What transpired during this troubled time cast a bright light on the contemporary relationship between the press and police in the United States. The relationship between these two fundamental institutions is, however, a long and complicated one.