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This text focuses on law enforcement managers and supervisors, their jobs, and the complicated interrelationships between members of the law enforcement team and the communities they share. It illustrates the best known methods and practices of police leadership and management while also turning an eye to the future. Bennett/Hess present a comprehensive overview of the responsibilities of law enforcement leaders as well as developments in the field. The text covers everything from the newest principles of participative leadership to the exciting technological aids changing the face of today's law enforcement officer and agency.

"The Eighteen Eleven" (Journal of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association)  This book explains virtually ... in order to master the often complicated process of obtaining a position in federal law enforcement.

Journal of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers
...a fantastic source book for anyone who is seeking valid information on federal law enforcement positions.
 

Book Description - This book offers complete coverage for leadership training of supervisors in law enforcement and allied fields. The relationships involved in individual and group management methods and the practical techniques for carrying out the various responsibilities of the supervisor are explored. Everyday problems faced by the police supervisor in interpersonal, operational, and administrative relationships with subordinates are also covered in detail. Chapter topics include the supervisor's role, and function in organization, administration, and management; leadership, supervision, and command presence; interpersonal communications; principles of interviewing; psychological aspects of supervision; employee dissatisfaction, grievances, and complaints; discipline principles, policies, and practices; tactical development of field forces; and conference leading. For the training of managerial and supervisory personnel in police departments and law enforcement agencies.

About the Author - Randy E. Narramore is the Chief of Police in Huntington Park, California. He has dedicated the past twenty-six years of his life to law enforcement. Chief Narramore has an A.S. Degree in Police Science, a B.S. Degree in Administration of Justice, and a Masters Degree in Public Administration. He is also a graduate of the F.B.I. National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. He has received numerous professional awards and has earned all of California's Peace Officer Standards and Training Certificates. Chief Narramore also has extensive experience as a college instructor.
Chief Narramore has also authored six other comprehensive manuals on employment and promotional testing for the Law Enforcement and Firefighting communities.
 

Police Book Description - The industry standard for 21st-century policing, Police Field Operations is written from the perspective of a working police officer, presenting real-life scenarios an officer is likely to encounter while on-duty. With its focus on community policing, it describes how and why certain procedures are used, and gives informative techniques from leading police academies from around the country. This fully updated edition covers the latest information on interviews and interrogations, arrest laws, search and seizure, and DUI laws. It gives the full range of skills a police officer needs to possess, by covering observations, perceptions, interviewing techniques, and crowd and riot control. Police communications, basic field procedures, traffic direction and enforcement, crimes in progress, reporting and records, and officer survival and stress reduction are all comprehensively addressed. Great resource material for those involved in police patrol procedures and police and field operations. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Publisher - This is an excellent book for those preparing to enter law enforcement. Chapters include: What is it you want?; How to prepare your interview; How to prepare your resume (plus resume styles); How to dress for the interview; What to say for the interview; What to do after the interview; Tough questions and great answers; Conclusion-You can get what you want. Also includes a list of CA Police Academies.

Book Description - A basic guide on how to become a Law Enforcement Officer. Includes information on: How to Prepare Your Application, How to Prepare Your Resume, How to Perform During Your Interview, How to Dress for the Interview, and Sample Questions and Answers.
 

Book Description - ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IT REVOLUTION? Law enforcement agencies that are laggards in Information Technology (IT) will soon, if not already, be considered mismanaged. Whether you are in an operational position, or you are a police officer who aspires to a higher rank, you must be aware of how IT can help you perform your job and help your organization. DON'T BE INTIMIDATED BY IT ANY LONGER. With extensive experience implementing large-scale IT projects to the law enforcement community, author Jim Chu has assembled a comprehensive, one-stop guide that enables you to understand the many complexities and hurdles associated with IT systems. In a non-technical language, Law Enforcement Information Technology: A Managerial, Operational, and Practitioner Guide describes infrastructure components and outlines economic concepts that explain how and why IT adds value. It also includes seminal perspectives on why IT supports community policing, and how public policing is changing to a knowledge-based profession. LEARN HOW TO APPLY IT AND MAXIMIZE THE USE OF INFORMATION. Used wisely and correctly, IT can be one of your greatest and most efficient assets in law enforcement. Whether you address automation or communicate with those who do, you need to understand the role of IT in all aspects of the public safety service delivery chain. Logically organized and easy to understand, Law Enforcement Information Technology helps you become well-versed in the latest terminology, products, and automation options and gives you the ability to work with technical resources in a partnership to improve the performance of your organization.