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LATEST PRICE |
| Defender of the Angels : A Black
Policeman in Old Los Angeles by Jesse Kimbrough ; Hardcover Usually ships in 1-2 weeks Finally, a new edition of this terrific book. If you're interested in LAPD, Southern California History, or how far we have - or haven't - come socially, you'll enjoy this "no holds-barred" fictionalized autobiography of a policeman in raucous, early 20th-century Los Angeles. Great reading! |
$25.95 |
| Under the Headset : Surviving
Dispatcher Stress by Richard Behr ; Spiral-bound Usually ships in 24 hours |
$29.95 |
| What's the Number for 911?: America's
Wackiest 911 Calls
by Leland H., III Gregory ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$8.05 |
| My Name's Friday: The Unauthorized but True Story of
Dragnet and the Films of Jack Webb by Michael J. Hayde ; Paperback Usually ships in 1-2 weeks New - about the man who provided more positive publicity for LAPD than the department could have ever have generated on its own. "Always realistic???" No way...but interesting and educational in those early days of TV (as well as radio, before that). |
$18.95 |
| The Centurions Shield
: Badges of the LAPD by Raymond H. Sherrard ; Hardcover Usually ships in 24 hours |
$29.95 |
DISPATCHING: GENERAL INFORMATION & STORIES |
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| Inside 911 by Judy Stacy, Judith Rhymes Stacy ; Paperback Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$16.00 |
| Emergency Communications by F. Dale Williams ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$16.95 |
| Communications Guide for Public
Safety Dispatchers
by Alan Burton ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$39.95 |
| Become a 911 Dispatcher: Your
Personal Career Guide by Richard M. Callen ; Paperback Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$15.95 |
| Ick! I Hate Technical Stuff (A non technical work book for public
safety dispatchers) by Paul D. Linnee, Sue Pivetta ; Spiral-bound Usually ships in 24 hours |
$42.95 |
| 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Manual
: Police-Fire-Medical by Sue Pivetta ; Hardcover Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$54.50 |
| 911 Operator Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$27.95 |
| Calling 9-1-1 - (for children) by Sharon Shi ; Mass Market Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours
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$4.99
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ORIENTATION and EXAM PREPARATION |
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Emergency Dispatcher / 911 Operator
Exam |
$11.96 |
| Emergency Dispatcher : 911 Operator by Eve P. Steinberg ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$10.36 |
| Police Communications and Teletype
Operator by Jack Rudman ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$27.95 |
| Police Communications &Teletype
Operator Supervisor
by Jack Rudman ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$29.95 |
| Emergency Communications Specialist by Jack Rudman ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$27.95 |
| Police Dispatcher by Jack Rudman ; Spiral-bound Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$27.95 |
| Police Communications Technician (Career
Exam Series)
by Jack Rudman ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$27.95 |
MANAGEMENT, REFERENCE & GUIDANCE |
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Cop Speak: The Lingo of Law
Enforcement and Crime |
$10.36 |
| Emergency Communications Management by Francis X. Holt; Hardcover Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$25.00 |
| Thomas Guide Los
Angeles and Orange Counties 2001 : Street Guide and
Directory Now Including Zip Codes and Boundaries (Los
Angeles and Orange Counties) by Thomas Brothers (Editor) ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$25.56 |
| Public Safety Communications
Agencies, Districts and Authorities by John H. "Jack" Atkinson; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$29.99 |
| EMS Communications : Utilizing the
New Hardware and Systems Technology (Emergency Health
Services Review Series : Volume 1 No 2) by Russel C. Kulp (Editor); Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$19.95 |
| Publicity Manual for Law Enforcement Agencies: A
comprehensive professional guide to communications-- a
manual that no law enforcement agency should be without by Selma G. Field ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$29.95 |
| Police and Fire Communications
Handbook Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$19.95 |
| Copshock : Surviving Posttraumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD) by Allen R. Kates ; Paperback Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$19.95 |
| Top Cops: Profiles of Women in
Command by Marion E. Gold ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$21.95 |
| Police Talk: A Scenario-Based
Communications Workbook for Police Recruits and Officers by Jean, Phd Reynolds, et al ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$16.00 |
| Cops Don't Cry: a book of help and
hope for police families by Vali Stone ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$15.95 |
| I Love a Cop by Ellen Kirschman ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$12.76 |
| What Cops Know : Cops Talk About What
They Do, How They Do It, and What It Does to Them by Connie Fletcher, Julie Rubenstein (Editor) ; Mass Market Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$6.29 |
| Cops Under Fire : The Reign of Terror
Against Hero Cops
by Larry McShane ; Hardcover Usually ships in 24 hours |
$24.95 |
LAPD-SPECIFIC: FICTION & NON-FICTION |
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L.A.P.D. (Bill Kurtis' "American
Justice" Series)VHS ; Not
Rated |
$26.99 VIDEO |
| Citadel Run by Paul Bishop, Maynard Villers (Narrator) ; Audio Cassette Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks (THE BOOK IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT) |
$36.95 AUDIO-TAPE |
| Official Negligence : How Rodney King
and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD by Lou Cannon ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$16.00 |
| Policing Space : Territoriality and
the Los Angeles Police Department by Steve Herbert ; Paperback Usually ships in 1-2 weeks |
$17.95 |
| Danger, Duty & Disillusion : The
Worldview of Los Angeles Police Officers by Joan C. Barker ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$14.50 |
| LA Burning - The Riots of '92 VHS;
Unrated NTSC format (US and Canada only) Usually ships in 1-2 weeks |
$24.95 VIDEO |
| LAPD : Patrol, SWAT, Air Support, K-9,
CRASH, and Homicide (Power Series) by Samuel M. Katz ; Paperback Back Ordered Usually ships in 3-5 weeks |
$13.56 |
| One Time : The Story of a South
Central Los Angeles Police Officer by Brian S. Bentley, Stephanie L. Carter (Editor) ; Mass Market Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$14.95 |
| LAPD's Rogue Cops : Black Dahlia
Murder Case
by Vincent A. Carter ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$11.25 |
| Policing Women : The Sexual Politics
of Law Enforcement and the LAPD (Critical Perspectives on
the Past) by Janis Appier ; Paperback Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$19.95 |
| New Centurions Novel, by Joseph Wambaugh ; Mass Market Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$6.75 |
| The New Centurions VHS ~ George C. Scott ; VHS; Rated R NTSC format (US and Canada only) Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$9.95 VIDEO |
| The Onion Field Non-fiction by Joseph Wambaugh ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours RECOMMENDED - IT CAN HAPPEN, AND DID.. |
$6.75 |
| The Onion Field VHS ~ John Savage ; VHS; Rated R NTSC format (US and Canada only) Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$13.99 VIDEO |
| Defender of the Angels : A Black
Policeman in Old Los Angeles by Jesse Kimbrough ; Hardcover Usually ships in 1-2 weeks |
$25.95 |
| Dragnet-Bad Girls VHS ~ Jack Webb ; VHS; Not Rated NTSC format (US and Canada only) Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$5.99 VIDEO |
| Dragnet VHS ~ Jack Webb ; VHS; Not Rated NTSC format (US and Canada only) Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$13.99 VIDEO |
| Dragnet: Vol. 1-3 VHS ~ Dragnet ; VHS; Not Rated NTSC format (US and Canada only) Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$15.49 VIDEO |
| Just the Facts, Ma'Am : The
Authorized Biography of Jack Webb by Daniel Moyer, Eugene Alvarez ; Paperback Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$14.36 |
HUMOR |
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What's the Number for 911?: America's
Wackiest 911 Calls
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$8.05 |
| A Treasury of Police Humor by Oliver Gaspirtz ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$12.95 |
| Crimes and Misdumbmeanors : 100 New Stories from the
Files of America's Dumbest Criminals by Alan Ray, et al ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$7.15 |
| Wanted! Dumb or Alive: 100 New Stories from the Files of
America's Dumbest Criminals by Alan Ray, Daniel R. Butler ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours
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$7.19 |
FIRE SERVICE BOOKS |
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Fire Communications
Technician (C-1217) |
$29.95 |
| Fire Service Radio
Communications by Edwin J. Spahn ; Hardcover Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$49.00 |
| Los Angeles Fire
Department : A Century of Service by Paul Ditzel ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$24.95 |
| Ride the Devil Wind :
A History of the Los Angeles County Forester & Fire
Warden Department and Fire Protection Districts (NOW KNOWN AS THE L.A. COUNTY
FIRE DEPARTMENT) by David Boucher ; Hardcover Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$55.00 |
| Fire Call! : Fire
Communications Monitoring by Thomas J. Jr. Swisher ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$17.95 |
MISCELLANEOUS STUFF |
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California Highway
Patrol Yesterday and Today |
$18.95 |
| The Newhall Incident:
America's Worst Uniformed Cop Massacre by John Anderson, Marsh Cassady ; Paperback Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$11.96 |
| Dial 911 and Die by Richard W. Stevens, Garn Turner (Illustrator) ; Mass Market Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$8.95 |
| Police Call Radio Guide : Including
Fire and Emergency Services Paperback Special Order: Be sure to get the volume that covers your state! (California is in Vol. 9) Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$9.95 |
| Cop Talk! : How to Listen in on
Police Radio Communications by Laura E. Quarantiello ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$14.95 |
| Master Frequency File by James E. Tunnell, Robert Kelty ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks ( This book is a bit dated now, but contains a wealth of Federal Gov't radio information ) |
$29.95 |
| Tuning in to RF Scanning: From Police
to Satellite Bands
by Bob Kay ; Paperback Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$24.95 |
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