Howdunit: Book of Police Procedure and Investigation

Not everything you see on your favourite crime show is accurate. In fact, a lot of it is flat out wrong. Police Procedure and Investigation helps you get your facts straight about the inner workings of law enforcement. With a career in law enforcement that spanned nearly two decades, author Lee Lofland is a nationally acclaimed expert on police procedures and crime scene investigations who consults regularly with best-selling authors and television producers. Now you can benefit from his years of experience with Police Procedure and Investigation. This comprehensive resource includes: More than 80 photographs, illustrations, and charts showing everything from defensive moves used by officers to prison cells and autopsies Detailed information on officer training, tools of the trade, drug busts, con air procedures, crime scene investigation techniques, and more First-person details from the author about his experiences as a detective, including accounts of arrests, death penalty executions, and criminal encounters Police Procedure and Investigation is the next best thing to having a police detective personally assigned to your book! | Useful to write a police story, this book provides an insight into a cop’s world: the terminology used by police officers; a look at the tools of the trade; legal terms; courtroom terminology; jail, gang, and convict slang; and, drug information.