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Patrolling police cars

2018
"Patrolling almost anywhere, in any neighborhood, police cars help police keep all things steady, safe, and good. Cruise around with some law-enforcing animal officers and their patrol cars in this . . . picture book"--Provided by publisher.

The concrete blonde

2013
Detective Harry Bosch of Los Angeles police department is sure that he killed the sadistic serial murderer known as the Dollmaker. A corpse of a woman is found, and all indications are that this is another of Dollmaker's victims, but reports show that this woman was killed after Harry shot the man he believed to be the serial killer. The question now is, did Harry kill the right man?.

Towards zero

2012
Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard investigates a vicious crime. But the evidence is too neat and the clues, incriminating as they are, do not reveal the killer.

Poppy the police horse

Poppy was fit, strong and healthy - her parent's delight. But for reasons unknown she was born without sight. Poppy's a horse who can't see, but she does have an incredible nose to sniff out crimes and is recruited to be a police horse - solving the toughest crimes. This is a charming underdog story (about a horse) that will have children engaged from the first page. Part of the beloved Fables from the Stables series, which helps emerging readers build confidence in reading. Other books in the series are: Murray the Racehorse, Hendrix the Rocking Horse, Colin the Carthorse.

The Kneeling Man

My Father's Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr
2023
In the famous photograph of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on the balcony of Memphis's Lorraine Motel, one man kneeled down beside King, trying to staunch the blood from his fatal head wound with a borrowed towel. This kneeling man was a member of the Invaders, an activist group that was in talks with King in the days leading up to the murder. But he also had another identity: an undercover Memphis police officer reporting on the activities of this group, which was thought to be possibly dangerous and potentially violent. This kneeling man is Leta McCollough Seletzky's father. Marrell McCollough was a Black man working secretly with the white power structure, a spy. This was so far from her understanding of what it meant to be Black in America, of everything she eventually devoted her life and career to, that she set out to learn what she could about his life, his actions and motivations. But with that decision came risk. What would she uncover about her father, who went on to a career at the CIA, and did she want to bear the weight of knowing?.

Thinking critically

2023
"High-profile cases, such as the killings of George Floyd and Daunte Wright, have sparked widespread debates on police use of police force, when it is justified, and how it can be regulated"--Provided by publisher.

Nightcrawling

2022
"A dazzling, unforgettable novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system-a debut that announces a blazingly original voice. Kiara Johnson and her brother Marcus are barely scraping by in a squalid East Oakland apartment complex that calls itself, optimistically, the Royal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus clings to his dream of rap stardom, Kiara hunts for work to pay their rent-which has now more than doubled-and to keep the 9-year-old boy next door, abandoned by his mother, safe and fed. What begins as a drunken misunderstanding with a stranger one night soon becomes the job Kiara never wanted but now desperately needs: nightcrawling. And her world breaks open even further when her name surfaces in an investigation that exposes her as a key witness in a massive scandal within the Oakland police department. Full of edge, raw beauty, electrifying intensity, and piercing vulnerability, Nightcrawling marks the stunning arrival of a voice unlike any we have heard before"--.

Light it up

(Realistic Fiction)
2021
Told from multiple viewpoints, Shae Tatum, an unarmed, thirteen-year-old black girl, is shot by a white police officer, throwing their community into upheaval and making it a target of demonstrators.

Losing Jon

a teen's tragic death, a police cover-up, a community's fight for justice
2020
David Parrish was in disbelief when he learned that nineteen-year-old Jon Bowie's body had been found hanged from a backstop at the local high school's baseball field and the death declared a suicide. David had known Jon and his twin brother since they were boys. He had coached them on the baseball field and welcomed them into his home for sleepovers with his own sons. However, when David learned how Jon's body was found, he felt compelled to find the facts behind this incomprehensible tragedy. Soon, David would learn of a brutal incident at a local motel where Jon and his brother had been severely beaten by police officers, the charges filed against those officers, and the months of harassment and intimidation Jon and his brother endured. Few in the utopian community of Columbia, Maryland, believed Jon could commit such a final act. Like many others, David wondered how a fateful night of teens blowing off steam could lead to such a tragic end. As law enforcement failed to find answers and seemed intent on preventing the truth from surfacing, David uncovered a system of cover-ups that could only lead to one conclusion--Jon's death was an act of murder.

Walk the Blue Line

2023
Police officers share their experiences while protecting, serving, and defending people and communities, showcasing the courage, anger, and joy that can be found.

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