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"Renée Ballard works the night shift in Hollywood, beginning many investigations but finishing none as each morning she turns her cases over to day shift detectives. A once up-and-coming detective, she's been given this beat as punishment after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a supervisor. But one night she catches two cases she doesn't want to part with: the brutal beating of a prostitute left for dead in a parking lot and the killing...
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DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
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Washington, D.C. has been murder-free thanks to astounding technology which identifies killers before they commit their crimes. But when the chief of the Pre-crime unit is himself accused of a future murder, he has just 36 hours to discover who sets him up.
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Random House
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English
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Chronicles the history of the Texas Rangers, dispelling myths, noting dark moments, and discussing their beginnings; their formal organization in 1835; their roles in the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, and war with the Comanches; and the changes wrought by the twentieth century.
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Little, Brown and Company
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English
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Police officers share their experiences while protecting, serving, and defending people and communities, showcasing the courage, anger, and joy that can be found.
Police officers risk their lives every day to protect and serve our homes, families and communities. Here is “a notable collection of heartfelt stories from the front line told with honesty and compassion” (Kirkus).
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These men and women are our eyes. Our ears. Our protectors....
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"A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer-- the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California for over a decade-- from Michelle McNamara, the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case. For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then he disappeared, eluding...
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In the wake of his wife's death in childbirth and the killing of his brother on the West Texas plains, John Kerney is forced to give up his ranch, leave his son behind, and strike out in search of the murdering outlaws and a place to start over. He drifts south hiring on as a hand, until he meets a man who offers him work trailing cattle to the New Mexico Territory and forever changes his life. Spanning the years 1875 to 1918, Hard Country reinvents...
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Joanna Brady mysteries volume 15
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English
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When Joanna Brady's daughter, Jenny, stumbles across the body of her high school principal, Debra Highsmith, in the desert, the Cochise County sheriff's personal and professional worlds collide, forcing her to tread the difficult middle ground between being an officer of the law and a mother. While investigating murders has always meant discovering unpleasant facts and disquieting truths, the experienced Joanna isn't prepared for the knowledge she's...
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ST MARTIN'S PRESS
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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From one of the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement comes a poetic memoir and reflection on humanity. Necessary and timely, Patrisse Cullors story asks us to remember that protest in the interest of the most vulnerable comes from love. Leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement have been called terrorists, a threat to America. But in truth, they are loving women whose life experiences have led them to seek justice for those victimized by...
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Published by Sanya Whittaker Gragg
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2017.
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English
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Following the shooting of an unarmed black man, African-American parents decide it is time to have The Talk with their sons about what to do if approached by a police officer, while emphasizing that all policemen are not bad (From back cover).
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HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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The once-lawless frontier settlement has grown into a town on the threshold of South Dakota's statehood and modernization. Still, the past isn't easily dismissed as old feuds are revived, sins recalled, and allegiances tested.
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Quill Driver Books, an imprint of Linden Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"A veteran police officer gives his thoughtful, balanced views on police shootings, racial profiling, community relations, and every other aspect of policing-- and he'll change what you think about the police ... Adam Plantinga, a 17-year veteran sergeant with the San Francisco Police Department, gives an inside view of the police officer's job, from handling evidence and conducting interrogations to coping with danger, violence, and death. Not hesitating...
13) Desperate ride
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Texas Ranger Will Kirkpatrick volume 2
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Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"[A] series of adventures for veteran Texas Ranger Will Kirkpatrick, and his young Ranger recruit, Jonas Peterson ... Receiving orders to clean up a huge swath of west Texas, the Rangers begin encountering outlaws and renegades before they even reach the heart of the crime-infested range. In saloons, at camp, on steam trains and stagecoaches, Will and Jonas face down bandits, fugitives, crooked lawmen and trigger-happy drunks ..."--
14) Bandera pass
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"On Hank Littleton's first assignment as a Texas Ranger, he shows how his crack-shot aim can stop the careful escape plan of a group of prisoners being escorted to Austin. Then his captain again pairs him with war veteran Joe Casebolt on a do-or-die assignment: catch the notorious band of robbers led by former lawman Isom Whitaker that is working the stages and rails near San Antonio. The two Rangers soon conclude that this wouldn't be such a tough...
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2022.
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English
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"When FDLE special agent Amy Larson discovers a small horse figurine amid the bloody aftermath of a gang massacre in the Everglades, she recognizes it immediately. The toy is the calling card of the apocalypse cult that Amy and her partner, FBI special agent Hunter Forrest, have been investigating, and it can only mean one thing: this wasn't an isolated skirmish--it was the beginning of a war. As tensions between rival gangs rise, so does the body...
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Trivium Test Prep
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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You're probably thinking this is just another typical study guide. Because we know your time is limited, we've created a product that isn't like most study guides. With Trivium Test Prep's unofficial Police Officer Exam Study Guide 2019-2020: Police Officer Exam Preparation Book and Practice Test Questions you'll benefit from a quick but total review of everything tested on the exam with real examples, graphics, and information....
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CBS DVD
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
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Recapture the spirit of the American frontier with plain-talking Marshal Matt Dillon, kindly saloon-keeper Miss Kitty, irascible Doc Adams and tender-hearted but gullible Deputy Chester Goode as they uphold the law and bring respectability to the rough and tough town of Dodge City, Kansas.
18) Rio Bravo
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English
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In the dusty town of Rio Bravo, Sheriff Chance arrests Joe Burdette for a brutal murder and must fight off ruthless gunmen to keep him in custody until the state marshal arrives.
19) Casanova: Gula
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Casanova volume 2
Publisher
Icon
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
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When a mission goes haywire and Casanova disappears, all hell breaks loose. As arch rival Newman Xeno conspires to break both the laws of man and physics both, the fabric of all-that-is begins to fray. Clearing the way for that delightful little Armageddon is Casanova's sister Zephyr, killing her way through a blood-soaked hit list that ends with their father. All this as a super-vixen from the future scrambles to unravel the mystery at the heart...