Police Procedure & Investigation: A Guide for Writers (Howdunit)

Not everything you see on your favorite crime show is accurate. In fact, a lot of it is flat out wrong. Police Procedure & 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 & 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 & Investigation is the next best thing to having a police detective personally assigned to your book!