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Author
Series
Guardians of justice volume 2
Language
English
Description
As a social worker, Alison Taylor has a passion for protecting children and seeing that justice is served on their behalf. But when she starts getting harassing phone calls and bizarre "gifts," it seems she may be the one in need of protection. When her tormentor's attentions take a violent turn, her brother Cole comes to her aid, along with his new partner, Detective Mitch Morgan. As her relentless stalker turns up the heat, Mitch takes a personal...
Author
Series
Guardians of justice volume 3
Language
English
Description
When Kelly Warren claims her father's suicide was really murder, Detective Cole Taylor becomes embroiled in an investigation that reveals a startling secret.
Author
Publisher
Five Star, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Nebraska, 1876. The western frontier is wild and needs a lawman who can tame it. Joe Mundy is such a man. A veteran of the Civil War and Indian wars, he once wore a badge in the booming cattle town of Baxter Springs, Kansas. A deadly gunfight with a prominent rancher costs him that badge. He finds his next job enforcing the law in Taylorsville, a new town in the sandhills of Nebraska. The little town is on the road to the lawless Black Hills gold...
5) Hard country
Author
Series
American West trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Struggling with the death of his wife in childbirth at the end of the nineteenth century, John Kerney gives up his Texas ranch to pursue the outlaws responsible for his brother's murder and participates in nearly half a century of turbulent history in New Mexico Territory.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
America's cops are our eyes. Our ears. Our protectors. Those who wear a badge do their best to help people. These men and women serve their communities. They service their country-- even at the risk of their own lives. Here patrol officers, K9 handlers, sheriffs and detectives reveal what it's really like to wear the uniform. And to carry the weight of the responsibility they've been given. This is the job. -- adapted from back cover
Author
Series
Eagles volume 17
Publisher
Pinnacle Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
When he exposes a conspiracy of greed and corruption in Sorrento, Texas, acting U.S. Marshal Falcon MacCallister is sentenced to hang and plots his revenge on the three men who have taken over Sorrento, refusing to go to the gallows quietly.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Science fiction and STEM learning combine in this fascinating look at how robots are used in real-life law enforcement situations. Readers will learn about why robots are important and the technology involved in creating and using them."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Law enforcement officers keep people safe, and robots are sometimes used to keep these officers safe. As readers learn about the many ways robots are used to help in the field of law enforcement, they are introduced to exciting ways science, technology, engineering, and math, also known as STEM, are being used in the world around them. Through informative text and eye-catching fact boxes, they explore the evolution of robots in this important field,...
Author
Series
Apple Valley volume 2
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
While helping town deputy Max Stanford care for his 3-year-old daughter, who was left on his doorstep, Charlotte Garrison--who has arrived in Apple Valley, Washington, to open a bakery--finally finds a place to call home in his arms, if only she can come to terms with her past.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County, land of moonshine and cornbread, fist fights and honeysuckle. Seeing his hometown struggling with a bigoted police force inspires him to run for sheriff. He wins, and becomes the first Black sheriff in the history of the county. Then a year to the day after his election, a young Black man is fatally shot by Titus's deputies. Titus pledges to follow the truth wherever...
13) The late show
Author
Series
Renée Ballard volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cops, politicians, and ordinary people are afraid of black men. The result is the Chokehold: laws and practices that treat every African American man like a thug. In this explosive new book, an African American former federal prosecutor shows that the system is working exactly the way it's supposed to. Black men are always under watch, and police violence is widespread--all with the support of judges and politicians. In his no-holds-barred style,...
Author
Series
Legend of Joe Mundy volume 2
Publisher
Five Star Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"After surviving a shooting in Taylorsville, and the 1876 influenza outbreak, Marshal Joe Mundy is enjoying the summer courting Sarah, the abandoned wife of the town's first marshal, George Welby. Until the killings begin. The cattlemen's association has threatened to campaign against Sheriff Canfield in the upcoming election unless he curtails the area's rustling problem. Bitter and unforgiving, Canfield's secret solution is a hired assassin, a convenient...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2005], c2000-2001
Language
English
Description
Cordell Walker is a stone-faced, tough-as-nails Texas Ranger who metes out justice with his fists. Walker's partners, Ranger Jimmy Trivette is a college-educated ex-football star and talented Ranger Sydney Cooke. Assistant D.A. Alex Cahill presents the court cases. Walker's has an "eye for an eye" approach to law enforcement. Walker is hired to dole out justice to a murderous computer hacker, and "Retribution," which finds Walker & Co. chasing down...
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Learn about the brave people who make their living protecting their fellow citizens in this essential police force careers guide. Detailed bios and descriptions of operations and incidents faced by police give readers a realistic picture of what police force workers do"--
18) The last lawman
Author
Series
Rusty Spurr volume 1
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
While tracking Clell Stanhope, the ruthless leader of the Vultures gang who has left a trail of carnage throughout the Old West, Deputy United States Marshal Spurr Morgan is ambushed and loses all hope until a half-breed named Yakima Henry offers his assistance.
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