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The Comprehensive Book List contains books which may be included on a test at the base price.The list is indexed by topic and appropriate rank.

 

The Popular Book List contains a smaller selection of our more popular texts sorted by organizational position.

TOPIC CODES

RANKS

CI Criminal Investigation Cpl Corporal
ETH Ethics Det Detective
LDSHP Leadership Sgt Sergeant
LEG Legal Lt Lieutenant
MGMT Management Cpt Captain
P&C Police and the Community Asst Chief Assistant Chief
PAM Police Administration and Management    
POSM Patrol, Operations, Supervision, and Management    
PS Police Supervision
PS Police Supervision
Thomas Adams. Police Field Operations, 7th Edition. Prentice Hall Publishing Co., 2007. ISBN 0-13-219370-1. 514 pp. 1-800-947-7700. 1 Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. www.policetrainingstore.com
POSM
Cpl/Sgt
Wayne Bennett and Karen Hess. Management and Supervision in Law Enforcement, 5th Edition. Thomson Learning / Wadsworth, 2007. ISBN 0-495-09341-6. 582 pp. 1-800-487-5510. 610 Opperman Dr. Eagan, MN 55123. www.wadsworth.com
PAM
Sgt/Lt/Cpt
cover David Carter. The Police and the Community, 7th Edition. Prentice-Hall Publishing Co., 2002. ISBN 0130410632. 578 pp. 1-800-947-7700. 1 Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. www.policetrainingstore.com
P&C
Cpt
  Gary Cordner and Kathryn Scarborough. Police Administration, 7th Edition. LexisNexis/Anderson Publishing Co., 2010. ISBN 978-1-4224-6324-6. 531 pp. 800-223-1940. 2035 Reading Road Cincinnati, OH 45202. www.lexisnexis.com/bookstore
PAM
Cpt/Asst Chief
John P. Crank and Michael A. Caldero. Police Ethics: The Corruption of Noble Cause, 3rd Edition. LexisNexis/Anderson Publishing Co., 2010. ISBN 978-1-59345-910-8. 359 pp. 800-223-1940. 2035 Reading Road Cincinnati, OH 45202. www.lexisnexis.com/bookstore 
ETH
Lt/Cpt/Asst Chief
Edwin Delattre. Character and Cops: Ethics in Policing, 5th Edition. American Enterprise Institute Press, 2006. ISBN 0-8447-4217-1. 563 pp. 1-800-462-6420. The AEI Press, c/o National Book Network, Attn: Order Department, 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706. www.aei.org/books
ETH
Lt/Cpt/Asst Chief
Jack E. Enter, Ph.D. Challenging the Law Enforcement Organization, 1st Edition. Narrow Road Press, 2006. ISBN 0-9785537-0-5. 153 pp. 1-770-962-4467 or fax orders to 1-770-962-3527. Jack E. Enter & Assoc., Inc., 478 Wages Road, Auburn, GA 30011. www.jackenter.com

LDSHP
Sgt

cover Herman Goldstein. Problem Oriented Policing. McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 1990. ISBN 0-07023-694-1. 206 pp. 1-800-338-3987. Princeton Road Hightown, NJ 08520. www.mhhe.com [out of print]
P&C
All Ranks
Charles D. Hale. Police Patrol: Operations and Management, 3rd Edition. Prentice Hall Publishing Co., 2004. ISBN 0-13-112634-2. 606 pp. 1-800-947-7700. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. www.policetrainingstore.com
POSM
Cpl/Sgt
  Vincent E. Henry. The Compstat Paradigm. Looseleaf Law Publications, Inc., 2002, second printing 2003. ISBN 1-889031-15-1. 354 pp. 1-800-647-5547. Flushing, NY 11358. www.looseleaflaw.com
PAM
Lt/Cpt/Asst
Chief
Paul Hersey, Kenneth Blanchard and Dewey Johnson. Management of Organizational Behavior: Leading Human Resources, 9th Edition. Prentice Hall Publishing Co., 2008. ISBN 978-0-13-144139-2. 334pp. 1-800-947-7700. 1 Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. www.policetrainingstore.com
MGMT
Cpt
cover Larry T. Hoover (ed.). Police Management: Issues and Perspectives, Police Executive Research Forum, 1992. ISBN 1-878734-28-8. 381 pp. 1-888-202-4563 (Product 265). 1120 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 930 Washington, DC 20036. www.policeforum.org
PAM
Lt/Cpt/Asst Chief
cover Larry Hoover (ed.). Quantifying Quality in Policing. Police Executive Research Forum, 1996. ISBN 1-878734-40-7. 279 pp. 1-888-202-4563 (Product 804). 1120 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 930 Washington, DC 20036. www.policeforum.org
PAM
Lt/Cpt/Asst Chief
  Nathan F. Iannone, Marvin D. Iannone and Jeff Bernstein. Supervision of Police Personnel, 7th Edition. Prentice Hall Publishing Co., 2009. ISBN 978-0-13-113161-3. 361pp. 1-800-947-7700. 1 Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. www.policetrainingstore.com
PS
Sgt/Lt
  Victor E. Kappeler and Larry K. Gaines. Community Policing: A Contemporary Perspective, 5th Edition. LexisNexis/Anderson Publishing Co., 2009. ISBN 978-1-59345-511-8. 447pp. 800-223-1940. Reading Road Cincinnati, OH 45202. www.lexisnexis.com/bookstore
P&C
Lt/Cpt
George L. Kelling and Catherine M. Coles. Fixing Broken Windows. 1st Edition 1997. Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, Copyright 1996. ISBN 0-684-837382(Pbk). 319 pp. 1-888-866-6631. 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. www.simonsays.com
P&C
Lt/Cpt
James Kouzes and Barry Posner. The Leadership Challenge, 4th Edition. Jossey-Bass, 2007. ISBN 978-0-7879-8491-5. 389 pp. 1-800-956-7739. PO Box 34587 Newark, NJ 07189-4587. www.josseybass.com
LDSHP
Cpt
cover Charles A. Lushbaugh and Paul B. Weston. Criminal Investigation: Basic Perspectives, 11th Edition. Prentice Hall Publishing Co., 2009. ISBN 978-0-13-244748-5. 444pp. 1-800-947-7700. 1 Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. www.policetrainingstore.com
CI
Cpl/Det/Sgt
  Ronald G. Lynch and Scott R. Lynch. The Police Manager, 6th Edition. LexisNexis/Anderson Publishing Co., 2005. ISBN 1593452667. 379 pp. 800-223-1940. 2035 Reading Road Cincinnati, OH 45202. www.lexisnexis.com/bookstore
PAM
Lt/Cpt/Asst Chief
John C. Maxwell. Developing the Leader Within You. Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1993. ISBN 0-7852-6666-6. 207 pp. 800-251-4000. PO Box 141000 Nashville, TN 37214. www.thomasnelson.com
LDSHP
Cpl/Sgt
Charles McNeeley. Community Policing: Building Inclusive Communities.  Lamar Publishing, 2006. ISBN 0-9744747-5-4. 143 pp. 800-227-9215.  PO Box 20114 Alexandria, VA 22314.  www.lamarpublishing.com [up to 20% of test]

P&C

Cpl/Sgt

  Linda Miller, Karen Hess and Christine Orthmann. Community Policing: Partnerships for Problem Solving, 6th Edition. Delmar Cengage Learning, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4354-8868-7. 545 pp. 1-800-487-5510. 5 Maxwell Drive, Clifton Park, NY 12065-2919. www.CengageBrain.com
P&C
Cpl/Sgt/Lt
cover Mark Moore and Darrel Stephens. Beyond Command and Control: The Strategic Management of Police Departments. Police Executive Research Forum, 1991. ISBN 1-878734-25-3. 132 pp. 1-888-202-4563 (Product 173). 1120 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 930 Washington, DC 20036. www.policeforum.org
PAM
Lt/Cpt/Asst Chief
cover Harry W. More and Larry S. Miller. Effective Police Supervision, 5th Edition. LexisNexis/Anderson Publishing Co., 2007. ISBN 1-59345-331-0. 583 pp. 800-223-1940. 2035 Reading Road Cincinnati, OH 45202. www.lexisnexis.com/bookstore
PS
Sgt/Lt

Patrick O'Hara, Why Law Enforcement Organizations Fail, Carolina Academic Press, 2005. ISBN 1-59460-084-8. 228 pp. 1-919-489-7486. 700 Kent Street, Durham, NC 27701. www.cap-press.com [up to 25% of test]

PAM

Lt/Cpt/Asst Chief

  Kenneth J. Peak, Larry K. Gaines and Ronald W. Glensor. Police Supervision and Management, 3rd edition. Prentice Hall, 2010. ISBN:978-0-13-515466-3. 409 pp. 1-800-947-7700. 1 Lake Street Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. www.policetrainingstore.com
PS/PAM
Lt
  Howard Rahtz. Community Policing: A Handbook for Beat Cops and Supervisors, 1st Edition. Pathway Book Service, 2001. ISBN 1-88179-829-1. 134 pp. 800-345-6665. PO Box 249, Monsey NY, 10952. www.criminaljusticepress.com
P&C
Cpl/Sgt
Donald Schroeder and Frank Lombardo. Management and Supervision of Law Enforcement Personnel, 4th Edition. LexisNexis/Gould Publications, 2006. ISBN 1-4224-0437-4. 359 pp. 1-800-223-1940. 2035 Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH 75202. www.lexisnexis.com/bookstore
POSM
Cpl/Sgt
cover Charles Swanson, Neil Chamelin, Leonard Territo and Robert Taylor. Criminal Investigation, 10th Edition. McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 2009. ISBN 978-0-07-340156-9. 767pp. 1-800-338-3987. Princeton Road Hightown, NJ 08520. www.mhhe.com
P&C, CI
Cpl/Det/Sgt
Charles Swanson, Leonard Territo and Robert Taylor. Police Administration: Structures, Processes, and Behavior, 7th Edition. Prentice Hall Publishing Co., 2008. ISBN 978-0-13-158933-9. 692pp. 1-800-947-7700. 1 Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. www.policetrainingstore.com
PAM
Lt/Cpt/Asst Chief
  Edward Thibault, Lawrence Lynch and R. Bruce McBride. Proactive Police Management, 8th Edition. Prentice-Hall Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-0-13-609365-7. 408 pp. 1-800-947-7700. 1 Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. www.policetrainingstore.com
PAM
Lt/Cpt/Asst Chief
cover Patrick L. Townsend and Joan E. Gebhardt. Five-Star Leadership: The Art and Strategy of Creating Leaders at Every Level., John Wiley & Sons, Copyright 1997, paperback printing 1999. ISBN 0-471-32728-X. 254 pp. 800-956-7739 . www.wiley.com(NOTE: This book is a print-on-demand book. Delivery time slightly longer.)
LDSHP
Cpl/Sgt/Lt
Jeffery T. Walker and Craig Hemmens. Legal Guide for Police: Constitutional Issues, 8th Edition. LexisNexis/Anderson Publishing Co., 2008. ISBN 978-1-59345-479-1 (softbound). 248 pp. 1-800-233-1940. 2035 Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH 45202. www.lexisnexis.com/bookstore
LEG
All Ranks
  Paul Whisenand. Supervising Police Personnel: The Fifteen Responsibilities, 7th Edition. Prentice Hall Publishing Co., 2011. ISBN 978-0-13-245758-3. 342 pp. 1-800-947-7700. 1 Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. www.policetrainingstore.com
PS
Sgt/Lt
cover Scot Wrighton (ed.). Effective Supervisory Practices, 4th Edition. International City/County Management Association, 2005. ISBN: 0-87-326176-3. (Item # 43345) 217 pp. 1-800-745-8780. 1650 Bluegrass Lakes Parkway Alpharetta, GA 30004. www.icma.org
PS
Sgt/Lt

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