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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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"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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Guardians of justice volume 2
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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, an ex-Navy SEAL, Detective Mitch Morgan. As her relentless stalker turns up the heat, Mitch...
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[2017]
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IL: MG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 7
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"In the United States, racial profiling affects thousands of Americans every day. Both individuals and institutions - such as law enforcement agencies, government bodies, banks, and schools - routinely use race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of an offense. Profiling is linked to racial prejudices and stereotypes rooted in the nation's legacy of slavery as well as in twenty-first century immigration and terrorism." -- from book's jacket....
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[2003]
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This Contract Management Manual has been developed to assist cities and counties in the administration of a Law Enforcement Assistance Fund (LEAF) Project. The policies and procedures contained herein are in addition to, and consistent with, the rules and regulations and guidelines developed and issued by the Office of Transportation Safety. The State LEAF Administrator and the concerned party will resolve any differences between local policy and...
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Thunder Point novels volume 6
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2014.
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At the age of nineteen, Seth Sileski had everything. A superb athlete, handsome and popular, he was the pride of Thunder Point. Destined for greatness, he lost it all in a terrible accident that put an end to his professional football career when it had barely begun. Seth has come to terms with the turns his life has taken. Now he's been presented with an opportunity to return home and show his father and the people of Thunder Point he's become a...
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2016.
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After review of the C.L.E.A.R. report, it became apparent that a number of inaccurate statements related to the Parole Board were included. The Parole Board performed a systematic review of the data presented in the C.L.E.A.R. report, and an independent analysis is presented in this document.
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Guardians of justice volume 3
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The police say her father's death was suicide. But Kelly Warren says it was murder--and she has new evidence that she believes proves it. Detective Cole Taylor doesn't put much credence in her claim, and nothing in his case review suggests foul play. But when Kelly ends up in the emergency room with a suspicious life-threatening medical condition, the incident strikes him as more than just coincidence. Digging deeper, he discovers she's linked to...
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Guardians of justice volume 1
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.S. Marshal Jake Taylor has seen plenty of action during his years in law enforcement. But he'd rather go back to Iraq than face his next assignment: protection detail for federal judge Liz Michaels. His feelings toward Liz haven't warmed in the five years since she lost her husband--and Jake's best friend--to possible suicide. How can Jake be expected to care for the coldhearted workaholic who drove his friend to despair? As the danger mounts and...
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2022.
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"From the detective who found The Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America's toughest cold cases and the rewards--and toll--of a life solving crime. I order another bourbon, neat. This is the drink that will flip the switch. I don't even know how I got here, to this place, to this point. Something is happening to me lately. I'm drinking too much. My sheets are soaking wet when I wake up from nightmares of decaying corpses. I order another...