Street cops inhabit a secretive world that few outsiders get to see. Beyond the high-speed pursuits, the shoot-outs and bloody crime scenes, there exists another world. A world of bored and mischievous cops who spend an entire shift dreaming up pranks to play on each other or unsuspecting citizens, lazy and incompetent cops whose efforts to avoid work are legendary and accident-prone cops whom other police avoid because of their talent for causing chaos and pandemonium wherever they go. And then there are the hapless crooks, a collection of losers, misfits and walking disasters whose pathetic attempts at crime makes you almost feel sorry for them. Just one shift with these crazy cops and the incredibly dumb crooks they arrest and you will go on a hilarious journey that never seems to end! The book hosts a cast of characters including wayward cops such as Detective Sergeant Lunch-a-Lot,

Cops, Crooks and other Crazies is the inside story of policing California streets and highways. It is all here: the humorous, sad, tragic, violent and incredible, straight from the streets and highways of California from Yreka to the Mexican border. Plus Nuttall's eye-opening investigation of the unsolved D.B. Cooper skyjacking case. From walking foot beats as a rookie cop in San Diego's Skid Row to protecting President Ronald Reagan and the Queen of England during their historic meeting in Santa Barbara, Captain Nuttall tells what police work is really like as he observed and experienced it for 31 years during the greatest evolution of law enforcement in American History-on the San Diego Police Department and the California Highway Patrol.

There's never a dull moment in LEGO(R) City! An action-packed and funny adventure in the swamp with the LEGO(R) City Police!When the LEGO(R) City Swamp Police hold a contest, they expect to have a fun day--one without trouble. Too bad no one told the crooks!Now, three thieves have stolen the prize money and are trying to flee. Who will win the contest, and will the crooks get away with their crime?

Featuring more than 600 of the most colorful criminals and crime-stoppers the world has ever known, this book is a fascinating biographical dictionary of key figures in the history of crime. 80 photos.

Offers a distillation of police life and lore, drawing on the experiences of Chicago cops to present the often surprising knowledge they acquire and the methods they employ in their line of work.

A phenomenal account, newly updated, of how twelve innovative television dramas transformed the medium and the culture at large, featuring Sepinwall’s take on the finales of Mad Men and Breaking Bad. In The Revolution Was Televised, celebrated TV critic Alan Sepinwall chronicles the remarkable transformation of the small screen over the past fifteen years. Focusing on twelve innovative television dramas that changed the medium and the culture at large forever, including The Sopranos, Oz, The Wire, Deadwood, The Shield, Lost, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 24, Battlestar Galactica, Friday Night Lights, Mad Men, and Breaking Bad, Sepinwall weaves his trademark incisive criticism with highly entertaining reporting about the real-life characters and conflicts behind the scenes. Drawing on interviews with writers David Chase, David Simon, David Milch, Joel Surnow and Howard Gordon, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse, and Vince Gilligan, among others, along with the network executives responsible for green-lighting these groundbreaking shows, The Revolution Was Televised is the story of a new golden age in TV, one that’s as rich with drama and thrills as the very shows themselves.

"The author recounts the odd and interesting events he witnessed as a police officer in New York and as a hotel security manager in Las Vegas.