Surviving Street Patrol: The Officer's Guide to Safe and Effective Policing

I found this book to be a great review of things learned in police training. As a new officer, I found much of the information to be very helpful. It's like a book of advice from a cop that seems to have been there and done that. After reading this book, I feel like I'm on track to having a long, successful career as a cop.

Quite simply, its the only book I've ever read outside of college on my personal time that I've taken notes from for my own application to work. Worth reading and keeping. I highly suggest it for future and current officers. It's best geared for the future, or rookie officers. But veterans can get great tips out of it too.

SURVIVING STREET PATROL IS A GREAT BOOK. IT'S UP TO DATE, AN EASY READ AND FULL OF VALUABLE INFO THAT WILL KEEP YOU ON YOUR TOES AND OUT OF A PINE BOX. I HAVE BEEN ON THE JOB FOR SIX YEARS AND, AFTER READING THIS BOOK,I REALIZED I HAVE BECOME TOO COMPLACENT. ACCORDING TO THE BOOK,MOST OFFICERS WHO ARE KILLED ON THE JOB HAVE FIVE PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. DON'T LET IT BE YOU! BUY THIS BOOK AND REFRESH YOUR, "I KNOW EVERYTHING" MIND AND STAY SAFE.

This is a good book for those who have less than five years experience on a police department. Most of the material is explained fairly well and is easy to understand. I would like to see the author write a more advanced book, it appears he has the experience and ability.Recommended for new police officers or those who need to refresh themselves on good tactics.

Having read the author's prior work of similar format and content ("Street Work"), I was a little worried it might simply be a re-hash of the same material. However, the previous book was so good, I felt that the new one was worth a look. It is, in fact, new and updated material. All of it is relevant to actually working on the street. For those not currently working in law enforcement, or interested in it as a future career, you might also find it worthwhile. While the main purpose of the book is not to illustrate "what it's like to be a cop", you can find it if you read between the lines. Lots of the topics provide insight as to _why_ law enforcement officers do certain things when on the street. The format, which works very well, is about 60 self-contained topics (magazine column size). Each is to the point and full of information that makes it clear the author has "been there, done that". If I had to pick 5 or 6 books for new peace officers to read, this would be on the list. It is excellent for both training as well as review for experienced officers. It is filled with lots of stuff that many of us remember when we get reminded...I hope Mr. Albrecht has more of these up his sleeve...