Police Promotional Reading List
(in alphabetical order by title)
4th Dimension Leadership: A Radical Strategy for Creating an Authentic Servant Leadership Culture, 2017, R. Holifield, Booklocker.com, Inc. Publishing. (Book #246)
A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World: Nine Lies About Work, 2019, M. Buckingham & A. Goodall, Harvard Business Review Press. (Book #205)
A History of Crime and Criminal Justice in America, 3rd ed., 2017, W., M. Oliver and J. F. Hilgenberg, Jr., Carolina Academic Press. (Book #192)
Advanced Supervisory Practices, 1992, John Matzer, Jr., ed., ICMA. ISBN #0-87326-087-2 (Book #32)
Becoming a Leader of Character, 2017, J. L Anderson & D. Anderson, Morgan James Publishing. (Book # 224)
Briefs of Leading Cases in Law Enforcement, Rolando V. del Carmen and Jeffrey T. Walker, 9th ed., 2015, Matthew Bender & Co. (Book #39)
Building High-Performance Local Governments, 2014, J. Pickering, G. Brokaw, P. Harnden and A. Gardner, River Grove Books. (Book # 263)
Bulletproof Spirit: The First Responder’s Essential Resource for Protecting and Healing Mind and Heart, 2019, D. Willis, New World Library. ISBN #978-1-60868-631-5 (Book #213)
Challenging the Law Enforcement Organization: Proactive Leadership Strategies, 2006, J. E. Enter, Narrow Road Press. (Book #234)
Character and Cops: Ethics in Policing, 6th ed., 2011, E. J. Delattre, AEI Press. (Book #202)
Civil Liability in Criminal Justice, 7th ed., 2018, D. L. Ross, Routledge. (Book #21)
Coaching for Performance: The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership, 2017, J. Whitmore, Nicholas Brealey Publishing. (Book #219)
Common Sense Police Supervision: Practical Tips for the First Line Leader, 5th ed., 2014, G. W. Garner, Charles C. Thomas Publisher. (Book #104)
Community Policing: A Contemporary Perspective, 8th ed., 2020, V. E. Kappeler, L. K. Gaines, and B. P. Schaefer, Rougledge. (Book #38)
Community Policing: A Handbook for Beat Cops and Supervisors, 1st ed., 2010, H. Rahtz, Lynne Rienner Publishers. (Book #212)
Community Policing: How to Get Started, 2nd ed., 1998, Robert Trojanowicz and Bonnie Bucqueroux, Anderson Publishing Co. ISBN #0-87084-877-1 (Book #27)
Community Policing: Partnerships for Problem Solving, 7th ed., 2014. L. S. Miller, K. M. Hess, & C. H. Orthmann, Delmar, Cengage Learning. (Book #210)
Constitutional Law for Criminal Justice, 15th ed., 2019, J. R. Kanovitz, J. L. Ingram, and C. J. Devine. (Candidates are responsible for Chapters 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 & 10 only.) (Book #34)
Creating Public Value: Strategic Management in Government, 1995, Mark H. Moore, Harvard University Press. ISBN #0-674-17558-1 (Book #11)
Crime Prevention: Approaches, Practices and Evaluations, 10th ed., 2020, S. P. Lab, Anderson Publishing Co. ISBN #9781138390256 (Book #22)
Crime Scene Investigation, 2007, J. T. Fish, L. S. Miller, & M. C. Braswell, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. ISBN #978-1-59345-325-1 (Book #132)
Criminal Evidence for Police, 4th ed., 1995, P. B. Weston, K. M. Wells, and M. Hertoghe, Prentice-Hall, Inc. ISBN #0-13-304635-4 (Book #24)
Criminal Investigation, 7th ed., 2004, W. W. Bennett and K. M. Hess, Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. ISBN #0-534-61524-4 (Book #29)
Criminal Investigation, 10th ed., 2009, C. R. Swanson, N. C. Chemelin, L. Territo, and R. W. Taylor, McGraw Hill. ISBN #0-07-340153-6 (Book #28)
Criminal Investigation: Basic Perspectives, 12th ed., 2012, C. A. Lushbaugh and P. B. Weston, Pearson Prentice-Hall. ISBN #978-0-13-511051-3 (Book #9)
Criminal Justice Policy & Planning, 5th ed., W. N. Welsh and P. W. Harris, LexisNexis. (Book #30)
Crisis Intervention in Criminal Justice/Social Service, 4th ed., 2006, J. E. Hendricks and B. D. Byers, Charles C. Thomas, Publisher. ISBN # 0-398-07639-1 (Book #133)
Crisis Intervention: Contemporary Issues for On-Site Interveners, 3rd ed., 2003, J. E. Hendricks, J. McKean and C. G. Hendricks, Charles C. Thomas, Publisher. ISBN #0-398-07361-9 (Book #25)
Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior, 2nd ed., 2013, K. Patterson, et. al., McGraw Hill. (Book #207)
Dare to Lead, 2018, B. Brown, Vermillion. (Book #148)
Developing the Leader Within You 2.0, 2018, J. C. Maxwell, Harper Collins Leadership. (Book #127)
Drugs in Society: Causes, Concepts and Control, 5th ed., 2007, Michael D. Lyman and Gary W. Potter, Anderson Publishing Co. ISBN #978-1-59345-3220 (Book #41)
Effective Leadership in Policing, 2013, J. A. Schafer, Carolina Academic Press. (Book #216)
Effective Police Leadership: Moving Beyond Management, 3rd ed, 2011, T. E. Baker, Looseleaf Law Publications. (Book #242)
Effective Police Supervision, 9th ed., 2021, L. S. Miller, H. W. More and M. C. Braswell, Routledge. ISBN #978-0-367-20761-8 (Book #37)
Effective Supervisory Practices: Better Results Through Teamwork, 5th ed., 2013, M. P. Flaherty, ed., ICMA. ISBN #978-0-87326-774-8 (Book #19)
Effective Writing in the Public Sector, 2015, J. W. Swain and K. D. Swain ISBN #978-0-7656-4150-2 (Book #143)
Emergency Responder’s Guide to Terrorism, 1st ed., 2002, M. E. Marks, Red Hat Publishing Co., Inc. ISBN #1-932235-00-0 (Book #43)
Emotional Intelligence for the Modern Leader, 2021, C. D. Connors, Rockridge Press (Book #153)
Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement: A Guide for Officers and Their Families, 2018, K. M. Gilmartin, E-S Press. (Book #260)
Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice, 11th ed, 2022, J. M. Pollock, Texas State University (Book #159)
Evidence-Based Policing: Translating Research into Practice, 2017, C. Lum and C. S. Koper, Oxford University Press. ISBN #978-0-19-871994-6 (Book #155)
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win, 2017, J. Willink and L. Babin, St. Martin's Press. ISBN #978-1-250-06705-0 (Book #211)
Final Report of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing. The Marshall Project. (Book #258)
High Risk Patrol: Reducing the Danger to You, 2nd ed., 2011, G. W. Garner, Charles C. Thomas, Publisher. ISBN #978-0-398-08618-3 (Book #46)
Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel: Strengthening Your Mental Armor, 2018, S. M. Conn, Routledge. (Book #266)
Intelligence-led Policing, 2nd ed., 2016, J. H. Ratcliffe, Routledge. (Book #158)
Leaders Eat Last, 2014, S. Sinek, Portfolio/Penguin. (Book #232)
Leadership 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know, 2006, John C. Maxwell, Thomas Nelson Publishers; ISBN #0-7852-6419-1 (Book #201)
Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Change, 2017 (with New Preface), M. Linsky & R. A. Heifetz, Harvard Business Review Press. (Book #139)
Leadership, Ethics, and Policing: Challenges for the 21st Century, 2nd ed., 2010, P. J. Ortmeier and E. Meese, III, Pearson Prentice Hall. ISBN #978-0-13-515428-1 (Book #129)
Leading at a Higher Level, 3rd ed., K. Blanchard, Pearson Education. ISBN #978-0-13-485753-4 (Book #149)
Legal Guide for Police: Constitutional Issues, 11th ed., 2019, J. T. Walker and C. Hemmens, LexisNexis. (Book #40)
Local Government Police Management, 4th ed, 2003, W. A. Geller, ed., ICMA. ISBN #0-87326-131-3 (Book #15)
Management & Supervision in Law Enforcement, 6th ed., 2012, K. M. Hess and C. H. Orthmann, Delmar Cengage Learning. ISBN #978-1-4390-5644-8 (Book #130)
Michigan Search and Seizure: Intrusions into Fourth Amendment Protected Areas of Privacy, 3rd ed., 2000, Jeff Steffel, J.D., Lansing Community College, Business Department. (Book #105)
Multicultural Law Enforcement: Strategies for Peacekeeping in a Diverse Society, 7th ed., 2019, R. Shusta, et. al., Pearson Education. (Book #194)
O’Hara’s Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation, 8th ed., 2013, D. D. Woods, Jr., Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd. (Book #5)
Offense Report Manual for Patrol Officers & Prosecutors, 10th ed., 2021-2023, K. Sparks, Texas District & County Attorneys Association. ISBN #978-1-946796-45-5 (Book #215)
Paradoxes of Leadership in Police Management, 2012, D. W. Perez and M. Barkhurst, Delmar Cengage Learning. ISBN #978-1-4354-8807-6 (Book #137)
Patrol Field Problems and Solutions: 847 Field Situations, 2nd ed., 2001, H. W. More, Charles C. Thomas, Publisher. ISBN #0-398-07204-3 (Book #31)
Police Administration, 10th ed., 2019, G. W. Cordner, Taylor & Francis. ISBN #978-1-138-38916-8 (Book #42)
Police Administration, 5th ed., 1997, James J. Fyfe, Jack R. Greene, William F. Walsh, O. W. Wilson and Roy Clinton McLaren, McGraw Hill Book Co. ISBN #0-07-022566-4 (Book #3)
Police Administration: Structures, Processes, and Behavior, 9th ed., 2017, C. R. Swanson, L. Territo, and R. W. Taylor, Pearson Education Inc. (Book #16)
Police and Policing--Contemporary Issues, 2nd ed., 1999, Dennis Jay Kenney and Robert P. McNamara, Eds., Praeger Publishers (a division of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.). ISBN #0-275-95499-4 (Book #18)
Police Ethics: A Matter of Character, 2nd ed., 2013, D. W. Perez and J. A. Moore, Delmar Cengage Learning. ISBN #978-1-111-54451-5 (Book #131)
Police Ethics: The Corruption of Noble Cause, 4th ed., 2018, M. A. Caldero, J. P. Crank, & B. L. Withrow, Routledge. (Book #17)
Police Field Operations, 8th ed., 2014, T. F. Adams, Pearson Education. ISBN #978-0-13-505049-1 (Book #23)
Police Management for the 1990s--A Practitioner's Road Map, 1989, John Bizzack, Charles C. Thomas, Publisher. ISBN #0-398-05583-1 (Book #6)
Police Management, Issues and Perspectives, 1992, Larry T. Hoover ed., Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). ISBN #1-878734-28-8 (Book #50)
Police Patrol: Operations and Management, 3rd ed., 2004, C. D. Hale, Prentice-Hall, Inc. ISBN #0-13-112634-2 (Book #14)
Police Use of Force: Important Issues Facing the Police and the Communities They Serve, 2017, CRC Press. (Book #220)
Policing in America, 6th ed., 2008, V. E. Kappeler and L. K. Gaines, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. ISBN #978-1-59345-510-1 (Book #20)
Policing Is About People, 2019, M. J. Schwartz, Archway Publishing. (Book #209)
Proactive Police Management, 9th ed., 2015, Edward A. Thibault, Lawrence M. Lynch, R. Bruce McBride, and Gregory Walsh, Pearson Education, Inc. ISBN #978-0-13-359843-8 (Book #48)
Probable Cause: Between the Police Officer and the Magistrate, 1995, Philip Raoul Tetu, Charles C. Thomas, Publisher. ISBN #0-398-05971-3 (Book #7)
Problem-Oriented Policing, 1990, Herman Goldstein, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. ISBN #0-07-023694-1 (Book #36)
Processing Under Pressure: Stress, Memory, and Decision-Making in Law Enforcement, 2010, Looseleaf Law Publications. (Book #222)
Relationships 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know, 2003, J. C. Maxwell, Thomas Nelson Publishers. (Book #254)
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, 2011, S. Sinek, Portfolio/Penguin. ISBN #978-1-59184-644-4 (Book #145)
Step Up and Lead, 2013, Viscuso, PennWell Corporation. (Book #250)
Supervising Police Personnel: The Fifteen Responsibilities, 8th ed., 2015, P. M. Whisenand, Pearson Prentice-Hall. (Book #12)
Supervision Handbook, 1990, Mario J. Ferrari, Gould Publications, Inc. ISBN #0-87526-378 (Book #47)
Supervision of Police Personnel, 9th ed., 2020, N. F. Iannone, M. D. Iannone, and J. Bernstein, Pearson Education. ISBN #9780135186237 (Book #10)
Supervisory Management, 11th ed., 2007, C. R. Greer and W. R. Plunkett, Prentice-Hall, Inc. ISBN #0-13-229412-5 (Previously titled Supervision: Diversity and Teams in the Workplace) (Book #33)
Texas Criminal & Traffic Law Manual, 2015-2016 edition, LexisNexis (Book #1)
Penal Code: Section 1.01-71.05;
Code of Criminal Procedure: Article 1.01-104.004;
Transportation Code: Section 541.001-750.003;
Juvenile Justice Code: Section 51.01-65.259
Terrorism: An Investigator’s Handbook, 4th ed., 2012, William E. Dyson, Elsevier, Inc. ISBN #978-0-13-511051-3 (Book #13)
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You, Revised and Updated 10th Anniversary Edition, 2007, J. C. Maxwell, HarperCollins Leadership. (Book #256)
The 5 Levels of Leadership, J. C. Maxwell, 2013, Center Street. (Book #268)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, 2004, S. R. Covey, Free Press (Book #270)
The Anatomy and Physiology of Leadership, 2005, Across the Street Productions, Inc. (Book #124)
The Dichotomy of Leadership, 2018, J. Willink and L. Babin, St. Martin's Press. ISBN #978-1-250-19577-7 (Book #157)
The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done, 2017, P. F. Drucker, Harper Collins Publishers ISBN #978-0-06-257434-3 (Book #137)
The Effective Local Government Manager, 3rd ed., 2004, C. Newell, ed., ICMA. ISBN #0-87326-143-7 (Book #26)
The Police Manager, 8th ed., 2018, E. K. Green, R. G Lynch, and S. R. Lynch, Routledge. (Book #4)
The Regulatory Craft: Controlling Risks, Solving Problems, and Managing Compliance, 2000, Malcolm K. Sparrow, Brookings Institution. ISBN #0-8157-8065-6 (Book #2)
Thinking, Fast and Slow, 2011, D. Kahneman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN #978-0-374-27563-1 (Book #227)
Trust & Inspire, 2022, S. M. R. Covey, Simon and Shuster. ISBN # (Book #151)
Ultimate Supreme Court Legal Reference, 2nd ed., 2022, Blue to Gold Law Enforcement Training, LLC. (Book #161)
Unleashing the Power of Unconditional Respect: Transforming Law Enforcement and Police Training, 2010, J. L Colwell & C. Huth, Taylor & Francis. (Book #240)
Warrantless Search & Seizure, 9th ed., 2022, D. Beckham, Texas District & County Attorneys Association. ISBN #978-1-946796-60-8 (Book #264)
Why Law Enforcement Organizations Fail, 3rd ed., 2019, P. O’Hara & V. A. Sainato, Carolina Academic Press. (Book #174)
Why Leaders Can’t Lead, 1997, Warren Bennis, Jossey-Bass Publishers. ISBN #0-7879-0943-2 (Book #8)
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