The Real Police

by david Ziskin

This book is about what it is REALLY like to be a street cop and why it should be done differently. The real police are the people who work the street - the first officers on the scene of trouble.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0975372203
• ISBN13: 9780975372203
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Wind Gap Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book

This is an excellent book. A no nonsense straighforward cop book without all the glitz and glamor.

Invaluable for anyone entering police work -- just plain enjoyable for everyone else

The Real Police is proof that the similarities among police officers and their departments far outweigh their differences. David Ziskin and I began our police careers around the same time; however, we were three thousand miles apart, and we never met. It's difficult to keep this review brief, because The Real Police is deserving of extensive praise. David Ziskin is an exceptionally good writer...a circumstance which places this book firmly in the "page turner" category. As you read The Real Police, you'll lose track of the fact it's a work of non-fiction. David's use of character profiles, and the conversational tone gives it the feel of a novel. But...make no mistake, there's nothing fictional about this book, and its title is most appropriate.

He's been there!

Dave has written a very accurate and professional portrayal of what police work is like. It is obvious that personal experience is used to backup his observations and statements. I, as an author, give him accolades. Richard Neal Huffman Retired police officer Author of Dreams In Blue "The Real Police" ISBN# 1-4137-9073-9

The Real Police from a real cop.

How often do you read a book where the writer describes drinking a cup of coffee while sitting across a restaurant booth from a corpse writing a death report and waiting for the medical examiners to arrive. David Ziskin brings his 20 years of street cop experience into his book with incisive wit and compassion. He also offers provocative ideas on the state of modern policing. A fine book. Lowen Clausen