The topics presented adequately cover what a student needs to know about policing. These are the essentials a student needs to know to develop an understanding of who the police are, their purpose, what they do, and why they do what they do. If the proposed text is what I think it is, then this is what I have been looking for. * Jeremiah Hicks, Lecturer at South Texas College * The strength of the text is in the simplicity... It provides succinct information that overviews the policing industry and provides students with an understanding of the policing profession. * Robert Handy, Adjunct Faculty at CSULB *