"Law Enforcement, In Washington State, the first 100 Years, 1889-1989" by Harriet U. Fish is the first book composed of Law Enforcement history at all levels of agency activity in any state in the United States. Research of four years has produced memories, records, pictures & aging department journals, the contents of which fill these chapters. Everyone has heard of history's famous criminals, but what of the lawman? Who has told his tale? His experiences? The events of his days? What made him proud to be a Law Officer? ...
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"Law Enforcement, In Washington State, the first 100 Years, 1889-1989" by Harriet U. Fish is the first book composed of Law Enforcement history at all levels of agency activity in any state in the United States. Research of four years has produced memories, records, pictures & aging department journals, the contents of which fill these chapters. Everyone has heard of history's famous criminals, but what of the lawman? Who has told his tale? His experiences? The events of his days? What made him proud to be a Law Officer? Here you follow the birth of law & order in the Northwest through the laws, the people who wrote them &, most importantly, the people sworn to uphold them, the early Highway Patrolman, the Officer & the Footbeat Cop! You relive the days of prohibition when rum runners were kings & cops were the bad guys, when our coasts & borders first were patrolled for smugglers, a job still done today.
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Add this copy of Law Enforcement in Washington State: the First One to cart. $81.57, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Washington Assn of Sheriffs &.
Add this copy of Law Enforcement in Washington State: the First One to cart. $173.50, like new condition, Sold by Pistil Books Online rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Seattle, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Washington Assn of Sheriffs &.
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Fine. No Jacket. Northwest. Signed by Author. Book is in excellent condition with a tiny bit of wear at lower corners only. Dark blue cloth covers with embossed gilt print at cover and spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 319 pages in oblong format. Chapters include: Beginning in law and order, Causatives in (same), Marshals--their jails and detention, codes, courts and governments, Agencies develop, Training to professionalism, Death in the line of duty, Progressions in looks, equipment, mobility, communications, etc. Heavily illustrated with photos, some highlights include the contents displayed of two WA St. patrol cars, one in 1960 and one in 1988; air surviellance over the years, crashes, bridge being swept away by log debris, motorcycle cop stunts, Still and pot raids, drug busts and killings, Green River murders, Kenneth Bianchi, Lists of marshals and chiefs from all over Wa state, directors of the Secret Service, State Patrol, etc. Inscribed on the title page by author to noted N.W. historian Paul Dorpat with letter from same to same. First edition #939 of a run of 2000.
