Security: An Inside Look at the Tactics of the NYPD

by Howard Safir, Ellis Whitman

From counterterrorism to tracking criminals by satellite Safir's Security gives an expert's tour of 21st century law enforcement, and reveals the tools, methods, and science that police officers use to reduce crime, and track and apprehend criminals, including surveillance, crime scene evidence, DNA profiling, narcotics and quality of life enforcement.

Security gives insight into how methods of enforcement need to be adapted to prevent terrorism, a look into the workings of a police department, and examines how the NYPD drastically reduced crime with Goal-Oriented Neighborhood Policing.

304 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2004

Reviews

[Jon]

very very very dry sometimes and other times reads like a political ad. the stuff about techniques used by the nypd is interesting though