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Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. When the English princess married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, son of Prince Andrew of Greece and a great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria, at Westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947, it was the beginning of one of the most successful unions in the history of the Royal family. From the feted young couple of the 1940s to the guardians of today's monarchy, Elizabeth and Philip have travelled a long road to which is...
Series
Pub. Date
[2006], c2002
Language
English
Description
By its nature the work is grisly, but a successful homicide investigation can at least give survivors the consolation of justice. In an ongoing case and in a notorious one that was closed, this program shows how killers are caught by NYPD homicide experts. Veteran Detective Robert Mooney discusses his methods, including forensics and what he calls "victimology," the background checks that often lead right to the suspect. Police archive footage includes...
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
This is the first of six documentaries that take an intimate look at the policing of a community and the daily pressures experienced by the Brighton Police Department's emergency response unit, which prioritizes emergency calls. On this episode, Sergeant Richard Siggs is called to the scene of a stabbing.
Series
Language
English
Description
Heroes Behind the Badge recounts the harrowing stories of law enforcement officers who were caught in the line of fire and survived and those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Directed by British Academy Award-winning filmmaker Wayne Derrick and narrated by Emmy Award nominee Vincent D'Onofrio, this documentary serves as a tribute in honoring the lives of the brave men and women behind the badge.
Series
Navajo Police Class 57 volume 0
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Graduates of the police academy enter the field as rookie officers while wrestling with conflicts in their personal and professional lives.
Pub. Date
[2006], c1999
Language
English
Description
Law enforcement officers are on the front line every day. Research has shown that continual exposure to combat-like situations can produce mental and physical breakdowns-and that training in mental preparation significantly increases the chance of surviving a serious confrontation and its after-effects. This valuable program presents the FBI's Law Enforcement for Safety and Survival Program, designed to channel and control the human stress response...
Pub. Date
[2005], c1997
Language
English
Description
Angela Macdougall is a wife, mother, and S.W.A.T. team sniper. This program explores what it is like to balance a career in a risky, high-visibility, male-dominated occupation with marriage and motherhood. Angie and her husband, Chris, talk about the demands of law enforcement-the need for objectivity, the fight against cynicism, the skepticism of fellow officers, the emphasis on physical fitness-and the sacrifices they have both made to accommodate...
Author
Series
Guardians of justice volume 2
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Social worker Alison Taylor has a passion for protecting children and seeing that justice is served on their behalf, but when she starts getting harassing phone calls and bizarre "gifts," it seems she may be the one in need of protection.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
How does one balance two important but sometimes competing public interests, specifically the need to hold police officers and other public officials accountable for their actions versus the need to shield them from harassment and legal liability? In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court laid the foundations of an answer in a case involving civil rights protesters who sued two police officers for arresting them at a segregated bus stop in Mississippi. Although...
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
Delve into the enigmatic life and mysterious disappearance of one of America's most notorious figures, Jimmy Hoffa. An influential labor leader whose fierce dedication to his cause brought him incredible respect from the masses, Hoffa also had ties to organized crime, and a tumultuous relationship with the federal government.
14) The Lie Detector
Series
American Experience volume 0
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In the early 20th century, researchers made a thrilling new claim: they could tell whether someone was lying by using a machine. Popularly known as the “lie detector,” the device was extolled as an infallible crime-fighting tool. Instead, the lie detector became an apparatus of fear and intimidation. The Lie Detector is a tale of good intentions, twisted morals and unintended consequences.
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
This program investigates deaths after police used tactics like prone restraint and other “less lethal” force. With The Associated Press, thr program draws on police records, autopsy reports and body cam footage to provide the most expansive tally of such deaths nationwide.
16) Bonnie & Clyde
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were the most famous criminal couple in U.S. history. In reality, as this film reveals, Bonnie and Clyde grew up in the slums of West Dallas and had little in common with their glamorous media images.
17) Code of Silence
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Learn about the harm that not speaking the truth creates, and the stress it puts on law enforcement officers. Learn solutions to reform the legal system.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
This video tells the story of Jesse James, putting it into the context of the Border Wars, the Civil War, and subsequent Reconstruction and the wranglings between the Republican and Democratic interests to take control of Missouri. It's told with enthusiastic support of the various Jesse James museums.
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, straight talking and controversial, has become one of the "stars" of the Clinton cabinet. In this program with Bill Moyers, she discusses gun control, the death penalty, preventive programs for young children, prison sentences, appointing justices without any "litmus tests," the role of government in working with communities to help solve local problems, and using the National Guard to reinforce the local police....
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
"We've had threats of being shot. It does happen but I've got used to it." Corinne and Mark live together with their three children. They also work together as bailiffs, visiting addresses in Leeds with a motive: to recover unpaid council tax. They are the last resort, called out when letters, warnings, phone calls, and much else has failed. But do they always get their money? Inside Story follows Corinne and Mark's unenviable task, whether they're...
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