Howdunit Book of Police Procedure
and Investigation: A Guide for
Writers by Lee Lofland
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Not everything you see on your favorite crime show is accurate. In fact, a
lot of it is flat out wrong. Police Procedure & Investigation helps you get
your facts straight about the inner workings of law enforcement. With a
career in law enforcement that spanned nearly two decades, author Lee
Lofland is a nationally acclaimed expert on police procedures and crime
scene investigations who consults regularly with best-selling authors and
television producers. Now you can benefit from his years of experience
with Police Procedure & Investigation. This comprehensive resource
includes: More than 80 photographs, illustrations, and charts showing
everything from defensive moves used by officers to prison cells and
autopsies Detailed information on officer training, tools of the trade, drug
busts, con air procedures, crime scene investigation techniques, and
more First-person details from the author about his experiences as a

detective, including accounts of arrests, death penalty executions, and
criminal encounters Police Procedure & Investigation is the next best
thing to having a police detective personally assigned to your book!
Personal Review: Howdunit Book of Police Procedure and
Investigation: A Guide for Writers by Lee Lofland
Lee Lofland brings his experience as a veteran police investigator, who
worked his way from an officer in Virginia's prison system, then a sheriff's
deputy, a patrol officer, and a detective to Police Procedure &
Investigation. According to his web site, Lee solved cases dealing with
narcotics, homicide, rape, murder-for-hire, robbery, and ritualistic and
occult crimes. He was an undercover officer and even a narcotics K-9
handler. He's certified in the U.S. Department of Justice, Virginia State
Police Academy, and the DEA, as well as continuing to be certified in
Crime Scene Management and Crime Scene Investigations.
One major thing Lee lets readers know is not everything shown on TV and
in the movies is correct or accurate. Much is completely wrong. The
material in this book, including photographs and illustrations and detailed
information, gives a firm basis for mystery/suspense/detective writers to
incorporate reality in their stories and books.
Chapters include "Law Enforcement in America," with a breakdown of
local, county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies; "The Police
Academy," with information about the training and courses found in
different jurisdictions; "Police Officers: Their Duties and Equipment,"
including job descriptions and equipment used.
Personally, I found the chapters "Detectives" and "Tell it to the Judge:
Courts and the Legal Process" to the most helpful for me in my writing
career at this point, but most of the information is useful and enlightening.
An index at the back of the book and appendixes helps readers find
itemized material.
Lee presents information in such a way that almost everyone can easily
understand what he writes. He shares his mass experiences and research
so that readers can know reality and authors can make their writing more
interesting, believable, and realistic.
The material on the back of the book states, "Police Procedure &
Investigation is the next best thing to having a police detective personally
assigned to your book," and I wholeheartedly agree.
I advise that anyone interested in procedure and investigations find, and
keep on hand, a copy of this book. Police Procedure & Investigation by
Lee Lofland is one of the best written and most usable reference books for
readers and writers interested in crime, mystery, police, and law
enforcement.

Reviewed by Vivian Zabel
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