A non-technical treatment of the basic principles of law, engineering, and administration of water resources as currently applied in the western United States. Provides examples of actual documents and forms involved in water rights and uses real cases to explain principles. Also offers a basic description of the legal and engineering aspects of the right to use water and the systems of allocating water rights under the appropriation doctrine, as administered in the western states. Topics covered include historical development of water rights doctrines, the hydrologic cycle, the appropriation doctrine, institutional considerations, groundwater and wells, engineering aspects, and more. Concepts and examples are especially useful to the non-specialist involved in the development and management of water resources.

Engineering Aspects of Water Law

White, Michael D.

Rice, Leonard

Wiley-Interscience

If God's Holy Spirit still has the power to draw men to repentance, He still has the power to work signs, miracles and wonders through Jesus' disciples. That means you! You are filled with the Holy Spirit. That means you can pray for the same things Jesus prayed for, and expect the same results! Do you wish you had a clear &amp; concise guide to abundant life in partnership with the Holy Spirit? Have you been waiting for a power-packed resource to give to your friends &amp; family members that explains why being saved &amp; filled with the Holy Spirit is so important? No more wishing, and no more waiting: the book is here. Here's what Christian leaders are saying: “The Believer’s Guide to a Spirit-Filled Life should be a part of every local church’s curriculum and every Spirit-filled believer’s library.” - David Wagner, Father's Heart Ministries, Pensacola, FL “I believe in the pages of this book lies the blueprint for the reformation of the church that walks in the word and the Spirit.” - Ivan Roman, Empowered Life Church, Medford, OR “Pastor Michael White skillfully makes a well thought out and intentional case for why believers should live in the fullness of the Spirit." - Shara Pradhan, iBethel TV

Intelligent Charismatic: The Believer's Guide to a Spirit-Filled Life

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Intelligent Charismatic

The epic of the Port of Los Angeles was initiated more than 150 years ago by a handful of visionaries and entrepreneurs who exploited both fortunate and outrageous circumstances to transform a tidal mudflat into the world's largest man-made harbor. Phineas Banning and archrival Augustus Timms were among the first to realize the potential of the coastal dent on the map called San Pedro Bay in the 1850s. The bay's namesake village expanded from a backwater loading point for raw cattle hides to a deepwater harbor rivaling and eventually surpassing San Francisco as the busiest port on the U.S. Pacific coast, and would later become the nation's largest container port. Political battles in far-off Washington, D.C., economic booms and depressions, world wars, and billions of tons of cargo and material later, the Port of Los Angeles remains America's premier revolving door for trade with markets around the world.

The Port of Los Angeles (Images of America: California)

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Arcadia Publishing

Rising from a tidal mudflat at the mouth of the Los Angeles River, the Port of Long Beach has grown through the 20th century into the one of the busiest deepwater ports. The ultramodern Port of Long Beach, the second-largest active harbor in the United States in the first decade of the 21st century, progressed steadily through a difficult adolescence fueled by the ambitions of a visionary few local community leaders who overcame political opposition to create a port separate and distinct from its neighboring Port of Los Angeles. Fueled by oil, Southern California's unprecedented post-World War II growth, and the container revolution, the Port of Long Beach surmounted numerous natural and man-made hurdles to position itself, in its own right, as a critical link in the nation's global supply chain.

The Port of Long Beach (Images of America)

History

Americas

Drugs, bribes, falsifying evidence, unjustified force and kickbacks: there are many opportunities for cops to act like criminals. Jammed Up is the definitive study of the nature and causes of police misconduct. While police departments are notoriously protective of their own—especially personnel and disciplinary information—Michael White and Robert Kane gained unprecedented, complete access to the confidential files of NYPD officers who committed serious offenses, examining the cases of more than 1,500 NYPD officers over a twenty year period that includes a fairly complete cycle of scandal and reform, in the largest, most visible police department in the United States. They explore both the factors that predict officer misconduct, and the police department’s responses to that misconduct, providing a comprehensive framework for understanding the issues. The conclusions they draw are important not just for what they can tell us about the NYPD but for how we are to understand the very nature of police misconduct. ACTUAL MISCONDUCT CASES »» An off-duty officer driving his private vehicle stops at a convenience store on Long Island, after having just worked a 10 hour shift in Brooklyn, to steal a six pack of beer at gun point. Is this police misconduct? »» A police officer is disciplined no less than six times in three years for failing to comply with administrative standards and is finally dismissed from employment for losing his NYPD shield (badge). Is this police misconduct? »» An officer was fired for abusing his sick time, but then further investigation showed that the officer was found not guilty in a criminal trial during which he was accused of using his position as a police officer to protect drug and prostitution enterprises. Which is the example of police misconduct?

Jammed Up: Bad Cops, Police Misconduct, and the New York City Police Department

Politics & Social Sciences

Kane, Robert J.

Social Sciences

NYU Press

Cops, Cameras, and Crisis: The Potential and the Perils of Police Body-Worn Cameras

Review\n"Cops, Cameras, and Crisis is a timely and important contribution to understanding a contemporary policing reform effort. It breaks through the rhetoric and provides readers with the empirical realities associated with police body worn cameras. It is a must-read for police researchers and policymakers and practitioners." -- Charles M. Katz, co-author of The Police in America: An Introduction\n"This concise, meticulous, and well-written book provides an extraordinary contribution to the larger policing literature in general and to the literature on police body-worn cameras more specifically. Written in an accessible and scholarly tone, this book provides the reader with a well-balanced history of body-worn cameras, a thorough, rigorous, and unbiased review of the extant empirical research in the area, and a thoughtful list of recommendations for future research. This book should be on the shelf of all academics, researchers, and practitioners interested in the topic, and is well suited for undergraduate and graduate coursework." -- Wesley G. Jennings, co-author of Criminological and Criminal Justice Research Methods\n2021 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine\nThe first expert and comprehensive analysis of the surprising impact of body-worn cameras\nFollowing the tragic deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and others at the hands of police, interest in body-worn cameras for local, state, and federal law enforcement has skyrocketed. In Cops, Cameras, and Crisis, Michael D. White and Aili Malm provide an up-to-date analysis of this promising technology, evaluating whether it can address today’s crisis in police legitimacy.\nDrawing on the latest research and insights from experts with field experience with police-worn body cameras, White and Malm show the benefits and drawbacks of this technology for police departments, police officers, and members of the public. Ultimately, they identify―and assess―each claim, weighing in on whether the specter of being “caught on tape” is capable of changing a criminal justice system desperately in need of reform.\nCops, Cameras, and Crisis is a must-read for policymakers, police leaders, and activists interested in twenty-first-century policing.

Malm, Aili

Winner, 2019 Outstanding Book Award, given by the American Society of Criminology’s Division of Policing Section The first in-depth history and analysis of a much-abused policing policy
No policing tactic has been more controversial than “stop and frisk,” whereby police officers stop, question and frisk ordinary citizens, who they may view as potential suspects, on the streets. As Michael White and Hank Fradella show in Stop and Frisk, the first authoritative history and analysis of this tactic, there is a disconnect between our everyday understanding and the historical and legal foundations for this policing strategy. First ruled constitutional in 1968, stop and frisk would go on to become a central tactic of modern day policing, particularly by the New York City Police Department. By 2011 the NYPD recorded 685,000 ‘stop-question-and-frisk’ interactions with citizens; yet, in 2013, a landmark decision ruled that the police had over- and mis-used this tactic. Stop and Frisk tells the story of how and why this happened, and offers ways that police departments can better serve their citizens. They also offer a convincing argument that stop and frisk did not contribute as greatly to the drop in New York’s crime rates as many proponents, like former NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, have argued. 
While much of the book focuses on the NYPD’s use of stop and frisk, examples are also shown from police departments around the country, including Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, Newark and Detroit. White and Fradella argue that not only does stop and frisk have a legal place in 21st-century policing but also that it can be judiciously used to help deter crime in a way that respects the rights and needs of citizens. They also offer insight into the history of racial injustice that has all too often been a feature of American policing’s history and propose concrete strategies that every police department can follow to improve the way they police. A hard-hitting yet nuanced analysis, Stop and Frisk shows how the tactic can be a just act of policing and, in turn, shows how to police in the best interest of citizens.

Stop and Frisk: The Use and Abuse of a Controversial Policing Tactic

Fradella, Henry F.

The first expert and comprehensive analysis of the surprising impact of body-worn cameras Following the tragic deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and others at the hands of police, interest in body-worn cameras for local, state, and federal law enforcement has skyrocketed. In Cops, Cameras, and Crisis, Michael D. White and Aili Malm provide an up-to-date analysis of this promising technology, evaluating whether it can address today's crisis in police legitimacy. Drawing on the latest research and insights from experts with field experience with police-worn body cameras, White and Malm show the benefits and drawbacks of this technology for police departments, police officers, and members of the public. Ultimately, they identify--and assess--each claim, weighing in on whether the specter of being "caught on tape" is capable of changing a criminal justice system desperately in need of reform. Cops, Cameras, and Crisis is a must-read for policymakers, police leaders, and activists interested in twenty-first-century policing.

The epic of the Port of Los Angeles was initiated more than 150 years ago by a handful of visionaries and entrepreneurs who exploited both fortunate and outrageous circumstances to transform a tidal mudflat into the world's largest man-made harbor. Phineas Banning and archrival Augustus Timms were among the first to realize the potential of the coastal dent on the map called San Pedro Bay in the 1850s. The bay's namesake village expanded from a backwater loading point for raw cattle hides to a deepwater harbor rivaling and eventually surpassing San Francisco as the busiest port on the U.S. Pacific coast, and would later become the nation's largest container port. Political battles in far-off Washington, D.C., economic booms and depressions, world wars, and billions of tons of cargo and material later, the Port of Los Angeles remains America's premier revolving door for trade with markets around the world.

Port of Los Angeles

Arcadia Publishing Library Editions

Port of Long Beach

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Engineering Aspects of Water Law

Intelligent Charismatic: The Believer's Guide to a Spirit-Filled Life

The Port of Los Angeles (Images of America: California)

The Port of Long Beach (Images of America)

Jammed Up: Bad Cops, Police Misconduct, and the New York City Police Department

Cops, Cameras, and Crisis: The Potential and the Perils of Police Body-Worn Cameras

Stop and Frisk: The Use and Abuse of a Controversial Policing Tactic

Cops, Cameras, and Crisis: The Potential and the Perils of Police Body-Worn Cameras

Port of Los Angeles

Port of Long Beach