Arresting Communication: The Academy Edition was written by Lt. Jim Glennon a 30 year law enforcement veteran who also taught at a Police Academy for 12 years. The book can be used by academies as a blueprint for training as well as by recruit officers looking for the tools necessary to communicate effectively during any type of interaction. It includes subjects such as: body language, proxemics, detecting deception, how to get confessions, developing rapport, avoiding citizen complaints, and understanding the fundamental needs of the Human Animal. In addition, the book advises those entering the profession on how to make it through the Academy as well as the subsequent Probation Period that follows graduation and employment.

Arresting Communication is a book that is entertaining, funny, realistic, and right on point. It explains the essential principles of interaction while providing the skills necessary for those who wish to succeed in the law enforcement (or any other) profession. Whether in the field of public safety or for those private industry, this book should be a mandatory read; it could save your career and perhaps your life.

1867-69 contains a sanitary history of Chicago from 1833 to 1870.