Behind the Headlines

The Cops have been getting some pretty bad raps at the moment with headlines about “Not Guilty” verdicts from three high profile trials, discussions on response times and everyone from the Prime Minister to talk back callers voicing their opinion.

I’m not going to get into whether the headlines are deserved or not (and you don’t want me on my soapbox about the media). However away from the headlines and at the coalface, the Police are an integral part of our society. They do have a colourful history and you can read about New Zealand Police, the successes and the failures, the histories and biographies, all in the non-fiction collection at any Rodney Library. You will find most of these under the Dewey Numbers starting with 360. Or you can read about the Police and Crime in our changing society under Dewey Number 305.

There are some interesting and funny biographies from the Police Force which you can find in the biographies which are located under Number 920. And don’t forget that the numbers are the same whether you are in the adult or the children’s non-fiction areas.

Another way of looking for books on a topic is to do a subject or a keyword search in our Rodney Libraries catalogue. If you enter New Zealand Police into a subject search, this will result in a list of subject headings, any of which you can click on to bring up the titles to choose from. If you enter New Zealand Police into a keyword search, this will result in all the books in the Rodney Libraries that have these three words in our catalogue entry.