Line of Fire. NZ Police Armed Offenders Squads. Blue Adrenalin (2 books)

Price includes postage within New Zealand for both books

Blue Adrenalin. By Bill O'Brien Paperback, very good condition, no annotations, minor shelf wear. 240 pages Published By Longacre Press, 2010 What's life on the police beat like, really? Retired cop Bill O'Brien takes the readers into the daily work lives of members of the New Zealand Police Force, with gripping tales of being on duty in the various branches of the police, everything from the dog handlers to the Armed Defenders Squad and police dive teams. Aimed at a young adult audience but of huge interest to all New Zealanders.

Line of Fire: True Stories From the New Zealand Police Armed Offenders Squads by John Lockyer. Publisher: Penguin Books, Auckland , 2009. Very good softback; no inscriptions; tanned edges, creased covers. The New Zealand Armed Offenders Squad (AOS) is an elite group of highly trained professionals, brought together in an emergency to protect the public from armed criminals, yet it is shrouded in mystery and myth. Born in the 1960s as a necessary response to random acts of violence, the AOS and the ultra-elite Anti-Terrorist Squad took on the burgeoning organised crime scene of the 1970s and the horror of Aromoana in the 1990's. Today the AOS remains as the Police frontline rapid response to protect the public from armed criminals. However in the changing world of the twenty-first century, threats to public order and safety have reached new heights and new responses are needed - the Special Tactics Group (STG) has been created to defend against and respond to possible threats from domestic terrorism.

All books are sent free by courier postage within New Zealand.