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Review Review from previous edition "Essential reading for anyone taking the promotion exam."--Detective Sergeant Nick Yellop, Metropolitan Police Service Product Description Designed to mirror the best-selling Blackstone's Police Manuals, this series is written by experienced question writers. Each Q&A book contains 100s of multiple-choice questions designed to reinforce knowledge and understanding of all four Police Manuals, and to highlight any gaps orweaknesses in that knowledge. Following subjects in the same sequence as the Manuals and drawing upon the relevant text, the Blackstone's Police Q&As 2008 are essential revision for all police officers sitting the Sergeant's Part 1 promotion examinations. The 2008 editions of this popular series contain substantial updates, reflecting changes to the 2008 versions of the Blackstone's Police Manuals, and also contain handy paragraph references to the relevant Manual and a question checklist to mark the answers. This new edition focuses on Crime andhas been revised and updated to include new questions on important areas such as the Fraud Act 2006, the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and the Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006. Other titles in the series are: Evidence and Procedure Q&A 2008, Road Policing Q&A 2008, and General Police Duties Q&A 2008. This product is not endorsed by CENTREX/NPIA. About the Author Huw Smart is a serving chief inspector and qualified police trainer. He has serveral years' experience in writing multiple-choice questions. He is author of Blackstone's Custody Officer's Manual and is also a part-time lecturer at the University of Glamorgan John Watson is a serving police officerwith over 25 year police service and is a qualified police trainer and assessor. He has several years' experience in writing multiple-choice questions that have been successfully used for in-force training.