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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 hundreds of multiple-choice questions designed to reinforce knowledge and understanding of all four Police Manuals, and to highlight any gaps or weaknesses in that knowledge. Following subjects in the same sequence as the Manuals and drawing upon the relevant text, the Blackstone's Police Q&As 2009 are essential revision tools for all police officers sitting the Sergeant's Part 1 promotion examinations. The 2009 editions of this popular series contain substantial updates, reflecting changes to the 2009 versions of the Blackstone's Police Manuals. Each book is fully cross-referenced to the relevant Manual and contains a question checklist to mark the answers. All titles have been updated to include new questions in line with changes to recent legislation, including the Sexual Offences Act 2003, the Fraud Act 2006, the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, the Road Safety Act 2006 and the revised PACE Codes of Practice 2008 A -E. The titles in the series are: Crime Q&A 2009, Evidence & Procedure Q&A 2009, Road Policing Q&A 2009, and General Police Duties Q&A 2009. This product is not endorsed by the NPIA. Review `Review from previous edition Blackstone's QandA books give excellent preparation questions for anyone taking the promotion exam. The range of questions tests knowledge across the entire syllabus ' Detective Sergeant Nick Yellop, Metroplitan Police Service About the Author Huw Smart is a serving chief inspector and qualified police trainer with several years' experience in writing multiple-choice questions. Huw is also a part-time lecturer at the University of Glamorgan and author of Blackstone's Custody Officer's Manual. John Watson is a serving police officer with over 25 year police service. He is a qualified police trainer and assessor, with several years' experience in writing multiple-choice questions that have been successfully used for in-force training.