Arrest-Proof Yourself

by Dale C. Carson, Wes Denham

Overview

What do you say if a cop pulls you over and asks to search your car? What if he gets up in your face and uses a racial slur? What if there’s a roach in the ashtray? And what if your hot-headed teenage son is at the wheel? If you read this book, you’ll know exactly what to do and say.

More people than ever are getting arrested—usually for petty offenses against laws that rarely used to be enforced. And because arrest information is so easily available via the Internet, just one little arrest can disqualify you from jobs, financing, and education.

This eye-opening book tells you everything you need to know about how cops operate, the little things that can get you in trouble, and how to stay free from the hungry jaws of the criminal justice system. It is now updated with new and important information on the right of the police to search your car; on guns, knives, and self-defense; and on changes in surveillance methods.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781613748046
Publisher:	Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	11/01/2013
Edition description:	Second Edition, Second edition
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	492,865
Product dimensions:	5.78(w) x 8.22(h) x 0.74(d)

About the Author

Dale C. Carson was an FBI field agent, a SWAT sniper, an instructor at the FBI academy, and a Miami police officer who set Florida records for felony arrests. He is currently a criminal defense attorney. Wes Denham is the author of Arrested.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Talking Shop with an Old Cop 1

Part I Criminal Justice Players: Cops, Bad Guys, the Clueless Horde

1 New Plantations for New Generations 31

2 To Hunt and Arrest Is the Quest of the Best 52

3 When You're Living Free and Tall, Don't Become a Score in Police Pinball 63

4 Getting Wise to Real Bad Guys 78

5 Get on Board with the Clueless Horde 85

6 Those Freaking Jits Will Give You Fits 97

7 Why Minorities Get Hammered 111

8 Law Enforcement Shouldn't Give a Pass to All Those Crooks in the Middle Class 124

9 Some Modest Suggestions 134

Part II Arrest Proofing on the Streets

10 Cop a 'Tude and You Get Screwed 141

11 Dirty Cop Tricks 144

12 Peekaboo! Peekaboo! Don't Let Big Bad Cops See You 149

13 Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come for You? 160

14 Blue Light? Stay Out of Sight! 163

15 If You Lie, the Cops Will Pry 166

16 Mama Was Right: Stay Home at Night! 172

17 You Can Win by Giving In 175

18 To Avoid the Tragic, Use Words That Are Magic 179

19 Street Creds Are Tops for Dealing with Cops 186

20 There Ain't No Hope When You Carry Dope 195

21 Emergency Procedures 199

22 When Girls Tele a Tale That Sends You to Jail 204

Part III Arrest Proofing In Your Car

23 Citizen Inspection? Revenue Collection? Or Driver Protection? 215

24 Mirror, Mirror in the Car, Will the Cops Stay Near or Far? 226

25 Staying Free During a Traffic Stop Means the Guy Who Loses Is the Cop 238

26 "No, You Can't Search My Car" 244

27 Tips That Never Fail to Keep You Out of Jail 250

28 Car Creds Are the Key to Keep You Free 255

29 Don't Get in a Lurch. Do a Search! 263

30 You Can Tell Cops "Toodle-oo" When You Squirt the Yellow Goo 270

Part IV Guns, Hnives, and Self-Defense

31 Guns, Knives, Nunchaku, and Nonsense 277

32 Want a Real Gun? Get a Wheel Gun 305

33 Stand Your Ground (and Dress the Hog) 324

Part V America, Land of the Surveilled

34 Big Brother's Digital Exam 341

Part VI Aids to Learning

The Golden Rules 369

The Magic Words 369

Index 371

Editorial Reviews

Arrest-Proof Yourself will teach you everything you need to know about dirty cops, racial profiling, probable cause, search and seizure laws, your right to remain silent, and much more. This how-not-to guide will keep you safe and sound all year long.”  —Zink magazine on the previous edition

 

“Fascinating.”  —Chicago Sun-Times


“A subversive how-to manual [with] pages of valuable tips.”  —New York Post

“Funny and very politically incorrect [with] many pearls of wisdom.”  —Harper’s

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