Police Cars | 
 enlarge | Author: Ian Kerr
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Category: Book
List Price: $15.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 2186193
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 10 x 0.8
ISBN: 0785809481
EAN: 9780785809487
ASIN: 0785809481
Publication Date: September 1998
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 Awful March 20, 2000
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a prior Police Officer I often look for picture books on the subject. This book was worse than poorly done. Grainy quality photos with wrong/idiotic captions. The one thing that made me laugh out loud was the picture of an unmarked cruiser without any cop detailing at all (SO IN EFFECT IT WAS A PHOTO OF A CHEVY IN A PARKING LOT). How stupid!
Publisher went to press without allowing for a final edit. August 24, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was a contributing photographer for this book. At the last minute, a major contributor failed to meet his agreement. I was contacted through my website, CopCruisers, and agreed to submit photographs in 24 hours. When the pictures were submitted, the publisher agreed to select the photographs and allow me to write the captions. Next thing I knew, the book was in print. The author, Ian Kerr, could not have had time to identify the pictures, much less do the captions justice. I believe the editor/publisher was commited to a delivery date and cut every corner to meet it. The result was a less then satisfactory outcome. For my debut, I was very unhappy. Publishing is a business, but this English publishing company went too far.
 Great Pictures... Cheesy Captions! August 16, 1999
If you're looking for a lot of pictures of police cars, this book is ideal. Photos make up the bulk of the book, and fortunately most are all of good quality too. You'll also find basic facts and information such as police vehicle history and the roles of Ford, Dodge and Chevrolet, but because the book is mostly photos, a lot of your reading will be in the captions. Unfortunately like previous reviewers implied, the captions are really cheesy... as if they were an afterthought and the author only had ten minutes to come up with them. And the proof editor must have been out on vaction when the book went into publication, because I noticed some of the captions are totally unrelated to the photos. I think much more time should have been put into arranging and editing the book, such as getting references accurate and leaving out redundant pictures from the same departments, but overall I'm glad I purchased it because the quality and abundance of photos make this book a welcome addition to my library. The title is appropriately named "Police Cars" because that's exactly what you'll see--page after page--when you buy this book.
Lots of color photos, but many inaccuracies throughout book! January 5, 1999
I was very disappointed with this book. As a police historian, I am always eager to review new books that detail the graphic history of police cars. When you review this book however, you get the feeling that the book was "rushed" to print without checking for detail and accuracy. I have personally counted 16 incorrect references to police cars pictured in this book. As an example, on page 34, the author has a very distinctive full color picture of a Louisiana State Police Ford Mustang, but the caption refers to the car as "belonging to the Florida Highway Patrol". Another example is on page 70, where the author refers to the "all-black" New York State Police Chevy Caprices. The New York State Police utilized a dark blue (not black) Chevy Caprice that year. My feeling is that if you are going to write and publish a book about police cars, you first need to do your homework and conduct research to ensure complete accuracy. This type of book is alway very appealing to police car enthusiasts and historians alike. I am sure it was not the authors intent to mislead or confuse the reader with these inaccuracies. I hope a revised edition is planned that will correct the mistakes prevalent throughout this book. Very disappointing!!!
Interesting, but not very well done. December 11, 1998
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Kerr has compiled some interesting photos of police cars but the overall quality of the book is not as good as some of the others already on the market. Many of the photos are poorly reproduced, and there is an overabundance of NYC cars. A couple of the photos are wrongly captioned, i.e. he identifies a Ford as a Dodge. It is also obvious that Kerr is not a U.S. police officer as some of his terminology is different than used here.
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