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Snipercraft: The Art of Police Sniping

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I don't think the previous reviewer gave a fair review to this book. He seems to have expected something that the author states up front that this book is not.

This book is not a technical manual and it's not intended to be a technical manual: the author states in his introduction, "This will not be a technical manual.....The mechanics of our art remain pretty much unchanged.....There is no need for me to simply rewrite what has already been written and put my name on it.....In some ways this book will be a guide to give you direction in your quest for knowledge."

This book is not a program of instruction, it's about police sniper/observer philosophies and principals. You could also consider it a "helpful hints" or "tactical tips" type of book and it has a lot of value for the development of police sniper/observers. For instance: it explaines the importance of training and gives you training ideas and guidelines; it doesn't propose to give you training programs and schedules. The same goes for fitness.

Bartlett also covers personnel selection, equipment, and the fallacies of green light policies and tactical disarmament in the same manner. That's just naming a few of the subjects covered.

I found value in the case studies and lessons learned. It's always possible for a case study to be more detailed.

Calling this book worthless is like calling "Marine Sniper" worthless because it wasn't a USMC scout/sniper field manual.

The only negative I can come up with is that it might be overpriced by five dollars or so; it's not a long book. Still, much of this book's value is in it's brevity and simplicity. I recommend it to police sniper/observers and I've got several technical manuals on the subject matter.