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| NOW AVAILABLE ! My Name's Friday: The Unauthorized but True Story of Dragnet and the Films of Jack Webb | |||
by Michael J. Hayde ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
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$18.95 |
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| NEW
LISTING ! Fallen
Angels: Chronicles of L.A. Crime and Mystery by Marvin Wolf & Katherine Mader; Hardcover or Softbound. Currently out-of-print. |
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wonderfully
detailed book names names, gives addresses and tells all.
If you're a fan of Los Angeles history, or true-crime
stories, you'll love it. Read about such cases as Fatty
Arbuckle, the Manson Family, Thelma Todd, the Hillside
Strangler, the L.A. Times Bombing, John Belushi. Visit
the "Fallen Angels" web page, and then check a link below for
available used copies (listed as of 7/9/01). Terrific!
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| NEW
ITEM ! The Tin Collectors by Stephen J. Cannell ; Hardcover Fictionalized story about L.A.P.D.'s Internal Affairs Division Usually ships in 24 hours |
$19.96 |
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| How to Become an
Emergency Dispatcher by Randy Narramore; Spiral-bound; Usually ships in 24 hours |
$19.95 |
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| The Killing Season: A Summer Inside an LAPD Homicide
Division by Miles Corwin ; Mass Market Paperback; Usually ships in 24 hours |
$6.29 |
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| North Hollywood
Shootout - 42 Minute Audio CD Radio Traffic from LAPD's North Hollywood Frequency - February 28, 1997 From this site's webmaster, [email protected]; (Not an Amazon.com item); Usually ships in 24 hours, SHIPPING INCLUDED |
$10.00 Audio CD |
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| Defender of the
Angels : A Black Policeman in Old Los Angeles by Jesse Kimbrough ; Hardcover Usually ships in 1-2 weeks Finally, a new edition of this terrific book. If you're interested in LAPD, Southern California History, or how far we have - or haven't - come socially, you'll enjoy this "no holds-barred" fictionalized autobiography of a policeman in raucous, early 20th-century Los Angeles. Great reading! |
$25.95 |
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| Fish! A Remarkable Way to
Boost Morale and Improve Results by Stephen C. Lundin Ph.D., et al (Hardcover - March 2000) Average Customer Review:  Usually ships in 24 hours This book (and the video, too) has been spreading like wildfire in dispatch centers across the country. Says one supervisor, "The attitude changes brought about by 'Fish!' have been the best thing to ever happen in our center" |
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$15.96 |
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| Under the Headset :
Surviving Dispatcher Stress by Richard Behr ; Spiral-bound Usually ships in 24 hours Avg. Customer Review:  "Written by a dispatcher and a critical incident stress instructor, it includes information about the stress process, identifying stressors, and coping with stress. The book also includes sections on humor and inspiration. Stories of survival, written by dispatchers who have lived through the stress of critical incidents, are provided. " |
$29.95 |
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What's the Number for 911?: America's Wackiest 911 Calls by Leland H., III Gregory ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours A collection of more than 170 stories and actual transcripts of strange and hilarious 911 phone calls |
$8.05 |
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Wacky 911 calls from America's 911 call centers! 60-minute CD A man hits a deer, which wakes up and bites him in the neck! An older man is chased through the house by his wheelchair-bound wife armed with a can of mace! A woman complains that her son has a bomb in his testicle From 2 lands Productions - http://www.wacky911.com (Not an Amazon.com item) |
$14.95 Audio CD |
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My Name's Friday: The Unauthorized but True Story of Dragnet and the Films of Jack Webb by Michael J. Hayde ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours New !- About the man who provided more positive publicity for LAPD than the department could have ever have generated on its own. "Always realistic???" No way...but interesting and educational in those early days of TV (as well as radio, before that). |
$18.95 |
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The Centurions Shield: Badges of the LAPD by Raymond H. Sherrard ; Hardcover Usually ships in 24 hours |
$29.95 |
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| DISPATCHING: GENERAL INFORMATION & STORIES | |||
| Inside 911 by Judy Stacy, Judith Rhymes Stacy ; Paperback Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$16.00 |
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| Emergency Communications by F. Dale Williams ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$16.95 |
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| Communications Guide for Public
Safety Dispatchers
by Alan Burton ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$39.95 |
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| Become a 911 Dispatcher: Your
Personal Career Guide by Richard M. Callen ; Paperback Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$15.95 |
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| Ick! I Hate Technical Stuff (A non technical work book for public
safety dispatchers) by Paul D. Linnee, Sue Pivetta ; Spiral-bound Usually ships in 24 hours |
$42.95 |
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| 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Manual
: Police-Fire-Medical by Sue Pivetta ; Hardcover Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$54.50 |
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| 911 Operator Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$27.95 |
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| Calling 9-1-1 - (for children) by Sharon Shi ; Mass Market Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$4.99 |
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ORIENTATION and EXAM PREPARATION |
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| Emergency Dispatcher / 911 Operator
Exam by Arco (Editor) ; Paperback Not Yet Published -- On Order |
$11.96 |
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| Emergency Dispatcher : 911 Operator by Eve P. Steinberg ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$10.36 |
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| Police Communications and Teletype
Operator by Jack Rudman ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$27.95 |
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| Police Communications &Teletype
Operator Supervisor
by Jack Rudman ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$29.95 |
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| Emergency Communications Specialist by Jack Rudman ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$27.95 |
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| Police Dispatcher by Jack Rudman ; Spiral-bound Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$27.95 |
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| Police Communications Technician (Career
Exam Series)
by Jack Rudman ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks
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$27.95 |
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| MANAGEMENT, REFERENCE, GUIDANCE, SELF-HELP | |||
| Cop Speak: The Lingo of Law
Enforcement and Crime by Tom Philbin, Thomas Philbin; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$10.36 |
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| Emergency Communications Management by Francis X. Holt; Hardcover Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$25.00 |
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| Thomas Guide Los
Angeles and Orange Counties 2001: Street Guide and
Directory Now Including Zip Codes and Boundaries (Los
Angeles and Orange Counties) by Thomas Brothers (Editor) ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$25.56 |
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| Public Safety Communications
Agencies, Districts and Authorities by John H. "Jack" Atkinson; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$29.99 |
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| EMS Communications : Utilizing the
New Hardware and Systems Technology (Emergency Health
Services Review Series : Volume 1 No 2) by Russel C. Kulp (Editor); Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$19.95 |
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| Publicity Manual for Law Enforcement
Agencies: A
comprehensive professional guide to communications-- a
manual that no law enforcement agency should be without by Selma G. Field ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$29.95 |
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| Police and Fire Communications
Handbook Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$19.95 |
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| Copshock : Surviving Posttraumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD) by Allen R. Kates ; Paperback Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$19.95 |
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| Top Cops: Profiles of Women in
Command by Marion E. Gold ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$21.95 |
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| Police Talk: A Scenario-Based
Communications Workbook for Police Recruits and Officers by Jean, Phd Reynolds, et al ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$16.00 |
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| Cops Don't Cry: a book of help and
hope for police families by Vali Stone ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$15.95 |
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| I Love a Cop by Ellen Kirschman ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$12.76 |
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| What Cops Know: Cops Talk About What
They Do, How They Do It, and What It Does to Them by Connie Fletcher, Julie Rubenstein (Editor) ; Mass Market Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$6.29 |
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| Cops Under Fire : The Reign of Terror
Against Hero Cops
by Larry McShane ; Hardcover Usually ships in 24 hours |
$24.95 |
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LAPD-SPECIFIC: FICTION & NON-FICTION |
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| L.A.P.D. (Bill Kurtis'
"American Justice" TV Series)VHS ; Not
Rated NTSC format (US and Canada only) Special Order |
$26.99 VIDEO |
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| Citadel Run by Paul Bishop, Maynard Villers (Narrator) ; Audio Cassette Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks (THE BOOK IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT) |
$36.95 AUDIO-TAPE |
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| Official Negligence : How Rodney King
and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD by Lou Cannon ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$16.00 |
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| Policing Space : Territoriality and
the Los Angeles Police Department by Steve Herbert ; Paperback Usually ships in 1-2 weeks |
$17.95 |
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| Danger, Duty & Disillusion : The
Worldview of Los Angeles Police Officers by Joan C. Barker ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$14.50 |
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| LA Burning - The Riots of '92 VHS; Unrated NTSC format (US and Canada only) Usually ships in 1-2 weeks |
$24.95 VIDEO |
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| LAPD : Patrol, SWAT, Air Support, K-9,
CRASH, and Homicide (Power Series) by Samuel M. Katz ; Paperback Back Ordered Usually ships in 3-5 weeks |
$13.56 |
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| One Time : The Story of a South
Central Los Angeles Police Officer by Brian S. Bentley, Stephanie L. Carter (Editor) ; Mass Market Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$14.95 |
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| LAPD's Rogue Cops : Black Dahlia
Murder Case
by Vincent A. Carter ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$11.25 |
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| Policing Women : The Sexual Politics
of Law Enforcement and the LAPD (Critical Perspectives on
the Past) by Janis Appier ; Paperback Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$19.95 |
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| New Centurions Novel, by Joseph Wambaugh ; Mass Market Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$6.75 |
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| The New Centurions VHS ~ George C. Scott ; VHS; Rated R NTSC format (US and Canada only) Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$9.95 VIDEO |
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| The Onion Field Non-fiction by Joseph Wambaugh ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours RECOMMENDED - IT CAN HAPPEN, AND DID.. |
$6.75 |
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| The Onion Field VHS ~ John Savage ; VHS; Rated R NTSC format (US and Canada only) Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$13.99 VIDEO |
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| Defender of the
Angels : A Black Policeman in Old Los Angeles by Jesse Kimbrough ; Hardcover Usually ships in 1-2 weeks |
$25.95 |
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| Dragnet-Bad Girls VHS ~ Jack Webb ; VHS; Not Rated NTSC format (US and Canada only) Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$5.99 VIDEO |
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| Dragnet VHS ~ Jack Webb ; VHS; Not Rated NTSC format (US and Canada only) Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$13.99 VIDEO |
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| Dragnet: Vol. 1-3 VHS ~ Dragnet ; VHS; Not Rated NTSC format (US and Canada only) Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$15.49 VIDEO |
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| Just the Facts, Ma'Am : The
Authorized Biography of Jack Webb by Daniel Moyer, Eugene Alvarez ; Paperback Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$14.36 |
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HUMOR |
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What's the Number for 911?: America's
Wackiest 911 Calls
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$8.05 |
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| Wacky 911 calls from
America's 911 call centers! A 60-minute CD A man hits a deer, which wakes up and bites him in the neck! An older man is chased through the house by his wheelchair-bound wife armed with a can of mace! A woman complains that her son has a bomb in his testicle From 2 lands Productions - http://www.wacky911.com (not an Amazon.com item) |
$14.95 Audio CD |
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| What's the Number for
911 Again? by Leland H., III Gregory ; Paperback Not Yet Published -- On Order - Amazon is accepting pre-orders now |
$8.05 |
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| America's Dumbest Criminals: Based on True Stories from Law
Enforcement Officials Across the Country by Daniel R. Butler, et al ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$7.19 |
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| Presumed Ignorant!: Over 400 Cases of
Legal Looniness, Daffy Defendants, and Bloopers from the
Bench by Leland H. Gregory ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$8.95 |
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| A Treasury of Police Humor by Oliver Gaspirtz ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$12.95 |
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| Crimes and Misdumbmeanors : 100 New Stories from the
Files of America's Dumbest Criminals by Alan Ray, et al ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$7.15 |
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| Wanted! Dumb or Alive: 100 New Stories from the Files of
America's Dumbest Criminals by Alan Ray, Daniel R. Butler ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$7.19 |
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FIRE/EMS BOOKS |
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| Fire Communications
Technician (C-1217) by Jack Rudman ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$29.95 |
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| Fire Service Radio
Communications by Edwin J. Spahn ; Hardcover Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$49.00 |
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| Los Angeles Fire
Department : A Century of Service by Paul Ditzel ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$24.95 |
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| Ride the Devil Wind :
A History of the Los Angeles County Forester & Fire
Warden Department and Fire Protection Districts (NOW KNOWN AS THE L.A. COUNTY
FIRE DEPARTMENT) by David Boucher ; Hardcover Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$55.00 |
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| Fire Call! : Fire
Communications Monitoring by Thomas J. Jr. Swisher ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$17.95 |
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| PHTLS - Basic and
Advanced Prehospital Trauma Life Support by James L. Paturas (Editor), et al ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$38.95 |
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MISCELLANEOUS STUFF |
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| California Highway
Patrol Yesterday and Today by Robert Wick ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$18.95 |
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| The Newhall Incident:
America's Worst Uniformed Cop Massacre NEW! by John Anderson, Marsh Cassady ; Paperback Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$11.96 |
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| Dial 911 and Die by Richard W. Stevens, Garn Turner (Illustrator) ; Mass Market Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$8.95 |
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| Police Call Radio
Guide : Including Fire and Emergency Services Paperback Special Order: Be sure to get the volume that covers your state! (California is in Vol. 9) Usually ships in 4-6 weeks |
$9.95 |
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| Cop Talk! : How to Listen in on
Police Radio Communications by Laura E. Quarantiello ; Paperback Usually ships in 24 hours |
$14.95 |
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| Master Frequency File by James E. Tunnell, Robert Kelty ; Paperback Special Order Usually ships in 4-6 weeks ( This book is a bit dated now, but contains a wealth of Federal Gov't radio information ) |
$29.95 |
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| Tuning in to RF Scanning: From Police
to Satellite Bands
by Bob Kay ; Paperback Usually ships in 2-3 days |
$24.95 |
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