James Bultema                     Author

Guardians of Angels
A History of the Los Angeles Police Department

Revised 150th Year Anniversary Edition 1869-2019

* Foreword by LAPD Chief Moore
* Updated with New Chapters & Behind the Badge             Segments
* New Introduction
* New Photos
* New Covers

For 150 years, LAPD officers have pinned on a badge, holstered a gun and traveled the corridors of history, leaving behind the rich traditions that are today’s LAPD. This historical account is a penetrating history of the Los Angeles Police Department since 1850. Thoroughly researched over eight years, containing scores of interviews and illustrated with hundreds of rare photographs, this book details how the department evolved from six officers administering frontier justice to today’s high-tech professionals. It brings to life the accomplishments and disappointments of the men and women who unselfishly gave of themselves as the Guardians of Angels.

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Review (more reviews on Review Page)
This is a very well-written and thoroughly researched book on one of the greatest police departments of the world. The book takes you from some of the earliest periods in Los Angeles, when vigilantes administered "justice," to volunteer town Marshals, the establishment of a small police force, paid on commission, to the actual establishment of a real police department and concluding in our present time. It candidly acknowledges and even explores long periods of political interference and the need to have a police chief who isn't beholding to self-serving politicians. The work is lavishly illustrated with dozens of period photographs. It is by far the most comprehensive book on the history of the LAPD to date.
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UNSOLVED Cold-Case Homicides of Law Enforcement Officers
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​Unsolved Police Homicides-A National Tragedy
​​Ripped from today’s headlines, Unsolved is the first ever book to examine the sacrifices made by American’s heroic law enforcement officers who were murdered while their killers escaped justice­. Left behind are devastated loved ones and a law enforcement agency hunting down the assassins. Building on years of comprehensive nationwide research, Bultema, a former LAPD cop, puts a story behind some of the names etched on police monuments across this country. 

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​Filled with fascinating, yet stark revelations down through the decades, this book brings the reader to the nightmare that haunts all cops ... the brutal murder of one of their own that has gone "Unsolved."
Tom Lange - Detective
LAPD – Retired
 
Within this masterpiece of historical account, we learn how law enforcement have paid the price with their lives. Most important of all, Unsolved has one overriding message: We must never forget. We must honor their sacrifice. And we must be relentless in the pursuit of truth and justice. The fallen and their families deserve it. Excellent book!
Victoria M. Newman, President of How2LoveYourCop
Author of A CHiP on my Shoulder and A Marriage in Progress
 
If this book causes one agency to reopen unsolved murder cases it will be worth the effort that James Bultema put into writing his book. An Excellent book which could be very important for many law enforcement families across the nation.
Michael Hulsey
Former LAPD & Oregon Cold Case Detective
 
 A police officer's death in the line of duty is the ultimate sacrifice. These tragic losses are compounded in those cases wherein the officer's killer is not caught and brought to justice. Unsolved masterfully details 92 of these cases. 
John Samson, Retired Sergeant St. Louis County, Mo. Police Department 

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The Protectors 
A Photographic History of Police Departments in the United States

The Protectors takes the reader down the streets of police history, as a collaborator, with the use of over 300 captivating photographs. Police are at the front lines of history as it is being made, and these riveting photographs showcase America’s story as it’s unfolding through officers in action. Through the magic of the camera lens, a vanished world lives again and invites the viewer to be part of a moment long ago and partner up with those brave souls who were and are the Protectors of a Nation.

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11 x 8 1/2
​308 pages on 100 pound archival paper
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Gangsters and Cops

Prohibition, Corruption, and LAPD's Scandalous
Coming of Age

​2022
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Ulysses S. Grant: A Photographic History


​Published by Southern Illinois University Press - Fall 2021
By James Bultema

​Captured is a photographic history of conceivably the most revered American of the 19th century—Ulysses S. Grant. His life is told through stunning historical photographs enhanced with Grant’s own words from his letters. When combined, the reader is provided with the true image of a celebrated man.  
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