# import necessary libraries
import pandas as pd

# create a sample series
s = pd.Series([1, 3, 2, 4, 3, 5, 4, 6, 5, 4])

# use shift() function
local_max = s[(s.shift(1) < s) & 
              (s.shift(-1) < s)]

# print the results
print(local_max)