Police History and Spirituality

Police-Writers.com, a website dedicated to listing state and local police officers who have authored books on police history and spirituality for police officers.

Albert S. Kurek, a retired New York State Police trooper wrote two books on the history of the New York State Police in The Troopers Are Coming: New York State Troopers, 1917-1943 and The Troopers Are Coming II: New York State Troopers, 1943-1985.

Roger Abel is a retired second grade New York Police Department Detective. A native New Yorker, he has a long and distinguished career in law enforcement as President of the Black Police Officers Organization of the New York Police Department called "Guardian Association, and President of the National Black Police Association. He has a bachelor’s degree in biology and psychology, a master’s degree in Public Administration, and many police department and community service awards.

His book, The Black Shields, documents his research into the history of African Americans on the New York Police Department. According to the book description, “All but ignored, the Black police officer went unseen in a history that has been lost, stolen, and disguised by generations of segregation and discriminatory practices within the New York Police Department, and city Government. For more than a century, Black police officers walked a lonely beat, and very little was written about their struggled for equality and recognition since the first Black officer entered the Police Department in 1891.”

John Moreno joined the New York Police Department in 1955; and, retired at the rank of lieutenant in 1984. While on the job he earned an Associate Degree in Police Science and later a Bachelor Degree in Theology. Upon retiring he accepted a position on the staff of the Bishop Molloy Retreat House, working with the Passionist Community of priests and brothers. While working there he went on to earn a Masters Degree in Catholic Doctrine. After leaving that position he became associated with the Marianist Community organizing, promoting and offering spiritual programs at their Emmanuel Marianist Retreat House.

He is founder of Catholic Lay Preachers, a small group of experienced lay speakers offering their talents to religious organizations. He is also the author of A Spirituality for Police Officers which provides “Spiritual help for those in law enforcement and their families.”

Police-Writers.com now hosts 373 police officers (representing 155 police departments) and their 817 books in six categories, there are also listings of United States federal law enforcement employees turned authors, international police officers who have written books and civilian police personnel who have written books.