Small Towns, Big Cities and Officers at Risk

August 4, 2007 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com is a website that lists nearly 700 state and local police officers who have written books. The website added Warner Jack Berry, Scott Fielden and Dennis L. Conroy.

Warner Jack Berry served for twenty years in law enforcement in the cities of Memphis (Tennessee) Dallas (Texas) and West Helena (Arkansas). In 1982, he continued his law enforcement career for another 18 years when he became the chief of police of the Lakeview Police Department (Arkansas). After retiring from the Lakeview Police Department (Arkansas), he became the Justice of the Peace in Blake County (Arkansas). Jack Berry is the Author of When You are the Only Cop in Town: A writer's guide to small town law enforcement.

According to the book description of When you are the Only Cop in Town, it is “An indispensable guide to facts, procedures, and the how-to's of small town law enforcement from Debra Dixon, author of GMC: Goal, Motivation, and Conflict. Jack Berry has over 30 years in law enforcement, the last 17 as Chief in a small town. He also happens to be Debra's dad. Crack the covers of this book and enjoy a writer's feast of the funny, the odd, and the mundane. Find out what you need to know and what it's really like on the mean streets of Smallville, U.S.A.”

Scott Fielden has been affiliated with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office (Tennessee) since 1997, and is currently a reserve lieutenant. He holds a BA in marketing/management from East Tennessee State University, and is employed by Johnson & Johnson World Products as a senior pharmaceutical sales specialist. He is the author of Music City Blues: From the Training Academy to the Streets.

According to one reader/reviewer of Music City Blues: From the Training Academy to the Streets, “If you've ever wondered what it's really like to be a cop, "Music City Blues" provides the answer. From domestic disputes, DUI's, high-speed police pursuits and prostitution stings, the reader is introduced to a side of law enforcement not often seen by the public. Police can be both gruesome and glorious, and it's these moments of soul-wrenching tragedies and fist-pumping triumphs that bring the book to life.”

Dr. Dennis L. Conroy recently retired after over 30 years service with the Saint Paul Police Department (Minnesota). During his law enforcement career he worked a variety of assignments, including: Patrol Officer, Patrol Supervisor, Vice/Narcotics Investigator, Director of Professional Development Institute, Director of Field Training Program, Communications Center Supervisor, and Juvenile Officer, Director of Employee Assistance Program.

In addition to this law enforcement experience, Dennis Conroy has 25 years of clinical experience includes working with children, adolescents, and adults. As a psychologist, his specific areas of interest are stress management, trauma response, hypnosis and working with law enforcement officers. Dennis Conroy is the author of Officers at Risk.

According to one reader of Officers at Risk, it “should be required reading for anyone training for a career in law enforcement and also for department administrators. The last two chapters explain how individuals and then departments can identify and manage stress related problems. For the individual, it should speak for itself. For police departments and correctional institutions, it can deter many potential problems from poor performance to costly and embarrassing lawsuits to suicides. I thank God that I was part of a department that in many ways pioneered employee assistance in law enforcement, and in a state that recognizes the long-term effects that can occur.”

Police-Writers.com now hosts 689 police officers (representing 311 police departments) and their 1481 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.