Eyes, Indians and Covert Ops

February 17, 2008 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com is a website that lists state and local police officers who have written books. The website added three police officers, bringing the total number listed to 842.

A graduate of Hunter College in 1950, John Barry joined the NYPD in 1951. John Barry finished 65th on the Civil Service list of 25,000. He served as a patrolman on foot and patrol car in the 34th Precinct in Upper Manhattan. His good arrest record moved him to Detective Division where he was assigned to the Narcotics Squad, which eventually became the Narcotics Division. John Barry resigned in 1959 after a rather violent disagreement with a superior officer. John Barry became a Long Island school teacher, retiring in 1987. John Barry is the author of Baskets of Eyes.

According to the book description of Baskets of Eyes, “They were standing there in the drizzle. Some uniforms, policemen and women, and the detectives, precinct and homicide; Bronx Homicide because the woman’s body lay in the Botanical Gardens near the old Fordham Road entrance.”

J. P. Morgan, D. Min., has nearly 40 years of law enforcement experience. He began his career with the New York City Police Department where he rose to the rank of detective. He would then go on to spend time as a FBI Special Agent Supervisor and Chief in a municipal Police Department. Additionally, Dr. J. P. Morgan has been a tenured Associate Professor of Police Management and Chairman of the Department of Criminal Justice at Virginia Commonwealth University, and Director of the Police Science Division at the University of Georgia. J. P. Morgan is the author of two books: Redistribute Values Not Wealth: For a More Rewarding Life’s Journey and The Copper Indian.

According to the book description of The Copper Indian, “Police work is fun, and unorthodox, in the 1950s and '60s. The booking of a dead man; making a prisoner pay for his taxi ride to jail; and the disappearance of a corpse are all part of a day's work.”

Bob Delaney has been an NBA referee for the past twenty years. In the 1970’s, he was a highly-decorated New Jersey State Trooper who went undercover for nearly three years to infiltrate the Mob, and was the principal undercover operative in the landmark investigation, Project Alpha. Bob Delaney is the author of Covert.

According to the book description of Covert, “Delaney’s account takes readers behind the scenes to show how law-abiding businesspeople were intimidated and extorted by cutthroat teams of mobsters eager to cut competitors out of the action.

Phil Duran has been in law enforcement for over 19 years. He has been a member of the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department (New Mexico) for the past 18 years. Currently, Deputy Phil Duran is the Advanced Training Coordinator for his department. His is author of Developing the Survival Attitude and co-author of Tactical Attitude. He has recently authored Duran Advanced Role-Play Training System.

According to the book description of Duran Advanced Role-Play Training System, “the reader will learn to employ safe, effective training scenarios that will maximize learning and increase officer preparedness. Learn to: Avoid training accidents and injuries, Effectively use training props, make role playing more realistic.”

Police-Writers.com now hosts 842 police officers (representing 382 police departments) and their 1777 police books in 32 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.

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