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The July 6, 2013 episode of
American Heroes Radio features a conversation police officer and poet Sarah
Cortez, the author of How to Undress a Cop.
Program Date: July 6,
2013
Program Time: 1500
hours, PACIFIC
Topic: How to Undress
a Cop
About the Guest
Sarah Cortez has been in law
enforcement since 1993. She began her
career as a full-time police officer with the University of Houston Police
Department and then went to work at Harris County, Precinct Four. She is currently a reserve deputy with the
Harris County, Precinct four. During her career she has worked as a patrol
officer, field training officer and sexual assault investigator. After her writing career began, she continued
in law enforcement as a reserve police officer and been assigned as a juvenile
bailiff, worked undercover during alcohol stings and assisted with the service
civil processes. Sarah Cortez is the
author of How to Undress a Cop: Poems and Cold Blue Steel, and a coauthor/editor
of Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery and You Don't Have a Clue: Latino
Mystery Stories for Teens.
According to the book description
of Cold
Blue Steel, it “contains fifty lyric poems set in the world of the
urban street cop in Houston, the nation’s fourth largest metropolis. In the
patrol car, at scenes of suicides and DOAs, in the overtime reality of aching
feet and sweating torsos, the reader experiences the hard realities and
unexpected luminosities of doing America’s most dangerous job.
About the Watering Hole
The Watering Hole is police
slang for a location cops go off-duty to blow off steam and talk about work and
life. Sometimes funny; sometimes serious; but, always interesting.
About the Host
Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster was a
sworn member of the Los Angeles Police
Department for 24 years. He
retired in 2003 at the rank of Lieutenant.
He holds a bachelor’s from the Union Institute and University in Criminal Justice
Management and a Master’s Degree in Public Financial Management from California
State University, Fullerton; and, has completed his doctoral course work. Raymond
E. Foster has been a part-time lecturer at California State University,
Fullerton and Fresno; and is currently a Criminal Justice
Department chair, faculty advisor and lecturer with the Union Institute and
University. He has experience teaching
upper division courses in law enforcement, public policy, law enforcement technology and leadership. Raymond is an experienced author who has
published numerous articles in a wide range of venues including magazines such
as Government Technology, Mobile Government, Airborne Law Enforcement Magazine,
and Police One. He has appeared on the
History Channel and radio programs in the United States and Europe as subject
matter expert in technological applications in law enforcement.
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Program Contact Information
Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster, LAPD
(ret.), MPA
909.599.7530
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