Showing posts with label jerry ardolino. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jerry ardolino. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

The Shang Pirate Legacy

July 8, 2008, (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com is a website that lists state and local police officers who have written books. Jerry Ardolino, a former Chicago Police Department police officer, will be signing copies of his latest book: The Shang Pirate Legacy.

Date: July 19 and 20, 2008
Time: 1PM to 4PM
Location: Borders Book Store, 10950 Charleston Road,
Las Vegas, NV

The Shang Pirate Legacy is a historically based action-thriller. It is the first novel written about the Chinese Pirate ship Ning Po and her Triad Pirate crew whose descendents are 21st Century, Asian Triad Gangsters. According to the book description, “If you love pirates; high-tech suspense; realistic action and a complex yet thrilling plot along with subplots, twists and turns - you’ll love The Shang Pirate Legacy.”

Because of its historical accuracy and research, The Shang Pirate Legacy is in the permanent library collections of The Catalina Island Museum; The
Los Angeles Maritime Museum; Newport Harbor Nautical Museum and in the J. Porter Shaw Library collection at The San Francisco Maritime National Park.

Jerry Ardolino’s first book, Extreme Cop: Chicago PD “is the true story of Jerry Ardolino, the wildest, most violent cop in the history of the Chicago Police Department and that would mean: in the history of the world. Jerry Ardolino is the book’s author and it is the first true, full-length on-going story about the Chicago Police written by an insider. It has never been done before. Jerry Ardolino was a star-carrying member of that horde of hard-edged cops; the largest and deadliest “gang” in Chicago or anyplace else. The gang in midnight-blue leather police jackets who had the tools and the talent that enabled them to become known throughout the world, as the most violent, corrupt, out-of-control and; toughest police force ever to stalk the streets.”

Police-Writers.com now hosts 1025
police officers (representing 431 police departments) and their 2182 criminal justice books in 33 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.

Friday, May 02, 2008

All Cop War Stories

April 30, 2008 (San Dimas, CA) Conversations with Cops at the Watering Hole is having a special two-hour program on May 17, 2008 – All Cop War Stories. The program will feature special guest and co-host for the evening former Chicago Police Officer Jerry Ardolino.

Featuring cops calling in from around the nation, the show promises to be a wild ride into the dark, funny and intense world of street cops.

Program Date: May 17, 2008
Program Time: 2100 hours, Pacific
Topic: All Cop War Stories
Listen Live:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/LawEnforcement

About the Co-Host
Jerry Ardolino is the author of Extreme Cop: Chicago PD and The Shang Pirate Legacy. According to his book description, Extreme Cop, it “is the true story of Jerry Ardolino, the wildest, most violent cop in the history of the Chicago Police Department and that would mean: in the history of the world. It is the first true, full-length on-going story about the Chicago Police written by an insider.”

According to the book description of The Shang Pirate Legacy, it is “the first novel ever written about the real Chinese Pirate ship Ning Po and her Triad Pirate crew whose descendents are 21st Century, Asian Triad Gangsters. If you love Pirates; High-Tech Suspense; Realistic Action and a Complex, Thrilling Plot along with subplots, twists and turns - you’ll love The Shang Pirate Legacy.”

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 faculty advisor and lecturer with the Union Institute and University. He has experience teaching upper division courses in law enforcement, public policy, 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.

Listen, call, join us at the Watering Hole.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/LawEnforcement

Program Contact Information
Lieutenant
Raymond E. Foster, LAPD (ret.), MPA
editor@police-writers.com
909.599.7530

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Extreme Cop

March 3, 2008 (San Dimas, CA) The March 6, 2008 program of Conversations with Cops at The Watering Hole is an interview with Jerry Ardolino, the author of Extreme Cop Chicago PD: The True Story of the Wildest, most Violent Cop in the History of the Chicago Police.

Program Date: March 6, 2008
Program Time: 2100 hours, Pacific
Topic: Author Interview
Guests:
Jerry Ardolino
Listen Live: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/LawEnforcement

About the Guest
Jerry Ardolino is the author of Extreme Cop Chicago PD: The True Story of the Wildest, most Violent Cop in the History of the Chicago Police. According to the book description, “Jerry Ardolino was a star-carrying member of that horde of hard-edged cops; the largest and deadliest “gang” in Chicago or anyplace else. The gang in midnight-blue leather police jackets who had the tools and the talent that enabled them to become known throughout the world, as the most violent, corrupt, out-of-control and; toughest police force ever to stalk the streets.”

Jerry Ardolino is also the author of The Shang Pirate Legacy. According to the book description it is “the first novel ever written about the real Chinese Pirate ship Ning Po and her Triad Pirate crew whose descendents are 21st Century, Asian Triad Gangsters. If you love Pirates; High-Tech Suspense; Realistic Action and a Complex,Thrilling Plot along with subplots, twists and turns---you´ll love The Shang Pirate Legacy.”

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 has been a part-time lecturer at California State University, Fullerton and Fresno; and is currently a faculty advisor and lecturer with the Union Institute and University. He has experience teaching upper division courses in law enforcement, public policy, 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.

Listen, call, join us at the Watering Hole.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/LawEnforcement

Program Contact Information
Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster, LAPD (ret.), MPA
editor@police-writers.com
909.599.7530

Monday, June 18, 2007

Three Chicago Police Officers

Police-Writers.com is a website that lists state and local police officers who have written books. The website added three Chicago Police Department authors: Jerry Ardolino, Edward Burke and Terry Hillard.

Jerry Ardolino graduated the Chicago Police Department Academy in 1973. He attended Chicago City College on a U.S. Department of Justice grant studying Behavioral Science and Law and graduated the nationally recognized combined Police Science/Criminology Program of the Chicago Police Department Training Division and Northwestern University. He served approximately five years on the Chicago Police Department. While on the job, he became a firearms and ammunition dealer; as well as a leather goods manufacturer.

He is the author of Extreme Cop: Chicago PD. According to his book description, Extreme Cop, “is the true story of
Jerry Ardolino, the wildest, most violent cop in the history of the Chicago Police Department and that would mean: in the history of the world. Jerry Ardolino is the book’s author and it is the first true, full-length on-going story about the Chicago Police written by an insider. It has never been done before. Jerry Ardolino was a star-carrying member of that horde of hard-edged cops; the largest and deadliest “gang” in Chicago or anyplace else. The gang in midnight-blue leather police jackets who had the tools and the talent that enabled them to become known throughout the world, as the most violent, corrupt, out-of-control and; toughest police force ever to stalk the streets.”

Edward Burke, attorney and long-time Chicago alderman, is co-author of End of Watch, a history of Chicago police officers killed in the line of duty. In 1968, at the age of 25, Edward Burke took leave from the Chicago Police Department to replace his deceased father as the Democratic Committeeman in the 14th District. In 1969, Edward Burke was elected to the 14th Ward Alderman’s Seat in Chicago.

According to the Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Lodge 7, “ End of Watch: Chicago Police Killed in the Line of Duty 1853-2006 by
Edward M. Burke and Thomas J. O’Gorman examines the remarkable sacrifice of 526 sworn officers of the Chicago Police Department. Throughout the book’s 300+ pages and more than 600 photographs, there are detailed narratives of each officer and the circumstances involved in their deaths. The book traces the heroic history of Chicago’s finest with accounts of each episode drawn from municipal records, police files, contemporaneous newspapers, court documents and ground breaking research.”

Terry Hillard enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1963, served 13 months in Vietnam and received four medals and a Presidential Unit Citation. In 1968, he entered the Chicago Police Department Training Academy and served as a police officer in several districts as well as a specialist in the Gang Crimes Unit. In 1975, he was seriously wounded after being shot twice while apprehending a suspect who had shot four suburban police officers. Terry Hillard’s law enforcement career with the Chicago Police Department reached zenith when he was Superintendent. He retired in 2003. He is the co-author of his biography, Chicago Police: An Inside View - the Story of Superintendent Terry G. Hillard.

Police-Writers.com now hosts 584
police officers (representing 246 police departments) and their 1225 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.