The December 21, episode of
American Heroes Radio features a conversation retired NYPD Detective Joe
DeCicco, the author of Dirty Baggs.
Program Date: December 21, 2013
Program Time: 1500
hours, PACIFIC
Topic: Writing an NYPD
Police Procedural Novel
Listen Live: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lawenforcement/2013/12/21/writing-an-nypd-police-procedural-novel
About the Guest
Joe DeCicco is a retired New York
City Detective who originally attended college to practice Electrical
Engineering. After working a lighting designer for several years, life
circumstances decreed that he join the New York City Police Department in 1973,
spending more then half his service in plainclothes, including over four years
as an Organized Crime Control Bureau narcotics investigator, then year with
Brooklyn Central Robbery and more than three years with the Brooklyn South
Detective Division assigned to the 62nd Squad in Bensonhurst. After spending
twenty years on the streets of New York, Joe happily retired in on July 4th
1993, truly celebrating his own Independence Day, with over twenty awards and
decorations.
Joe explains that his writings
come from an inner need to share his experiences with others while fulfilling
the public’s ongoing interest with police work. In his novels, the series main
character, Michael Romano, is a dedicated police officer who sometimes, while
performing his duties, inadvertently becomes involved with people who have no
business being on any police force. The author feels that while still
entertaining, his writings show all facets of the sometimes complex
personalities of those who choose to be the daily guardians of our society. Joe
DeCicco is the author of Worms in the Apple, Angel With A Gun and Dirty Baggs.
According to the book description
of Dirty
Baggs, “The author's third novel about the career of a New York City
Police Officer takes place in Staten Island New York, an almost country borough
within the city. The story opens with Romano witnessing a homicide on his way
to work. Michael Romano had everything he ever wanted, a job that he loved, a
wife and two children and a home of his own. One fateful night he arrived home
early and his world changed. Follow along as he balances his work and personal
problems yet still manages to catch a bad guy or two, even a serial killer.
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.
Listen
from the Archive: http://www.hitechcj.com/americanheroesradio/writing_an_nypd_police_procedural_novel.html
Program
Contact Information
Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster, LAPD
(ret.), MPA
909.599.7530
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