Police-Writers.com, a website dedicated the listing state and local police officers who have authored books, recognizes the literary contributions of police officers through the “Police-Writers.com Annual Recognition Program.”
In 2007, Police-Writers.com had one form of recognition, “Police-Writers.com Book of the Year.” In 2008, in order to recognize the ongoing career successes and community service aspects of all of the authors listed on the website, Police-Writers.com will have two forms of recognition: “Police-Writers.com Author of the Year” and “Police-Writers.com Book of the Year.”
Police-Writers.com Book of the Year:
The “Police-Writers.com Book of the Year 2008” focuses solely on the written contribution made by the police officer. It is that book found by the panel of judges to be the most significant literary contribution made by a police officer in the previous year. Entry requirements are:
The police officer is listed on www.police-writers.com. (There is no charge for listing on the website and interested police officers need only visit the FAQs section of the website and submit the necessary information); The award is open ONLY to United States state and local sworn law enforcement officials; The book was published in 2007; and, The application and three copies of the book are received by December 31, 2007.
Police-Writers.com Author of the Year:
The “Police-Writers.com Author of the Year” recognizes a published police author’s continuing career and community service successes. Entry requirements are:
The author is listed on www.police-writers.com. (There is no charge for listing on the website and interested authors need only visit the FAQs section of the website and submit the necessary information); Applications for this award are only taken from the author; This award is open to ALL state, local and federal sworn law enforcement officials, as well as civilian law enforcement employees and international police officers listed on the website; The author published a book anytime prior to December 31, 2007; and, The application, supporting documentation and three copies of the any book published by the author are received by December 31, 2007.
Award:
Selected authors will receive:
A Plaque indicating their award;
Press release distribution through the website; and,
Front page exposure on the website throughout the award year.
Additional information as well as application forms can be obtain on the website at www.police-writers.com. Police-Writers.com now hosts 699 police officers (representing 321 police departments) and their 1501 police 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.
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Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007
A Look at Women Police Writers
March is Women’s History Month. Nearly 600 state and local police officers in the Untied States have written books. And, twenty-one of those police officers are women. Like their male counterparts, they have written fiction, autobiographies, academic texts and even poetry. Interestingly enough, the most successful writer of romantic fiction is a retired male motorcop. Put the motorcop aside for the moment and let’s take a brief tour of the history of women police officers as writers.
Women in Policing
There is some disagreement about who should be thought of as the first women police officer in the United States. In 1910, Alice Stebbin Wells joined the Los Angeles Police Department and was the first woman to be called a “Policewoman.” However, in 1905, Lola Baldwin was hired by Portland Police Department (Oregon), given somewhat limited police powers and put in charge of group of social workers.
It has been said that Baldwin was the first woman to have sworn authority. Still earlier, in 1893, Mary Owens was given the rank of Policeman in the Chicago Police Department. While Owens worked in the department 30 years, she had been given this title and job as the widow of a slain officer. At that time in our history, lacking today’s survivor benefits, some organizations took care of the police family by providing widows with jobs within the department.
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Women in Policing
There is some disagreement about who should be thought of as the first women police officer in the United States. In 1910, Alice Stebbin Wells joined the Los Angeles Police Department and was the first woman to be called a “Policewoman.” However, in 1905, Lola Baldwin was hired by Portland Police Department (Oregon), given somewhat limited police powers and put in charge of group of social workers.
It has been said that Baldwin was the first woman to have sworn authority. Still earlier, in 1893, Mary Owens was given the rank of Policeman in the Chicago Police Department. While Owens worked in the department 30 years, she had been given this title and job as the widow of a slain officer. At that time in our history, lacking today’s survivor benefits, some organizations took care of the police family by providing widows with jobs within the department.
READ ON
http://www.police-writers.com/look_women_police_writers.html
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Corruption, murder and tragedy
Police-Writers.com, a website dedicated to listing state and local police officers who have authored books added three police officers who have written books about corruption, murder and tragedy in American policing.
Antonio Bustillo is a former Miami Police Department police officer. His first novel, Renegade Crew, is based on the 1980s Miami Police Department corruption scandal often referred to as the Miami River Cops. According to one reader of his novel, “Books about cops are usually the same old re-hashed, ponderous stuff. Renegade Crew is the exception. It is fast-paced, action-packed and humorous all in one. The author allows the reader to feel empathy for any or none of the river cops in question. Whether you agree with how they went about arresting criminals or not, the story is different from any other cop book that is out there. Giving it even more credibility is the author who is a former police officer. "Renegade Crew" deserves five-stars. I did not want to put it down and I will be re-reading it again tonight. I'd like to read the sequel to see what ever happened to these guys. I wonder if they are swimming with the fish, yet?”
Antonio Bustillo’s second book is a Steady Training, and is “recommended for any karate enthusiast who wonders how to adapt his training to real fighting encounters. Bustillo’s advice: train realistically, keep in shape, and keep it simple.”
Lieutenant Nelson Andreu (retired) dedicated nearly his entire police career with the Miami Police Department to homicide and death-investigation cases. During his nearly 23-year tenure with Miami Police Department, Lieutenant Nelson Andreu spent over 21 years in the Homicide Unit. He investigated thousands of death cases ranging from routine natural deaths, accidental deaths, industrial deaths, murders and suicides, to his working on five separate serial killer investigations. His murder investigations culminated in 2002 with the conviction of Francisco Del Junco, a Miami serial killer who bludgeoned to death and then set fire to four women in South Florida.
According to the book description of Nelson Andreu’s Dead Read, “Detective Peter Copeland wakes up on the beach one morning with a killer headache and no clue how he came to be there. Before long, he discovers that the exotic redheaded stranger he met at a party the night before is washed up on the beach, dead. What's this? Another detective mystery? But finally, here's one that departs from the mold. "Dead Red" is based on first-hand knowledge of solving mysterious deaths, thanks to author Nelson Andreu's twenty-two years in Miami's Homicide Unit. Readers who are curious about the workings behind crime investigations finally get what they want: insight on the inner workings of homicide(extracting answers from a reluctant witness, capturing an elusive fingerprint, distilling evidence from a mutilated victim) woven within an intriguing plot. Of course, Detective Copeland uncovers the answer--but that answer is what every cop dreads.”
According to the Library Journal, “On a summer day in 1986 Steven McDonald, a New York Police Department police officer, was patrolling his Central Park beat when a teenager whom he approached shot him, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down. This book, with its alternating voices, recounts how Steven and Patti Ann have survived the incident and its aftermath.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 383 police officers (representing 160 police departments) and their 833 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.
Antonio Bustillo is a former Miami Police Department police officer. His first novel, Renegade Crew, is based on the 1980s Miami Police Department corruption scandal often referred to as the Miami River Cops. According to one reader of his novel, “Books about cops are usually the same old re-hashed, ponderous stuff. Renegade Crew is the exception. It is fast-paced, action-packed and humorous all in one. The author allows the reader to feel empathy for any or none of the river cops in question. Whether you agree with how they went about arresting criminals or not, the story is different from any other cop book that is out there. Giving it even more credibility is the author who is a former police officer. "Renegade Crew" deserves five-stars. I did not want to put it down and I will be re-reading it again tonight. I'd like to read the sequel to see what ever happened to these guys. I wonder if they are swimming with the fish, yet?”
Antonio Bustillo’s second book is a Steady Training, and is “recommended for any karate enthusiast who wonders how to adapt his training to real fighting encounters. Bustillo’s advice: train realistically, keep in shape, and keep it simple.”
Lieutenant Nelson Andreu (retired) dedicated nearly his entire police career with the Miami Police Department to homicide and death-investigation cases. During his nearly 23-year tenure with Miami Police Department, Lieutenant Nelson Andreu spent over 21 years in the Homicide Unit. He investigated thousands of death cases ranging from routine natural deaths, accidental deaths, industrial deaths, murders and suicides, to his working on five separate serial killer investigations. His murder investigations culminated in 2002 with the conviction of Francisco Del Junco, a Miami serial killer who bludgeoned to death and then set fire to four women in South Florida.
According to the book description of Nelson Andreu’s Dead Read, “Detective Peter Copeland wakes up on the beach one morning with a killer headache and no clue how he came to be there. Before long, he discovers that the exotic redheaded stranger he met at a party the night before is washed up on the beach, dead. What's this? Another detective mystery? But finally, here's one that departs from the mold. "Dead Red" is based on first-hand knowledge of solving mysterious deaths, thanks to author Nelson Andreu's twenty-two years in Miami's Homicide Unit. Readers who are curious about the workings behind crime investigations finally get what they want: insight on the inner workings of homicide(extracting answers from a reluctant witness, capturing an elusive fingerprint, distilling evidence from a mutilated victim) woven within an intriguing plot. Of course, Detective Copeland uncovers the answer--but that answer is what every cop dreads.”
According to the Library Journal, “On a summer day in 1986 Steven McDonald, a New York Police Department police officer, was patrolling his Central Park beat when a teenager whom he approached shot him, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down. This book, with its alternating voices, recounts how Steven and Patti Ann have survived the incident and its aftermath.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 383 police officers (representing 160 police departments) and their 833 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.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Closing in on 800 books
Police-Writers.com, a website dedicated to listing state and local police officers who have authored books added three police officers who have brought the total number of books by police officers to nearly 800. Added where Victor Cass, William Nikkel and Jack Mullen.
In 1991, Victor Cass joined the Pasadena Police Department. An artist and writer, Victor is a graduate of the Art Center College of Design. In addition to his duties as a police officer, he has created a diverse portfolio of artwork; designing the cover of the Pasadena Police Department’s “Pasadena Welcomes the World” pamphlet for World Cup Soccer matches at the Rose Bowl to having original paintings exhibited a prestigious art galleries. From 1994 to 1997, Victor Cass served as a patrol officer and a Community Policing Officer. In 1998, he was promoted to detective; and, in the same year designed the official logo for the XXXIII California Police Summer Games.
Victor Cass’ published his first book, Love, Death, and Other War Stories: Tales of Crime and Punishment in the Wild West, in 2005. According to the book description, “What the beautiful people don’t know can hurt them, as the bodies pile up in Pasadena.”
William A. Nikkel, a detective with the Kern County Sheriff’s Department (California) wrote Isle of Bones. According to one reviewer, “We are introduced to Jake Stone , a cop who's been through the trenches and wants some peace in his life. Unfortunately, trouble won't leave him be and we ride with Jake to see when, and if, he'll live to drink another Carta Blanca. First off, I have to say what I liked best about this book is how well William A. Nikkel sets the scene. You almost feel like you're at the bar or on the deck of a boat in the dock. Secondly, though it's not the first time we've seen a lonely character down on his luck, you will find yourself pulling for Stone to get out of the way of danger.”
Jack Mullen is a retired sergeant from the San Diego Police Department. He has written two novels: Behind the Shield, In the Line of Duty and Behind the Shield 10cc. On reviewer of Behind the Shield wrote, “Vincent Dowling is a fascinating, fully developed character who should live on in a long series of novels by this talented storyteller. Ex-cop Jack Mullen knows his businesses -- homicide investigation and writing -- and the result is a gripping plot, wonderful characters, a tight story, a lot of insight into the police world. In short, a great read. I want to see more by Jack Mullen.” Jack retired to the State of Washington.
Police-Writers.com now hosts 356 police officers (representing 148 police departments) and their 790 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.
In 1991, Victor Cass joined the Pasadena Police Department. An artist and writer, Victor is a graduate of the Art Center College of Design. In addition to his duties as a police officer, he has created a diverse portfolio of artwork; designing the cover of the Pasadena Police Department’s “Pasadena Welcomes the World” pamphlet for World Cup Soccer matches at the Rose Bowl to having original paintings exhibited a prestigious art galleries. From 1994 to 1997, Victor Cass served as a patrol officer and a Community Policing Officer. In 1998, he was promoted to detective; and, in the same year designed the official logo for the XXXIII California Police Summer Games.
Victor Cass’ published his first book, Love, Death, and Other War Stories: Tales of Crime and Punishment in the Wild West, in 2005. According to the book description, “What the beautiful people don’t know can hurt them, as the bodies pile up in Pasadena.”
William A. Nikkel, a detective with the Kern County Sheriff’s Department (California) wrote Isle of Bones. According to one reviewer, “We are introduced to Jake Stone , a cop who's been through the trenches and wants some peace in his life. Unfortunately, trouble won't leave him be and we ride with Jake to see when, and if, he'll live to drink another Carta Blanca. First off, I have to say what I liked best about this book is how well William A. Nikkel sets the scene. You almost feel like you're at the bar or on the deck of a boat in the dock. Secondly, though it's not the first time we've seen a lonely character down on his luck, you will find yourself pulling for Stone to get out of the way of danger.”
Jack Mullen is a retired sergeant from the San Diego Police Department. He has written two novels: Behind the Shield, In the Line of Duty and Behind the Shield 10cc. On reviewer of Behind the Shield wrote, “Vincent Dowling is a fascinating, fully developed character who should live on in a long series of novels by this talented storyteller. Ex-cop Jack Mullen knows his businesses -- homicide investigation and writing -- and the result is a gripping plot, wonderful characters, a tight story, a lot of insight into the police world. In short, a great read. I want to see more by Jack Mullen.” Jack retired to the State of Washington.
Police-Writers.com now hosts 356 police officers (representing 148 police departments) and their 790 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.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Southern California Cop Authors
February 25, 2007 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com, a website dedicated to listing state and local police officers who have authored books, added Victor Paez Torres and Michael Ruppert to the list of police officers who have written books.
In 1999, a former Santa Ana Police Department (California) police officer, Victor Paez Torres, wrote Code of Police Silence: Behind the Thin Blue Line. According to the book description “COPS is a police story set in the late 1970's in the southern California city of Santa Ana, yet many of the events chronicled could just have well taken place today in any city of America. Author, Victor Torres, skillfully utilizes symbolism and realism to portray the dynamics of Latino duality and introspection as these Latino cops endeavor to defeat the beast of racism.”
At the time of publication, Adrian Garcia, National President, National Latino Peace Officers Association said of the book, “As a nineteen year law enforcement veteran, I find COPS as a very accurate depiction of the challenges faced by Latino officers in the 1970s. Unfortunately, some of what is mentioned in this book is still occurring. Hopefully, this book will inspire more Hispanic officers to accept the challenge to be leaders and positive change agents of their communities and agencies.”
Michael Ruppert is a former Los Angeles Police Department narcotics investigator, whistleblower and a 1973 Honors Graduate of UCLA in Political Science. In 1977, while still on the job, Michel Ruppert discovered information linking the Central Intelligence Agency to drug trafficking. Shortly thereafter, Michael Ruppert resigned from the Los Angeles Police Department.
According to the book description, Michael Ruppert’s book, Crossing The Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil, “The attacks of September 11, 2001, were accomplished through an amazing orchestration of logistics and personnel. Crossing the Rubicon discovers and identifies key suspects-finding some of them in the highest echelons of American government - by showing how they acted in concert to guarantee that the attacks produced the desired result. Crossing the Rubicon is unique not only for its case-breaking examination of 9/11, but for the breadth and depth of its world picture-an interdisciplinary analysis of petroleum, geopolitics, narcotraffic, intelligence and militarism-without which 9/11 cannot be understood.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 348 police officers (representing 145 police departments) and their 779 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.
In 1999, a former Santa Ana Police Department (California) police officer, Victor Paez Torres, wrote Code of Police Silence: Behind the Thin Blue Line. According to the book description “COPS is a police story set in the late 1970's in the southern California city of Santa Ana, yet many of the events chronicled could just have well taken place today in any city of America. Author, Victor Torres, skillfully utilizes symbolism and realism to portray the dynamics of Latino duality and introspection as these Latino cops endeavor to defeat the beast of racism.”
At the time of publication, Adrian Garcia, National President, National Latino Peace Officers Association said of the book, “As a nineteen year law enforcement veteran, I find COPS as a very accurate depiction of the challenges faced by Latino officers in the 1970s. Unfortunately, some of what is mentioned in this book is still occurring. Hopefully, this book will inspire more Hispanic officers to accept the challenge to be leaders and positive change agents of their communities and agencies.”
Michael Ruppert is a former Los Angeles Police Department narcotics investigator, whistleblower and a 1973 Honors Graduate of UCLA in Political Science. In 1977, while still on the job, Michel Ruppert discovered information linking the Central Intelligence Agency to drug trafficking. Shortly thereafter, Michael Ruppert resigned from the Los Angeles Police Department.
According to the book description, Michael Ruppert’s book, Crossing The Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil, “The attacks of September 11, 2001, were accomplished through an amazing orchestration of logistics and personnel. Crossing the Rubicon discovers and identifies key suspects-finding some of them in the highest echelons of American government - by showing how they acted in concert to guarantee that the attacks produced the desired result. Crossing the Rubicon is unique not only for its case-breaking examination of 9/11, but for the breadth and depth of its world picture-an interdisciplinary analysis of petroleum, geopolitics, narcotraffic, intelligence and militarism-without which 9/11 cannot be understood.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 348 police officers (representing 145 police departments) and their 779 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.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Narc tales and corruption
Police-Writers.com, a website dedicated to listing state and local police officers who have authored books, has added four police officers whose true stories of undercover narcotics work, near-corruption and outright corruption provide a trip into big city police work of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Jack Kelly probably knew more about narcotics trafficking in America than any other person. From the time he joined Atlantic City Police Department at the end of World War II to his retirement from one of the highest enforcement positions in the United States Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Kelly spent his life in pursuit of the world’s largest, most cunning, and dangerous illicit drug suppliers. Along the way, he earned a reputation from peddlers and junkies, as well as federal and local law enforcement officials, as "the toughest narc of them all."
According to the book description, “On the Street is Jack Kelly's story. It is also the story of drugs in America and of the people who become enmeshed in its widespread, complex network. As Kelly unfolds the story of his career, we learn what makes a good cop-and a bad one. He discloses in considerable detail the psychology of developing informers and of keeping them; how suspects used to be-and are-interrogated; and how evidence is handled. He shows how a set-up is arranged and an arrest made, and he tells what it's like to work undercover, as he did for much of his career, on numerous occasions almost losing his cover-and his life.
Kelly is brutally frank. He tells not only of informers who, after being loaned money by agents to set up a purchase, run off with the loot, but also of policemen who, finding large quantities of cash at the site of an arrest, report only a small portion of it and pocket the rest. He narrates with compassion the story of the elderly medical doctor who gave heroin to his junkie patients because he truly couldn't stand to see anyone suffer. And he tells in sorrow of the narcotics agents who became junkies themselves.”
Stephen Del Corso and Bill Erwin were narcotics detectives in the New York Police Department. They co-authored the true story, Blue Domino. According to the book description, “Blue Domino is a cop's-eye view of a narcotics case so big and so successful that it resulted in the conviction of 86 major heroin dealers. It is also the story of the "Lady in Pink," a beautiful Puerto Rican drug courier who turned out to be the key to the case. And it is the story of the biggest bribe ever offered a detective in the history of the New York Police Department.”
Edward F. Droge of the New York Police Department authored two novels, In the Highest Tradition and The Honor Legion, and his own autobiography - Patrolman: A Cop's Story. According to the book description, “Edward F. Droge, Jr. made headlines with his testimony about police corruption before the Knapp Commission in New York. Now he has decided to tell the whole blunt, hard-nosed truth about himself and the system that made him and broke him. This is the story of his career from the beginning to the end. It is the story of fighting crime in the savage ghettos, of collaring hookers on the nighttime streets, of breaking up murderous family quarrels and risking his life and limb in hair-raising chases and gun duels. It is also the story of pocketing money and bending regulations and losing every ideal. And finally it is the story of how one cop's undercover activities implicated his fellow officers.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 346 police officers (representing 145 police departments) and their 777 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.
Jack Kelly probably knew more about narcotics trafficking in America than any other person. From the time he joined Atlantic City Police Department at the end of World War II to his retirement from one of the highest enforcement positions in the United States Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Kelly spent his life in pursuit of the world’s largest, most cunning, and dangerous illicit drug suppliers. Along the way, he earned a reputation from peddlers and junkies, as well as federal and local law enforcement officials, as "the toughest narc of them all."
According to the book description, “On the Street is Jack Kelly's story. It is also the story of drugs in America and of the people who become enmeshed in its widespread, complex network. As Kelly unfolds the story of his career, we learn what makes a good cop-and a bad one. He discloses in considerable detail the psychology of developing informers and of keeping them; how suspects used to be-and are-interrogated; and how evidence is handled. He shows how a set-up is arranged and an arrest made, and he tells what it's like to work undercover, as he did for much of his career, on numerous occasions almost losing his cover-and his life.
Kelly is brutally frank. He tells not only of informers who, after being loaned money by agents to set up a purchase, run off with the loot, but also of policemen who, finding large quantities of cash at the site of an arrest, report only a small portion of it and pocket the rest. He narrates with compassion the story of the elderly medical doctor who gave heroin to his junkie patients because he truly couldn't stand to see anyone suffer. And he tells in sorrow of the narcotics agents who became junkies themselves.”
Stephen Del Corso and Bill Erwin were narcotics detectives in the New York Police Department. They co-authored the true story, Blue Domino. According to the book description, “Blue Domino is a cop's-eye view of a narcotics case so big and so successful that it resulted in the conviction of 86 major heroin dealers. It is also the story of the "Lady in Pink," a beautiful Puerto Rican drug courier who turned out to be the key to the case. And it is the story of the biggest bribe ever offered a detective in the history of the New York Police Department.”
Edward F. Droge of the New York Police Department authored two novels, In the Highest Tradition and The Honor Legion, and his own autobiography - Patrolman: A Cop's Story. According to the book description, “Edward F. Droge, Jr. made headlines with his testimony about police corruption before the Knapp Commission in New York. Now he has decided to tell the whole blunt, hard-nosed truth about himself and the system that made him and broke him. This is the story of his career from the beginning to the end. It is the story of fighting crime in the savage ghettos, of collaring hookers on the nighttime streets, of breaking up murderous family quarrels and risking his life and limb in hair-raising chases and gun duels. It is also the story of pocketing money and bending regulations and losing every ideal. And finally it is the story of how one cop's undercover activities implicated his fellow officers.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 346 police officers (representing 145 police departments) and their 777 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.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Rookies and Chiefs
Police-Writers.com, a website dedicated to listing state and local police officers who have authored books, has added two police officers and their seven books to the lengthy list of police writers.
In 1962 T. Mike Walker received his MA in Language Arts and Creative Writing. He was an associate editor for Etc. Magazine of General Semantics from 1963-65, and taught Creative Writing at San Francisco State University. He worked his way through college as a police officer for the San Francisco Police Department. In 1969, his novel, Voices From The Bottom of the World: A Policeman's Journal, was published.
In Voices, the story of a rookie police officer is told through a journal he keeps. According to the book description, “The book opens with a description of Danny's training at the police Academy and his indoctrination into the rituals of sanctioned force. Then, as a rookie cop on the beat, he relates his experiences, his sometimes ludicrous and almost tragic mistakes, the gradual loss of his naiveté, and the disintegration of his marriage. He is then assigned to help guard the stadium at the Monterey Jazz Festival—during this sunny interlude he lives in a dream world of music and sex. The journal ends with Danny's duty in the Misdemeanor section of the city prison, where he slowly learns to become indifferent, and even brutal, to the prisoners, absorbing the idea of violence almost without realizing what is happening to him.”
T. Mike Walker’s other books are Respect: Hippy High School in the Summer of Love and The Butter Fly Bride.
Chief of Police Joseph D. McNamara (retired) began his career as a New York Police Department police officer. While still in his 30s, he rose to the rank of Deputy Inspector (one rank above captain in NYPD’s hierchy). He left NYPD to become the Chief of Police of the Kansas City Police Department (Missouri). At that time, he was likely the youngest chief of police in a major city. He left Kansas City to take the reigns of the San Jose Police Department (California) as their chief.
Joseph D. McNamara has written for novels. The first three, The First Directive, Fatal Command and The Blue Mirage feature the character Finnbar Fraliegh. The books follow Fraliegh’s career from a detective sergeant in a large police department, to a newly formed police department as the chief of detectives and finally to the acting chief of police in a third.
According to the book description of Joseph D. McNamara’s fourth book, Code 211 Blue, “Kevin McKay is a hometown boy who grew up to be a cop. Now he's out of the fire and into the heat--transferred from narcotics to a serial rape case that is turning into murder. But while McKay scours San Francisco from the Tenderloin to Chinatown for a perp known only as Ski Mask, a web of betrayal is being spun by the most dangerous enemies a cop can ever have--the ones who carry a badge. Trusting no one--not his bosses, not the rich lady he's falling in love with--McKay is fighting back against a death trap with his wits, his courage, and his honor . . . on streets stained forever with blood.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 342 police officers (representing 144 police departments) and their 772 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.
In 1962 T. Mike Walker received his MA in Language Arts and Creative Writing. He was an associate editor for Etc. Magazine of General Semantics from 1963-65, and taught Creative Writing at San Francisco State University. He worked his way through college as a police officer for the San Francisco Police Department. In 1969, his novel, Voices From The Bottom of the World: A Policeman's Journal, was published.
In Voices, the story of a rookie police officer is told through a journal he keeps. According to the book description, “The book opens with a description of Danny's training at the police Academy and his indoctrination into the rituals of sanctioned force. Then, as a rookie cop on the beat, he relates his experiences, his sometimes ludicrous and almost tragic mistakes, the gradual loss of his naiveté, and the disintegration of his marriage. He is then assigned to help guard the stadium at the Monterey Jazz Festival—during this sunny interlude he lives in a dream world of music and sex. The journal ends with Danny's duty in the Misdemeanor section of the city prison, where he slowly learns to become indifferent, and even brutal, to the prisoners, absorbing the idea of violence almost without realizing what is happening to him.”
T. Mike Walker’s other books are Respect: Hippy High School in the Summer of Love and The Butter Fly Bride.
Chief of Police Joseph D. McNamara (retired) began his career as a New York Police Department police officer. While still in his 30s, he rose to the rank of Deputy Inspector (one rank above captain in NYPD’s hierchy). He left NYPD to become the Chief of Police of the Kansas City Police Department (Missouri). At that time, he was likely the youngest chief of police in a major city. He left Kansas City to take the reigns of the San Jose Police Department (California) as their chief.
Joseph D. McNamara has written for novels. The first three, The First Directive, Fatal Command and The Blue Mirage feature the character Finnbar Fraliegh. The books follow Fraliegh’s career from a detective sergeant in a large police department, to a newly formed police department as the chief of detectives and finally to the acting chief of police in a third.
According to the book description of Joseph D. McNamara’s fourth book, Code 211 Blue, “Kevin McKay is a hometown boy who grew up to be a cop. Now he's out of the fire and into the heat--transferred from narcotics to a serial rape case that is turning into murder. But while McKay scours San Francisco from the Tenderloin to Chinatown for a perp known only as Ski Mask, a web of betrayal is being spun by the most dangerous enemies a cop can ever have--the ones who carry a badge. Trusting no one--not his bosses, not the rich lady he's falling in love with--McKay is fighting back against a death trap with his wits, his courage, and his honor . . . on streets stained forever with blood.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 342 police officers (representing 144 police departments) and their 772 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.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Four authors added to list
Police-Writers.com, a website dedicated to listing state and local police officers who have authored books, added four police officers to the list of authors: Anthony Naturale, Michael F. Mangiaracina, Russell D. Flores and David Faulkner.
Former Head of Internal Affairs of the Montclair Police Department (New Jersey) Retired Lieutenant Anthony Naturale spent a lot of time walking the beat for thirty-four years. A step into retirement allowed him the opportunity to reflect, take pen in hand and write You’ll Never Believe It. His book is “not just a police story, it spans bizarre crimes peppered with humor in the home town of astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Yankee catcher Yoggi Berra, and Naturale’s neighbor, movie star Elaine Stewart to name a few.”
Michael Mangiarancina retired as a sergeant from the Yolo County Sheriff’s Department. He has worked as a Law Enforcement Consultant for the Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards and Training in Nevada and served as that agency’s academy commander. In 2000, he returned to sworn law enforcement as an Adult Parole and Probation Officer for the State of Nevada. He holds two Masters Degrees in Instruction Leadership and Educational Administration; and, has provided police training to thousands of law enforcement, correctional, probation and investigative personnel in giving testimony in civil disposition, administrative hearings, and the courtroom.
Michael Mangiarancina’s book, Courtroom Testimony, is “designed to be of assistance in preparation as a witness in criminal and civil cases.” It includes sections on: “Trial Characteristics, Courtroom Attire, Courtroom Demeanor, Testifying in Court, Attorney's Trial Tactics, Sample Testimony, Common Trial Objections and Sample Jury Instruction.”
Russell D. Flores was a Senior Deputy for the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department. He was assigned full-time to the County Gang Task Force, in addition to monitoring and investigating gang activity. He has testified as an expert on gangs in court and made presentations to over 7,000 people on gangs and gang activity. Russell was also a member of the Sheriff’s Department Special Enforcement Detail (SWAT), the California Gang Investigators Association, and the High Technology Criminal Investigators Association. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He is presently a Deputy Sheriff for the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department and is a lecturer for SEARCH Group, Inc.
His book, Gang Slanging Dictionary, is “a guide for law enforcement, emergency medical services, teachers and parents. This fascinating volume contains over 5400 words and phrases from around the country.’ It is an important tool for understanding the gang culture in our society.
Lieutenant David Faulkner has over twenty years of law enforcement experience. He has served as a patrol officer, K-9 officer, traffic officer, filed training officer, detective, Multiple Enforcement Team (M.E.T.) Unit supervisor, traffic detective and field sergeant. He has a criminal justice degree and is currently employed as a full-time Police officer with the Fontana Police Department in California. He teaches Basic and Intermediate Traffic Accident Investigation course for the San Bernardino County Advanced Officer Training Center.
His book, Collision Investigation for the Patrol Officer, is written “to familiarize students and officers with the fundamentals of collision investigation.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 319 police officers (representing 137 police departments) and their 740 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.
Former Head of Internal Affairs of the Montclair Police Department (New Jersey) Retired Lieutenant Anthony Naturale spent a lot of time walking the beat for thirty-four years. A step into retirement allowed him the opportunity to reflect, take pen in hand and write You’ll Never Believe It. His book is “not just a police story, it spans bizarre crimes peppered with humor in the home town of astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Yankee catcher Yoggi Berra, and Naturale’s neighbor, movie star Elaine Stewart to name a few.”
Michael Mangiarancina retired as a sergeant from the Yolo County Sheriff’s Department. He has worked as a Law Enforcement Consultant for the Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards and Training in Nevada and served as that agency’s academy commander. In 2000, he returned to sworn law enforcement as an Adult Parole and Probation Officer for the State of Nevada. He holds two Masters Degrees in Instruction Leadership and Educational Administration; and, has provided police training to thousands of law enforcement, correctional, probation and investigative personnel in giving testimony in civil disposition, administrative hearings, and the courtroom.
Michael Mangiarancina’s book, Courtroom Testimony, is “designed to be of assistance in preparation as a witness in criminal and civil cases.” It includes sections on: “Trial Characteristics, Courtroom Attire, Courtroom Demeanor, Testifying in Court, Attorney's Trial Tactics, Sample Testimony, Common Trial Objections and Sample Jury Instruction.”
Russell D. Flores was a Senior Deputy for the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department. He was assigned full-time to the County Gang Task Force, in addition to monitoring and investigating gang activity. He has testified as an expert on gangs in court and made presentations to over 7,000 people on gangs and gang activity. Russell was also a member of the Sheriff’s Department Special Enforcement Detail (SWAT), the California Gang Investigators Association, and the High Technology Criminal Investigators Association. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He is presently a Deputy Sheriff for the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department and is a lecturer for SEARCH Group, Inc.
His book, Gang Slanging Dictionary, is “a guide for law enforcement, emergency medical services, teachers and parents. This fascinating volume contains over 5400 words and phrases from around the country.’ It is an important tool for understanding the gang culture in our society.
Lieutenant David Faulkner has over twenty years of law enforcement experience. He has served as a patrol officer, K-9 officer, traffic officer, filed training officer, detective, Multiple Enforcement Team (M.E.T.) Unit supervisor, traffic detective and field sergeant. He has a criminal justice degree and is currently employed as a full-time Police officer with the Fontana Police Department in California. He teaches Basic and Intermediate Traffic Accident Investigation course for the San Bernardino County Advanced Officer Training Center.
His book, Collision Investigation for the Patrol Officer, is written “to familiarize students and officers with the fundamentals of collision investigation.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 319 police officers (representing 137 police departments) and their 740 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.
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Inspiration, controversy and corruption
The police experience is as varied as that of all of humanity. Bringing readers stories of inspiration in recovery, controversy in justice and true-to-life tales of corruption, police officers not only show readers their world, but reflect on the world. Recently added to the ranks of police officer turned authors are: Tom Docherty, Joanna Purl, Michael Varnado and Lieutenant Joe “Bill” Bradley.
Houston Police Department Officer Tom Docherty was hit head-on by a drunk driver on a Houston interstate. No one expected him to live, but his family prayed, and he held fast to the hope of recovery and once again returning to the police force that he had given his life to. His book, “Down, but not out” describes his inspiring journey of recovery.
Police Officer Joanna Purl survived the training in the Police Academy and at the time her book was written (1997) worked the night shift in gang control. According to her publisher, “Joanna Purl has a talent for describing a scene in a manner that puts the reader IN HER SHOES. She writes in a light-hearted way about a very serious subject. Other times she is just purely funny. Like the description of the difficulty of going to the "ladies room" in full police officer uniform, with gunbelt, baton, flashlight, and all the rest. This book is for enjoyment, education, and general interest in the subject of law enforcement as a police officer. Any person, male or female, considering such a career will find this a fascinating portrayal of life behind the badge.”
Michael Varnado began his 30 year career as a law enforcement officer while still a student at Southeastern Louisiana University. He joined Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office; ultimately becoming a detective. He is the detective famous for solving the murder case on which the movie “Dead Man Walking” is based. His first book, “Victims of Dead Men Walking” is a response to the movie (and the book from which it is taken). Detective Varnado presents a very different picture of the killer and justice. His second book, “Soft Targets: A Women’s Guide to Survival,” uses actual case histories as a means to advice women on how avoid becoming the victim of a crime.
Lieutenant Joe “Bill” Bradley retired from the Houston Police Department after 30 years of service. His first novel, “Twelve Judges” “is a series of stories detailing the work of a police lieutenant and his rogue detectives. They use every means available to them to successfully apprehend criminals including illegal wiretaps and other questionable methods. Their goal is to make ironclad cases that will withstand the dubious scrutiny of shady defense attorneys. Their cases take them from Houston to Mexico and from the ship channel to the roof of the Astrodome. In the end their honor and their careers are called into jeopardy and they must decide whether to trust their own criminal defense attorney.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 276 police officers (representing 112 police departments) and their 685 books in six categories, there are also listings of United States federal law enforcement employees turned authors and international police officers who have written books.
Houston Police Department Officer Tom Docherty was hit head-on by a drunk driver on a Houston interstate. No one expected him to live, but his family prayed, and he held fast to the hope of recovery and once again returning to the police force that he had given his life to. His book, “Down, but not out” describes his inspiring journey of recovery.
Police Officer Joanna Purl survived the training in the Police Academy and at the time her book was written (1997) worked the night shift in gang control. According to her publisher, “Joanna Purl has a talent for describing a scene in a manner that puts the reader IN HER SHOES. She writes in a light-hearted way about a very serious subject. Other times she is just purely funny. Like the description of the difficulty of going to the "ladies room" in full police officer uniform, with gunbelt, baton, flashlight, and all the rest. This book is for enjoyment, education, and general interest in the subject of law enforcement as a police officer. Any person, male or female, considering such a career will find this a fascinating portrayal of life behind the badge.”
Michael Varnado began his 30 year career as a law enforcement officer while still a student at Southeastern Louisiana University. He joined Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office; ultimately becoming a detective. He is the detective famous for solving the murder case on which the movie “Dead Man Walking” is based. His first book, “Victims of Dead Men Walking” is a response to the movie (and the book from which it is taken). Detective Varnado presents a very different picture of the killer and justice. His second book, “Soft Targets: A Women’s Guide to Survival,” uses actual case histories as a means to advice women on how avoid becoming the victim of a crime.
Lieutenant Joe “Bill” Bradley retired from the Houston Police Department after 30 years of service. His first novel, “Twelve Judges” “is a series of stories detailing the work of a police lieutenant and his rogue detectives. They use every means available to them to successfully apprehend criminals including illegal wiretaps and other questionable methods. Their goal is to make ironclad cases that will withstand the dubious scrutiny of shady defense attorneys. Their cases take them from Houston to Mexico and from the ship channel to the roof of the Astrodome. In the end their honor and their careers are called into jeopardy and they must decide whether to trust their own criminal defense attorney.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 276 police officers (representing 112 police departments) and their 685 books in six categories, there are also listings of United States federal law enforcement employees turned authors and international police officers who have written books.
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