Monday, June 25, 2007

International Police Books

Police-Writers.com is a website that lists state and local police officers who have written books. Currently, the website lists nearly 600 state and local police officers from the United States. But, it also has a separate listing on international police writers which includes police officers from Australia, Canada, India and England. Dr. Prateep Philip is the latest international police writer to be added.

Dr.
Prateep V. Philip is a member of the Indian Police Service. Currently, he is the Inspector General of Police, Social Justice and Human Rights, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, India. During his law enforcement career, he has served as the as District Superintendent of Police of Four Districts, SP, Narcotics Intelligence Bureau of Tamil Nadu, Principal, Police Training College and as DIG, CB CID (Special Investigation Team) Chennai, DIG Intelligence, DIG Tirunelveli Range. He has a BA in Economics, Political Science and History; an MA in Political Science and International Relations; and, a PhD in Public Administration.

Dr. Prateep V. Philip is the author of The Friends of Police Movement: A Roadmap for Proactive People Protection. According to the book description, it “traces the origin and progress of "Friends of Police" (FOP). The purpose is to outline the aims, objectives, strategies and the process by which the movement enables smooth interface between the public and police. FOP helps to promote crime awareness among the people and enables prevention of crimes. It imparts fairness, transparency and impartiality in the working of police. FOP helps the police in their turn in restoring the lost faith of the public in police. This is a useful holistic, and proactive concept and a tool to transform the image of the police, strengthen the force and create attitudinal changes both within the force and among the public. The book lays bare the nuts and bolts of Proactive People Protection and provides a roadmap that goes beyond community policing.”

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.

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