350 Law Enforcement Agencies

Police-Writers.com is a website that lists over 760 state and local police officers who have written books. With the addition of three law enforcement officials, the website now includes listings from 350 law enforcement agencies in the United States.

Lee Barnard was a police officer for over 15 years and during his law enforcement career he was a member of the Simi Valley Police Department (California). During his career, he has worked as a Gang Officer, a Detective, Field Training Officer, and a Weaponless Defense Instructor. Lee Barnard has interviewed in excess of 750 Graffiti Vandals clearing over 6,800 cases of graffiti. This has given him an insight into the Graffiti sub-culture. Lee Barnard’s Understanding and Investigating Graffiti is the “first book to cover the entire process of the legal system involving graffiti starting with the history of graffiti. The book leads you through the reading of graffiti, locating the vandal, the arrest and prosecution of the vandal, and lastly the types of punishment for the vandal. Anyone who is tired of viewing the eyesore known as graffiti will be interested in this book.”

Lieutenant Eugene “Top” Harris began his law enforcement career in 1987. He is a lieutenant on the Monterey Park Police Department (California). Eugene “Top” Harris is the author of The Zero Stress Zone: "A Layman's Guide to Stress Management"

According to the book description, “This Layman's guide to stress management offers simple stress reduction and avoidance techniques. We can utilize these techniques in our daily quest for a stress free environment. By introducing zero stress as a mindset and not just a catch phrase, this book will help us get to that place I call the Zero Stress Zone. As you will discover, it is so easy you might ask yourself why you need a book to get there. In the end however, if you ask yourself that question, you will have gained an understanding of how simple stress management can really be.”

Sergeant Andrew G. Hawkes is a 17 year veteran of law enforcement. He is currently a sergeant with the Rockwall County Sheriff’s Office (Texas). Sergeant Andrew G. Hawkes is the author of Secrets of Successful Highway Interdiction. According to Sergeant Andrew G. Hawkes, “After 17 years of highway drug interdiction, 500 felony arrests, 5,100 pounds in drug seizures, and over $20 million (drugs, cash and vehicles), I have learned a lot of drug-busting techniques that I want to share with you.” His book, Secrets of Successful Highway Interdiction, contains eleven chapters on Highway Drug Interdiction.

Police-Writers.com now hosts 768 police officers (representing 350 police departments) and their 1651 law enforcement 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.