Deal, Maher and Gado

April 5, 2008 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com is a website that lists state and local police officers who have written books. The website added three police officers from California law enforcement agencies.

Terrence Deal spent two years as a police officer for the La Verne Police Department (California). He earned a BA in 1961 from La Verne College, an MA in Educational Administration in 1966, and a doctorate from Stanford in 1970. He is the author of 34 books. Among his titles are: Shaping School Culture: The Heart of Leadership; Reframing the Path to School Leadership; Leading with Soul: An Uncommon Journey of Spirit; Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership; and, The Leadership Paradox: Balancing Logic and Artistry in Schools.

George Maher worked for the Nassau County Police Department from 1951 to 1992, rising to the rank of Chief of Operations. George Maher is the author of Hostage: A Police Approach to a Contemporary Crisis.

Mark Gado was a detective with the City of New Rochelle Police Department (New York) for the past twenty-nine years. He was also a federal agent assigned to a DEA Task Force from 1997 to 1999. During that assignment, he received the International Award of Honor in New Orleans. Mark Gado was also named Investigator of the Year 2000 and received dozens of other awards and commendations during his long police career. His the author of Killer Priest: The Crimes, Trial, and Execution of Father Hans Schmidt and Death Row Women: Murder, Justice, and the New York Press.

According to the description of Killer Priest: The Crimes, Trial, and Execution of Father Hans Schmidt, “He was a Catholic priest and a killer. Hans Schmidt, ordained in Germany in 1904, arrived in the United States in 1908 and was assigned to St. John's Parish in Louisville, Kentucky. Arguments with the minister resulted in Schmidt's transfer to St. Boniface Church in New York City. There he met beautiful Anna Aumuller, a housekeeper for the rectory who had recently emigrated from Austria. Despite his transfer to a Church far uptown, Father Schmidt and Anna continued a romantic affair and, in a secret ceremony he performed himself, they were married. When he discovered she was pregnant, Father Schmidt knew his secret life would soon be exposed. On the night of September 2, 1913, he cut Anna's throat, dismembered her body. When the body was discovered, he was arrested and charged with the murder. He remains the only priest ever executed for murder in the United States.”

Police-Writers.com now hosts 933 police officers (representing 393 police departments) and their 1981 police 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.