Police-Writers.com is a website dedicated to listing state and local police officers who have authored books. The website added three police officers from California police departments: James Sanders, Michael Streed and Norm Traub.
James Sanders was a police officer for the Seal Beach Police Department (California) from 1966 to 1976. He is the author of two books: The Downing of TWA Flight 800 and Altered Evidence. James Sanders is also the co-author of First Strike: TWA Flight 800 and the Attack on America.
According to the book description of First Strike: TWA Flight 800 and the Attack on America, “September 11, 2001, did not represent the first aerial assault against the American mainland. The first came on July 17,1996, with the downing of TWA Flight 800. This book looks in detail at what people saw and heard on this fateful night.
First Strike explains how a determined corps of ordinary citizens worked to reveal the compromise and corruption that tainted the federal investigation. With an impressive array of facts, Jack Cashill and James Sanders show the relationship between events in July 1996 and September 2001 and proclaim how and why the American government has attempted to cover up the truth.”
Michael W. Streed is a 28 year veteran of law enforcement. Currently, he is a sergeant with the Orange Police Department (California). During his law enforcement career he has worked patrol and detectives. Moreover, Michael Streed is an internationally recognized forensic artist. He has assisted on a number of high-profiles cases such as the kidnapping and murder of Laura Bradbury, the kidnapping and murder of DEA Agent Enrique Camerena and the serial murdered Randy Kraft.
Michael Streed is the author of Sketchcops: True Stories from Those Who Draw the Line Against Crime. According to the book description, the book “explores the myths about police sketch artists and some of the amazing cases they’ve been involved with and even helped solve. In this book, the reader will learn about the techniques used to develop police sketches and meet some of the leading people in the field.”
Norman A. Traub retired from the Orange Police Department (California) where he was the Chief of Police. He also served as Interim City Manager for the City of Orange. Norman Traub’s law enforcement experience includes ten years as Chief of Police, Placentia Police Department, Management positions within the Culver City Police Department; and, as Interim Chief of Police for San Bernardino Community College and the Cities of Banning, Coachella and Murrieta.
Norman Traub received an AA Degree from Santa Monica College; BS Degree in Public Management from Pepperdine University; and, a MPA Degree from the University of Southern California. He is a graduate of the FBI. National Academy. Norman Traub is the author of the 1977 book, Officer Survival.
Police-Writers.com now hosts 542 police officers (representing 222 police departments) and their 1152 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, May 17, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Three Police Officers Added
Police-Writers.com is a website dedicated to listing state and local police officers who have authored books. Police-Writers.com added Alan Caddell, Ralph Landre and Francis Connelly.
Alan Caddell is a Commander with the Santa Ana Police Department. He holds a Master of Arts in Education from Pepperdine University and is a graduate of the POST Master Instructor Development Program. A trainer for over 15 years, Alan has extensive experience and expertise in the area of instruction design and technology. Alan has taught advanced PowerPoint and on-line training for POST and other law enforcement presenters and is currently teaching a variety of programs.
Alan Caddell is the Co-author of Crime Scene Investigation. According to the book description, “Focusing on the basics of crime scene investigation as it should be done by professionals, this book shows how to do a perfect job; its emphasis is on proven evidence, collection, and analysis. It provides a high level of relevant and realistic information needed to process crime scenes in today's environment. Generously illustrated with photographs, the book clearly demonstrates techniques used by field and lab personnel to preserve, process, and analyze a wide variety of evidence. Career profiles of working professionals in the field and actual case histories document how crime scene investigation is successfully used to solve crimes. For professionals in a variety of forensic science fields, including firearms examiners, fingerprint examiners, serologists, toxicologists, photographers, journalists, crime scene investigators, and others in the field of law and law enforcement.”
According to one reader/reviewer, “As a former police reserve officer, I spent years requesting CSI with little understanding of just what they do. This book goes well beyond lifting fingerprints and other routine tasks that police officers are typically limited to. I now have a better awareness of the capabilities of CSI and considerations about how to protect a scene and how CSI can be used to investigate certain crimes. I also have a greater appreciation for CSI personnel and the difficult job they have. I liked the book and believe it would be helpful to anyone in law enforcement.”
Ralph W. Landre, Jr., has published several articles in The California Highway Patrolman magazine, including: “The Day Fresno Burned,” “Motorcycle Theft Rings,” “Training Pays Off.” The U.S. Army has published his police training bulletins at training centers in Santa Cruz, San Jose and during Annual Active Duty training with the Military Police at Camp Roberts and Fort Ord, California. The bulletins focused on preservation of evidence at crime scenes and interrogations and interviews of suspects and witnesses. He served as temporary Chief of Police for the new city of Capitola and at the same time was deputized by the Santa Cruz Sheriff's Office due to the police district the newly formed city was geographically located in. He then served as patrolman for the Santa Cruz PD before serving on the California Highway Patrol for over 29 years, retiring as a sergeant.
Ralph Landre is the author of The Broken Center-Line. Ralph Landre’s book is a memoir of the “incidents occurring to a California Highway Patrol officer during approximately 30 years of traffic law enforcement while following The Broken Center-line around and over highways and freeways in different parts of our great state of California. This is somewhat like following the yellow brick road through the Land of OZ.”
In 1955, after serving in Korea with the U.S. Army, Francis J Connelly joined the New York Police Department. He worked a variety of assignment on NYPD and retired in 1975 as a lieutenant. He is the author of two books: By Reason of Childhood; and, the sequel, Beyond By Reason of Childhood.
According to the book description, “Beyond by Reason of Childhood begins with Connelly en route to the U.S. Army induction center on Whitehall Street. From there, it’s merely a series of hops, skips, and jumps to Fort Dix, New Jersey, for basic training; Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, for Morse Code Intercept Operator training; and on to the mountains, valleys, and rice paddies of South Korea. Fourteen months later, after an honorable discharge from the military, Frank meets Anne Marie Fleming. The couple marries, and, as time slips away, they find themselves being compared to a five-and-dime (for their five children and ten grandchildren).
Along the way, Francis Connelly works at various jobs: hauling cable for Western Electric, growing hair for Wybrandt Hair and Scalp Specialists, and spending twenty years on the New York Police Department. Near the end of his career in law enforcement, mental and physical difficulties and the debilitating effects of hypoglycemia take their toll on Connelly. Will his story have a happy ending?”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 539 police officers (representing 220 police departments) and their 1147 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.
Alan Caddell is a Commander with the Santa Ana Police Department. He holds a Master of Arts in Education from Pepperdine University and is a graduate of the POST Master Instructor Development Program. A trainer for over 15 years, Alan has extensive experience and expertise in the area of instruction design and technology. Alan has taught advanced PowerPoint and on-line training for POST and other law enforcement presenters and is currently teaching a variety of programs.
Alan Caddell is the Co-author of Crime Scene Investigation. According to the book description, “Focusing on the basics of crime scene investigation as it should be done by professionals, this book shows how to do a perfect job; its emphasis is on proven evidence, collection, and analysis. It provides a high level of relevant and realistic information needed to process crime scenes in today's environment. Generously illustrated with photographs, the book clearly demonstrates techniques used by field and lab personnel to preserve, process, and analyze a wide variety of evidence. Career profiles of working professionals in the field and actual case histories document how crime scene investigation is successfully used to solve crimes. For professionals in a variety of forensic science fields, including firearms examiners, fingerprint examiners, serologists, toxicologists, photographers, journalists, crime scene investigators, and others in the field of law and law enforcement.”
According to one reader/reviewer, “As a former police reserve officer, I spent years requesting CSI with little understanding of just what they do. This book goes well beyond lifting fingerprints and other routine tasks that police officers are typically limited to. I now have a better awareness of the capabilities of CSI and considerations about how to protect a scene and how CSI can be used to investigate certain crimes. I also have a greater appreciation for CSI personnel and the difficult job they have. I liked the book and believe it would be helpful to anyone in law enforcement.”
Ralph W. Landre, Jr., has published several articles in The California Highway Patrolman magazine, including: “The Day Fresno Burned,” “Motorcycle Theft Rings,” “Training Pays Off.” The U.S. Army has published his police training bulletins at training centers in Santa Cruz, San Jose and during Annual Active Duty training with the Military Police at Camp Roberts and Fort Ord, California. The bulletins focused on preservation of evidence at crime scenes and interrogations and interviews of suspects and witnesses. He served as temporary Chief of Police for the new city of Capitola and at the same time was deputized by the Santa Cruz Sheriff's Office due to the police district the newly formed city was geographically located in. He then served as patrolman for the Santa Cruz PD before serving on the California Highway Patrol for over 29 years, retiring as a sergeant.
Ralph Landre is the author of The Broken Center-Line. Ralph Landre’s book is a memoir of the “incidents occurring to a California Highway Patrol officer during approximately 30 years of traffic law enforcement while following The Broken Center-line around and over highways and freeways in different parts of our great state of California. This is somewhat like following the yellow brick road through the Land of OZ.”
In 1955, after serving in Korea with the U.S. Army, Francis J Connelly joined the New York Police Department. He worked a variety of assignment on NYPD and retired in 1975 as a lieutenant. He is the author of two books: By Reason of Childhood; and, the sequel, Beyond By Reason of Childhood.
According to the book description, “Beyond by Reason of Childhood begins with Connelly en route to the U.S. Army induction center on Whitehall Street. From there, it’s merely a series of hops, skips, and jumps to Fort Dix, New Jersey, for basic training; Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, for Morse Code Intercept Operator training; and on to the mountains, valleys, and rice paddies of South Korea. Fourteen months later, after an honorable discharge from the military, Frank meets Anne Marie Fleming. The couple marries, and, as time slips away, they find themselves being compared to a five-and-dime (for their five children and ten grandchildren).
Along the way, Francis Connelly works at various jobs: hauling cable for Western Electric, growing hair for Wybrandt Hair and Scalp Specialists, and spending twenty years on the New York Police Department. Near the end of his career in law enforcement, mental and physical difficulties and the debilitating effects of hypoglycemia take their toll on Connelly. Will his story have a happy ending?”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 539 police officers (representing 220 police departments) and their 1147 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, May 12, 2007
National Campus Security Summit
The question of campus security goes far beyond lock downs and increased patrols. The 2007 National Campus Security Summit, to be held May 30 on the campus of the University of Central Oklahoma, in Edmond, Oklahoma, will take a deeper look at security challenges while offering actionable ideas and setting aside conventional wisdom.
“After the Virginia Tech shootings the spotlight is shining squarely on every college president and senior campus administrator in this country,” said UCO President Roger Webb, “This National Campus Security Summit will address all the issues and not just the ones making the headlines.”
“This is all about practical ideas, affordable ideas that will improve protection while maintaining an environment of openness,” said Donald R. Hamilton, MIPT Executive Director.
The one-day Summit is being hosted by UCO, the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT), the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU).
For more information go to the 2007 National Campus Security Summit website at http://campussecuritysummit.ucok.edu
Article sponsored by police officers who have written books on law enforcement jobs; as well as those involved in writing on leadership.
“After the Virginia Tech shootings the spotlight is shining squarely on every college president and senior campus administrator in this country,” said UCO President Roger Webb, “This National Campus Security Summit will address all the issues and not just the ones making the headlines.”
“This is all about practical ideas, affordable ideas that will improve protection while maintaining an environment of openness,” said Donald R. Hamilton, MIPT Executive Director.
The one-day Summit is being hosted by UCO, the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT), the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU).
For more information go to the 2007 National Campus Security Summit website at http://campussecuritysummit.ucok.edu
Article sponsored by police officers who have written books on law enforcement jobs; as well as those involved in writing on leadership.
Friday, May 11, 2007
Campuses: Vulnerable Targets
The events at Virginia Tech have forced campus security into the spotlight. A shooter or a terrorist on a campus, is there a distinction?
In a report for MIPT, University of Central Oklahoma President and MIPT Board Member, W. Roger Webb, discusses the security challenges facing higher education leaders for a community disposed toward freedom.
Webb, the former Oklahoma Commissioner of Public Safety, offers insight from an academic as well as law enforcement background, providing questions every campus president and security personnel should be asking.
Read the Full Article
http://www.terrorisminfo.mipt.org/pdf/College-Campuses-Vulnerable-Terrorism.pdf
Article sponsored by police officers who have written books on law enforcement jobs; as well as those involved in writing on leadership.
In a report for MIPT, University of Central Oklahoma President and MIPT Board Member, W. Roger Webb, discusses the security challenges facing higher education leaders for a community disposed toward freedom.
Webb, the former Oklahoma Commissioner of Public Safety, offers insight from an academic as well as law enforcement background, providing questions every campus president and security personnel should be asking.
Read the Full Article
http://www.terrorisminfo.mipt.org/pdf/College-Campuses-Vulnerable-Terrorism.pdf
Article sponsored by police officers who have written books on law enforcement jobs; as well as those involved in writing on leadership.
NIJ Technology Institute for Law Enforcement
Note: If you are selected, all expenses are paid by the NIJ.
Dates: August 26 – 31, 2007
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Application Deadline: June 29, 2007
Overview
For the eleventh year, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is sponsoring its annual Technology Institute for Law Enforcement. This technology institute, scheduled for August 26th through August 31st, in Annapolis, Maryland, is designed for law enforcement officials and police officers to learn about and discuss technology initiatives and issues affecting the law enforcement community.
Agenda
During the weeklong institute, attendees will receive information and assistance about existing and developing technologies and problem solving relating to technology implementation, and exchange technology lessons learned. Attendees also will participate in briefings and demonstrations at various locations in the metropolitan area, which may include the U.S. Department of Justice, the National Institute's Office of Science and Technology, the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center, and local law enforcement agencies.
Goals
To provide participants the opportunity for continual education on technologies applicable to law enforcement.
To provide participants the opportunity to meet and interact with other law enforcement professionals.
To provide NIJ the opportunity to improve and build on its technology development programs based on participant experience and comments.
Application
Attendance is limited to 25 full-time, mid-grade, career, state and local law enforcement officials or police officers who are actively involved in technology-related law enforcement issues within their agencies.
Applications are available online at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/events/techinstitutes/law-enforcement.htm or by contacting Bruce Blair at 800-248-2742, or by e-mail at bblair@nlectc.org An agency may only submit one application for consideration. Alumnus from previous Institutes will not be considered. The application must be completely filled out for the applicant to be considered. All travel, lodging, and meal expenses for participants are paid by NIJ.
Deadline
The deadline for receiving applications is June 29, 2007. All applicants will receive notification by mail as to the decision regarding their application.
Article sponsored by police officers who have written books on law enforcement jobs; as well as those involved in writing on leadership.
Dates: August 26 – 31, 2007
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Application Deadline: June 29, 2007
Overview
For the eleventh year, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is sponsoring its annual Technology Institute for Law Enforcement. This technology institute, scheduled for August 26th through August 31st, in Annapolis, Maryland, is designed for law enforcement officials and police officers to learn about and discuss technology initiatives and issues affecting the law enforcement community.
Agenda
During the weeklong institute, attendees will receive information and assistance about existing and developing technologies and problem solving relating to technology implementation, and exchange technology lessons learned. Attendees also will participate in briefings and demonstrations at various locations in the metropolitan area, which may include the U.S. Department of Justice, the National Institute's Office of Science and Technology, the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center, and local law enforcement agencies.
Goals
To provide participants the opportunity for continual education on technologies applicable to law enforcement.
To provide participants the opportunity to meet and interact with other law enforcement professionals.
To provide NIJ the opportunity to improve and build on its technology development programs based on participant experience and comments.
Application
Attendance is limited to 25 full-time, mid-grade, career, state and local law enforcement officials or police officers who are actively involved in technology-related law enforcement issues within their agencies.
Applications are available online at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/events/techinstitutes/law-enforcement.htm or by contacting Bruce Blair at 800-248-2742, or by e-mail at bblair@nlectc.org An agency may only submit one application for consideration. Alumnus from previous Institutes will not be considered. The application must be completely filled out for the applicant to be considered. All travel, lodging, and meal expenses for participants are paid by NIJ.
Deadline
The deadline for receiving applications is June 29, 2007. All applicants will receive notification by mail as to the decision regarding their application.
Article sponsored by police officers who have written books on law enforcement jobs; as well as those involved in writing on leadership.
Law Enforcement Technology and Training Conference
2007 Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness Conference and Exposition
Presented by:
The U.S. Departments of Justice (DOJ), Homeland Security (DHS) and Defense (DoD)
Hosted by:
DOJ's Office of Justice Programs' National Institute of Justice, DHS's Science and Technology Directorate, and DoD's Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs.
This 9TH annual conference provides DOJ, DHS and DoD the opportunity to highlight the technology and training tools currently available and being developed for the emergency responder community and to elicit responder technology requirements. This conference will provide a forum for responders to discuss best practices and exchange information. Expected to draw 1,500 attendees and 150 exhibits, this three-day conference will bring together key leaders and decision makers--offering responders, business and industry, academia, and Federal, State, tribal and local stakeholders a unique forum to network, exchange ideas, and collaboratively address critical incident technology and preparedness needs, protocols, and solutions.
Supported by:
FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association (LEEDA)
InterAgency Board for InterOperability and Standardization (IAB)
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
National Sheriffs' Association (NSA)
National Emergency Management Association (NEMA)
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC)
Public Safety and Security Institute for Technology (PSITEC)
Technical Support Working Group (TSWG)
US Army Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC)
Dates/Location:
November 6-8, 2007,
San Francisco, CA
Venue:
San Francisco Marriott
55 Fourth Street
San Francisco, CA 94103-3199
P: 415.896.1600
Group reservations available in early June at www.ctc.org. The Federal per diem (currently $140/night*) will be available for all attendees, space permitting. Please check back at this website for a link to Marriott reservations in early June.
* subject to change on 10/01/07
Attendees:
Attendee registration is FREE for the 9th Annual Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness Conference and Exposition. Attendance is limited to 1,500. Registration available in early June at www.ctc.org. Please check back!
Exhibitors:
Exhibit booths will be sold by the Marriott and managed by CTC, with booth sales opening in early June. Booth pricing: $1,800 for Federal government/non-profit/academia and $2,050 for private sector/industry/other; booths will be sold on a first-come basis. The exhibit hall will accommodate 96 booths; all booths will be 10'x 10'. Advance sales or reservations will not be accepted. Please check back at www.ctc.org in early June for booth sales and additional information.
DRAFT Daily Agenda (subject to change):
Monday, 11/05/07
3:00pm - 7:00pm
Conference Registration Open
Tuesday, 11/06/07
7:00am - 5:00pm
Conference Registration Open
7:30am - 5:00pm
Federal Demonstration Area Open
8:30am - 11:00am
Opening/Keynote/General Session
11:00am - 1:00pm
Federal Demonstration viewing/Lunch (on your own)
1:00pm - 2:30pm
5 Concurrent Breakout Sessions
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Break
3:30pm - 5:00pm
5 Concurrent Breakout Sessions
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Exhibit Hall Opening Reception (hosted by Marriott)
Wednesday, 11/07/07
8:00am - 9:00am
Continental Breakfast
8:00am - 5:00pm
Exhibit Hall Open (except during lunch)
9:00am - 11:00am
Keynote/General Session
8:00am - 3:30pm
Federal Demonstration Area Open (except during lunch)
11:00am - 12:30pm
Break/Exhibit & Federal Demonstration viewing
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Lunch/Keynote
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Break/Exhibit & Federal Demonstration viewing
3:30pm - 5:00pm
5 Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Thursday, 11/08/07
7:30am - 8:30am
Continental Breakfast
7:30am - 3:30pm
Exhibit Hall Open
8:30am - 10:30am
General Session/Keynote
10:30am - 1:00pm
Exhibit & Federal Demonstration viewing/Lunch (on your own)
1:00pm - 3:00pm
5 Concurrent Breakout Sessions
DRAFT Session Topics (subject to change):
Pandemic Preparedness and Response
Securing our Borders
Lessons Learned in Preparedness/Response to Natural Disasters
Food Chain Safety and Security
Information and Intelligence Sharing
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Special Operations
Federal Resources for State and Local Emergency Responders
Cyber Security Tools and Resources
Response and Recovery
Incident Commander Software Training Demonstration
Personal Protective Equipment
Transportation Security
Communications Interoperability
SAFETY Act
Simulation and Training
School Security
DoD's Role in Supporting Homeland Security
Critical Infrastructure Protection
Speakers:
Speaker applications will be available in early June and accepted until August 15th. Please check back at www.ctc.org in early June for more information and to download the speaker application. Early submissions will not be accepted.
For more info.: mcook@ctc.org
Article sponsored by police officers who have written books on law enforcement jobs; as well as those involved in writing on leadership.
Presented by:
The U.S. Departments of Justice (DOJ), Homeland Security (DHS) and Defense (DoD)
Hosted by:
DOJ's Office of Justice Programs' National Institute of Justice, DHS's Science and Technology Directorate, and DoD's Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs.
This 9TH annual conference provides DOJ, DHS and DoD the opportunity to highlight the technology and training tools currently available and being developed for the emergency responder community and to elicit responder technology requirements. This conference will provide a forum for responders to discuss best practices and exchange information. Expected to draw 1,500 attendees and 150 exhibits, this three-day conference will bring together key leaders and decision makers--offering responders, business and industry, academia, and Federal, State, tribal and local stakeholders a unique forum to network, exchange ideas, and collaboratively address critical incident technology and preparedness needs, protocols, and solutions.
Supported by:
FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association (LEEDA)
InterAgency Board for InterOperability and Standardization (IAB)
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
National Sheriffs' Association (NSA)
National Emergency Management Association (NEMA)
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC)
Public Safety and Security Institute for Technology (PSITEC)
Technical Support Working Group (TSWG)
US Army Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Center (NSRDEC)
Dates/Location:
November 6-8, 2007,
San Francisco, CA
Venue:
San Francisco Marriott
55 Fourth Street
San Francisco, CA 94103-3199
P: 415.896.1600
Group reservations available in early June at www.ctc.org. The Federal per diem (currently $140/night*) will be available for all attendees, space permitting. Please check back at this website for a link to Marriott reservations in early June.
* subject to change on 10/01/07
Attendees:
Attendee registration is FREE for the 9th Annual Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness Conference and Exposition. Attendance is limited to 1,500. Registration available in early June at www.ctc.org. Please check back!
Exhibitors:
Exhibit booths will be sold by the Marriott and managed by CTC, with booth sales opening in early June. Booth pricing: $1,800 for Federal government/non-profit/academia and $2,050 for private sector/industry/other; booths will be sold on a first-come basis. The exhibit hall will accommodate 96 booths; all booths will be 10'x 10'. Advance sales or reservations will not be accepted. Please check back at www.ctc.org in early June for booth sales and additional information.
DRAFT Daily Agenda (subject to change):
Monday, 11/05/07
3:00pm - 7:00pm
Conference Registration Open
Tuesday, 11/06/07
7:00am - 5:00pm
Conference Registration Open
7:30am - 5:00pm
Federal Demonstration Area Open
8:30am - 11:00am
Opening/Keynote/General Session
11:00am - 1:00pm
Federal Demonstration viewing/Lunch (on your own)
1:00pm - 2:30pm
5 Concurrent Breakout Sessions
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Break
3:30pm - 5:00pm
5 Concurrent Breakout Sessions
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Exhibit Hall Opening Reception (hosted by Marriott)
Wednesday, 11/07/07
8:00am - 9:00am
Continental Breakfast
8:00am - 5:00pm
Exhibit Hall Open (except during lunch)
9:00am - 11:00am
Keynote/General Session
8:00am - 3:30pm
Federal Demonstration Area Open (except during lunch)
11:00am - 12:30pm
Break/Exhibit & Federal Demonstration viewing
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Lunch/Keynote
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Break/Exhibit & Federal Demonstration viewing
3:30pm - 5:00pm
5 Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Thursday, 11/08/07
7:30am - 8:30am
Continental Breakfast
7:30am - 3:30pm
Exhibit Hall Open
8:30am - 10:30am
General Session/Keynote
10:30am - 1:00pm
Exhibit & Federal Demonstration viewing/Lunch (on your own)
1:00pm - 3:00pm
5 Concurrent Breakout Sessions
DRAFT Session Topics (subject to change):
Pandemic Preparedness and Response
Securing our Borders
Lessons Learned in Preparedness/Response to Natural Disasters
Food Chain Safety and Security
Information and Intelligence Sharing
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Special Operations
Federal Resources for State and Local Emergency Responders
Cyber Security Tools and Resources
Response and Recovery
Incident Commander Software Training Demonstration
Personal Protective Equipment
Transportation Security
Communications Interoperability
SAFETY Act
Simulation and Training
School Security
DoD's Role in Supporting Homeland Security
Critical Infrastructure Protection
Speakers:
Speaker applications will be available in early June and accepted until August 15th. Please check back at www.ctc.org in early June for more information and to download the speaker application. Early submissions will not be accepted.
For more info.: mcook@ctc.org
Article sponsored by police officers who have written books on law enforcement jobs; as well as those involved in writing on leadership.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
DHS related Grant deadline looms
Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP) FY2007
Application Deadline: May 29, 2007, 23:59EDT
The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP) is an important component of the Administration's larger, coordinated effort to strengthen the Nation's overall level of preparedness. CEDAP transfers specialized commercial equipment, equipment training, and equipment technical assistance directly to smaller jurisdictions and eligible metropolitan areas.
TThe FY 2007 CEDAP will provide equipment, equipment training, and equipment technical assistance valued at approximately $33.7 million to first responder organizations across the Nation. This competitive program is a direct assistance program, not a grant program, and FEMA will provide the equipment and technical assistance directly to the selected jurisdictions.
CEDAP's equipment offerings include:
Personal Protective Equipment
Thermal Imaging, Night Vision, and Video Surveillance
Chemical and Biological Detection
Information Technology and Risk Management Tools
Interoperable Communications Equipment/Technology
Eligible Agencies
Eligible applicants include law enforcement agencies, fire, and other emergency responders who demonstrate that the equipment will be used to improve their ability and capacity to respond to a major critical incident or work with other first responders. Awardees must not have received equipment/funding under the Urban Areas Security Initiative or the Assistance to Firefighters Grants program for which the Award Date is October 1, 2005 or later. Awardees that have received grant assistance from FEMA under FEMA's Interoperable Communications Equipment (ICE) program are not eligible for interoperable communications equipment under CEDAP. Organizations must submit applications through the Responder Knowledge Base (RKB) website at www.rkb.mipt.org.
Agencies and departments are allowed to submit only one application per year under CEDAP. Receipt of multiple applications from different divisions or units of the same agency or department will automatically disqualify the applicant from consideration for all CEDAP applications submitted. Applicants should select items from the CEDAP Equipment Catalog that they have been unable to acquire through other DHS programs.
Apply Online
The CEDAP application is online at the Responder Knowledge Base (RKB) website at www.rkb.mipt.org.
You must register as an RKB user before you can access the application form.
For More Information
Prospective applicants should direct any questions regarding CEDAP, the application process, or the awards process to the Centralized Scheduling and Information Desk (CSID) at 1-800-368-6498 or via e-mail at askcsid@dhs.gov.
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Application Deadline: May 29, 2007, 23:59EDT
The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP) is an important component of the Administration's larger, coordinated effort to strengthen the Nation's overall level of preparedness. CEDAP transfers specialized commercial equipment, equipment training, and equipment technical assistance directly to smaller jurisdictions and eligible metropolitan areas.
TThe FY 2007 CEDAP will provide equipment, equipment training, and equipment technical assistance valued at approximately $33.7 million to first responder organizations across the Nation. This competitive program is a direct assistance program, not a grant program, and FEMA will provide the equipment and technical assistance directly to the selected jurisdictions.
CEDAP's equipment offerings include:
Personal Protective Equipment
Thermal Imaging, Night Vision, and Video Surveillance
Chemical and Biological Detection
Information Technology and Risk Management Tools
Interoperable Communications Equipment/Technology
Eligible Agencies
Eligible applicants include law enforcement agencies, fire, and other emergency responders who demonstrate that the equipment will be used to improve their ability and capacity to respond to a major critical incident or work with other first responders. Awardees must not have received equipment/funding under the Urban Areas Security Initiative or the Assistance to Firefighters Grants program for which the Award Date is October 1, 2005 or later. Awardees that have received grant assistance from FEMA under FEMA's Interoperable Communications Equipment (ICE) program are not eligible for interoperable communications equipment under CEDAP. Organizations must submit applications through the Responder Knowledge Base (RKB) website at www.rkb.mipt.org.
Agencies and departments are allowed to submit only one application per year under CEDAP. Receipt of multiple applications from different divisions or units of the same agency or department will automatically disqualify the applicant from consideration for all CEDAP applications submitted. Applicants should select items from the CEDAP Equipment Catalog that they have been unable to acquire through other DHS programs.
Apply Online
The CEDAP application is online at the Responder Knowledge Base (RKB) website at www.rkb.mipt.org.
You must register as an RKB user before you can access the application form.
For More Information
Prospective applicants should direct any questions regarding CEDAP, the application process, or the awards process to the Centralized Scheduling and Information Desk (CSID) at 1-800-368-6498 or via e-mail at askcsid@dhs.gov.
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Online Criminal Justice Degree information
Editor’s Note: Hi Tech Criminal Justice was compensated for the review of the following website.
EarnMyDegree.com is well constructed and easy to navigate website. The primary purpose of the website is to act as a portal to online, as well as traditional “brick and mortar,” educational opportunities. While this review focuses on the criminal justice degree opportunities presented on the website, the site also provides the visitor with links to other types of degrees, such as business, education and human services. Moreover, the site can be easily searched by degree level, degree subject and geographically.
In a university setting, criminal justice is the study of the system designed to detect, apprehend, detain, prosecute, adjudicate and potentially incarcerate persons accused of a crime. For the student, the study of criminal justice can be very broad as in obtaining a degree which concentrates on the entire system, or very specific, such as focusing on corrections. EarnMyDegree.com clearly recognizes this and provides the visitor with information on broad degree programs as well as the more specific.
The website, briefly outlines how certain types of degrees maybe more useful for later career choices and assists the visitor on choosing the right degree program. Moreover, once the visitor focuses on a career track, the website makes specific recommendations as to universities and colleges. In addition to providing information on a variety of universities and colleges, EarnMyDegree.com has a learning center that answers many of the typical student’s questions.
In the Learning Center portion of the website, the potential student can find concise information on a variety of subjects: general questions as to value of an online degree versus a traditional education delivery model; career information; financial aide tips and information; and, information on using military benefits to obtain a degree.
I have two criticisms of this website. First, its strength is also a weakness. As a portal to alternative forms of higher education it is necessarily brief in its descriptions of programs and answers to prospective student’s typical questions. On the hand, once you request additional information from a university you will likely be contacted by a human being who can assist you in further exploration of that opportunity. Second, the accreditation of different educational opportunities is not fully explained.
Yes, every program listed on their page is accredited. However, some of the programs are nationally accredited by others are regionally accredited. The type of accreditation is critical to your future success. Regional accreditation is more accepted than national accreditation. That’s right – it’s somewhat counter intuitive. As an example, if you look at the requirements for employment by State of Colorado and the City of Chicago, you will see that they require their police candidates to have a degree from a regionally accredited university. Furthermore, if you complete your undergraduate degree at a nationally accredited university you will very likely find out that it is not transferable to a regionally accredited graduate program at your state school. My advice is to pursue your education at a regionally accredited university – be fully informed on issues like accreditation.
One final note, EarnMyDegree.com, in their section on online education, says that employers are becoming more accepting of “online” education versus the traditional classroom approach. Except on certain defined circumstances, the mode of delivery is not nearly as important accreditation. When you get your diploma and transcripts it will not be stamped “online.” Additionally, all accredited schools answer to an accreditation agency and must periodically demonstrate the quality of your education. For employers, the distinction between “online” and “traditional” usually rears it’s ugly head when the employer is paying for the education. So, if your employer is compensating you or “footing the bill” you should make sure they accept the “mode of delivery” before your apply for admission.
EarnMyDegree.com is a good place to visit and explore educational opportunities. If you are interested in a criminal justice degree, you should visit their section dedicated to that field. Click here to browse for online criminal justice degrees.
EarnMyDegree.com is well constructed and easy to navigate website. The primary purpose of the website is to act as a portal to online, as well as traditional “brick and mortar,” educational opportunities. While this review focuses on the criminal justice degree opportunities presented on the website, the site also provides the visitor with links to other types of degrees, such as business, education and human services. Moreover, the site can be easily searched by degree level, degree subject and geographically.
In a university setting, criminal justice is the study of the system designed to detect, apprehend, detain, prosecute, adjudicate and potentially incarcerate persons accused of a crime. For the student, the study of criminal justice can be very broad as in obtaining a degree which concentrates on the entire system, or very specific, such as focusing on corrections. EarnMyDegree.com clearly recognizes this and provides the visitor with information on broad degree programs as well as the more specific.
The website, briefly outlines how certain types of degrees maybe more useful for later career choices and assists the visitor on choosing the right degree program. Moreover, once the visitor focuses on a career track, the website makes specific recommendations as to universities and colleges. In addition to providing information on a variety of universities and colleges, EarnMyDegree.com has a learning center that answers many of the typical student’s questions.
In the Learning Center portion of the website, the potential student can find concise information on a variety of subjects: general questions as to value of an online degree versus a traditional education delivery model; career information; financial aide tips and information; and, information on using military benefits to obtain a degree.
I have two criticisms of this website. First, its strength is also a weakness. As a portal to alternative forms of higher education it is necessarily brief in its descriptions of programs and answers to prospective student’s typical questions. On the hand, once you request additional information from a university you will likely be contacted by a human being who can assist you in further exploration of that opportunity. Second, the accreditation of different educational opportunities is not fully explained.
Yes, every program listed on their page is accredited. However, some of the programs are nationally accredited by others are regionally accredited. The type of accreditation is critical to your future success. Regional accreditation is more accepted than national accreditation. That’s right – it’s somewhat counter intuitive. As an example, if you look at the requirements for employment by State of Colorado and the City of Chicago, you will see that they require their police candidates to have a degree from a regionally accredited university. Furthermore, if you complete your undergraduate degree at a nationally accredited university you will very likely find out that it is not transferable to a regionally accredited graduate program at your state school. My advice is to pursue your education at a regionally accredited university – be fully informed on issues like accreditation.
One final note, EarnMyDegree.com, in their section on online education, says that employers are becoming more accepting of “online” education versus the traditional classroom approach. Except on certain defined circumstances, the mode of delivery is not nearly as important accreditation. When you get your diploma and transcripts it will not be stamped “online.” Additionally, all accredited schools answer to an accreditation agency and must periodically demonstrate the quality of your education. For employers, the distinction between “online” and “traditional” usually rears it’s ugly head when the employer is paying for the education. So, if your employer is compensating you or “footing the bill” you should make sure they accept the “mode of delivery” before your apply for admission.
EarnMyDegree.com is a good place to visit and explore educational opportunities. If you are interested in a criminal justice degree, you should visit their section dedicated to that field. Click here to browse for online criminal justice degrees.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Cops writing on how to do cop stuff
Police-Writers.com is a website dedicated to listing state and local police officers who have authored books. Four police officers were added to the website who have significantly added to the written body of knowledge on how to perform the law enforcement function.
Craig Steckler is the chief of police of the Freemont Police Department. He holds a B.S. degree from CSU Los Angeles, and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the POST Command College. The Chief Craig Steckler’s law enforcement career spans 31 years, and has included positions in San Clemente and Chief of Police in Piedmont, California. Chief Craig Steckler came to Fremont as Deputy Chief in 1986 and was promoted to Chief in 1992. He was the Year 2000 President of the California Police Chiefs Association.
Chief Craig Steckler is the co-author of two books on law enforcement subjects. According to the book description of Written and Interpersonal Communication: Methods for Law Enforcement, “The purpose of this book is to improve the reader’s communication skills, both oral and written. Particular attention is paid to the reports and forms commonly used in the criminal justice system.” According to the book description of Fundamentals of Police Administration, “This introductory text for police administration provides a balanced perspective between legal, practical, and scholarly information. The book provides in-depth coverage of patrol, administration, and the impact of local financing on the police budget.”
George T. Payton Is a former Patrol Sergeant with the San Jose Police Department. He has a B.A. and M.A. from San Jose State University and an Ed.D. from the University of Southern California. When he left the police department to become Department Chair at a local college, Dr. George Payton transferred to the San Jose Police Department Reserves in order to keep abreast of new developments in the field; he is a lieutenant in that organization. He also organized the first regional Criminal Justice Training Academy in Santa Clara County and established the first Campus Police in San Jose City College.
Dr. George Payton is a veteran of two wars. He served first in the U.S. Navy and was later commissioned in the military police. His is the author or co-author of seven books: Peace Officer's Guide to Criminal Law; One Thousand Police Questions and Answers: Concepts of California Criminal law; Peace Officer's Promotional Manual; California Criminal Law, for the Community College Student; Patrol Procedure and Enforcement Concepts; and, Patrol Operations & Enforcement Tactics.
Derrick Watkins and Richard Ashby are the co-authors of Gang Investigations: A Street Cop’s Guide. According to the book description, the book “provides a step-by-step guide to gang identification, arrest, search and seizure, prosecution, and other programs that have been used successfully by criminal justice agencies nationwide. Anti-gang strategies are discussed along with the results of their implementation. This guide will better prepare every police officer and detective to deal with the modern street gang. With Watkins’ and Ashby’s knowledge, departments and officers can develop better strategies to curb gang violence and the fear of street terrorists.”
Derrick Watkins is a retired gang detective from the Santa Ana Police Department, having worked in Los Angeles County prior to Santa Ana. He has focused his career in the area of gangs as a patrol officer, while in major narcotics and as a gang detective. He spent nine years of his career dedicated to criminal street gangs. He is a court-recognized expert in Hispanic and White Supremacist gangs, having testified in the superior and federal courts of Los Angeles and Orange Counties. He has conducted training for the California Department of Justice, the State Attorney General, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, and numerous local, state, and federal agencies across California and in several neighboring states. He currently works as a private law enforcement consultant regarding the methods and attributes of criminal street gangs across the country.
Detective Corporal Richard Ashby is a 20-year veteran of the Santa Ana Police Department. He has focused his career in the area of gangs as a patrol officer, a member of special details, and as a gang detective. He is a court-recognized expert in Hispanic gangs and has spent twelve years as a detective with the Santa Ana Police Department’s Gang Detail. During those twelve years he worked as a gang suppression detective, investigating all gang related assaults and attempt murders within the city of Santa Ana. He was also assigned to the Santa Ana Gang Homicide Detail, investigating gang related homicides. In March of 2004 he was promoted to the rank of Corporal and supervised the Santa Ana Gang Homicide Detail until February of 2006.
Police-Writers.com now hosts 532 police officers (representing 219 police departments) and their 1132 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.
Craig Steckler is the chief of police of the Freemont Police Department. He holds a B.S. degree from CSU Los Angeles, and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the POST Command College. The Chief Craig Steckler’s law enforcement career spans 31 years, and has included positions in San Clemente and Chief of Police in Piedmont, California. Chief Craig Steckler came to Fremont as Deputy Chief in 1986 and was promoted to Chief in 1992. He was the Year 2000 President of the California Police Chiefs Association.
Chief Craig Steckler is the co-author of two books on law enforcement subjects. According to the book description of Written and Interpersonal Communication: Methods for Law Enforcement, “The purpose of this book is to improve the reader’s communication skills, both oral and written. Particular attention is paid to the reports and forms commonly used in the criminal justice system.” According to the book description of Fundamentals of Police Administration, “This introductory text for police administration provides a balanced perspective between legal, practical, and scholarly information. The book provides in-depth coverage of patrol, administration, and the impact of local financing on the police budget.”
George T. Payton Is a former Patrol Sergeant with the San Jose Police Department. He has a B.A. and M.A. from San Jose State University and an Ed.D. from the University of Southern California. When he left the police department to become Department Chair at a local college, Dr. George Payton transferred to the San Jose Police Department Reserves in order to keep abreast of new developments in the field; he is a lieutenant in that organization. He also organized the first regional Criminal Justice Training Academy in Santa Clara County and established the first Campus Police in San Jose City College.
Dr. George Payton is a veteran of two wars. He served first in the U.S. Navy and was later commissioned in the military police. His is the author or co-author of seven books: Peace Officer's Guide to Criminal Law; One Thousand Police Questions and Answers: Concepts of California Criminal law; Peace Officer's Promotional Manual; California Criminal Law, for the Community College Student; Patrol Procedure and Enforcement Concepts; and, Patrol Operations & Enforcement Tactics.
Derrick Watkins and Richard Ashby are the co-authors of Gang Investigations: A Street Cop’s Guide. According to the book description, the book “provides a step-by-step guide to gang identification, arrest, search and seizure, prosecution, and other programs that have been used successfully by criminal justice agencies nationwide. Anti-gang strategies are discussed along with the results of their implementation. This guide will better prepare every police officer and detective to deal with the modern street gang. With Watkins’ and Ashby’s knowledge, departments and officers can develop better strategies to curb gang violence and the fear of street terrorists.”
Derrick Watkins is a retired gang detective from the Santa Ana Police Department, having worked in Los Angeles County prior to Santa Ana. He has focused his career in the area of gangs as a patrol officer, while in major narcotics and as a gang detective. He spent nine years of his career dedicated to criminal street gangs. He is a court-recognized expert in Hispanic and White Supremacist gangs, having testified in the superior and federal courts of Los Angeles and Orange Counties. He has conducted training for the California Department of Justice, the State Attorney General, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, and numerous local, state, and federal agencies across California and in several neighboring states. He currently works as a private law enforcement consultant regarding the methods and attributes of criminal street gangs across the country.
Detective Corporal Richard Ashby is a 20-year veteran of the Santa Ana Police Department. He has focused his career in the area of gangs as a patrol officer, a member of special details, and as a gang detective. He is a court-recognized expert in Hispanic gangs and has spent twelve years as a detective with the Santa Ana Police Department’s Gang Detail. During those twelve years he worked as a gang suppression detective, investigating all gang related assaults and attempt murders within the city of Santa Ana. He was also assigned to the Santa Ana Gang Homicide Detail, investigating gang related homicides. In March of 2004 he was promoted to the rank of Corporal and supervised the Santa Ana Gang Homicide Detail until February of 2006.
Police-Writers.com now hosts 532 police officers (representing 219 police departments) and their 1132 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.
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
True Crime and True Law Enforcement History
Police-Writers.com is a website dedicated to listing state and local police officers who have authored books. Police-Writers.com added three police officer authors who have added to our understanding of law enforcement history through their work on true crime and histories of their agencies.
Riverside Police Department detective Christine Keers is the Co-author of The Riverside Killer. According to a book synopsis, “Between 1986 and 1992, Riverside County, California became the scene of a series of savage sex murders that shocked the nation. Nineteen prostitutes were raped and sexually mutilated by a killer who left his grisly trademark on each victim. For almost 6 years he terrorized the city, leaving a trail of false leads, few clues and even fewer suspects.”
According to David Lockeretz, “For someone who lives in southern California (particularly the Riverside area, where the crimes took place) this is an interesting and frightening book to read, and even people who have never heard of Suff before will likely feel revolt at the heinousness of his crimes. No matter how one judges the prostitutes he murdered, it is hard not to recoil at the mention of a light bulb stuffed deep inside one of the naked bodies post mortem and of other sadistic details.”
Matthew J. Lyons, a corporal on the Oceanside Police Department (California) and former Marine is the author of Oceanside Police Department. According to the book description, “The Oceanside Police Department has provided a century of service to a community that has grown from a small seaside resort—doubling as a bedroom community for the U.S. Marine Corps’s nearby Camp Pendleton—into a city of more than 170,000 people. City marshals patrolled Oceanside from 1888 to 1906, and it is indicative of the city’s formative years that the first lawman, former Texas Ranger Charlie Wilson, was also the first to be killed in the line of duty.
The photographs in this remarkable collection inventory the department’s past, covering the administrations of city marshal J. Keno Wilson (Charlie Wilson’s brother), Chiefs Charles Goss, Ward Ratcliff, and others. Showcased are images from the archives of the Oceanside Police Department and the collection of Delores Davis Sloan, the daughter of former captain Harold B. Davis, Oceanside’s top cop of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.”
Matthew J. Lyons has donated the royalties from his book to the National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Fund.
Author and historian M. David DeSoucy is a retired veteran of 25 years of service in the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. He is the author of San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, a history of that department. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is the primary law enforcement agency for the county of San Bernardino. San Bernardino County (California) is geographically the largest in the nation, encompassing 20,186 square miles. In 1853, the County’s first sheriff, Robert Cliff, established Central Station which current serves unincorporated areas of the City of San Bernardino as well as nearby contract cities.
According to the book description, “The largest county in the continental United States has seen its share of colorful pursuits of suspects and fugitives, including the search for the last Native American in the United States to be tracked to his tragic end by a lawman's posse: "Willie Boy" at Ruby Mountain. San Bernardino County also was the setting for the shoot-outs at Baldy Mesa and Lytle Creek. Yet gunplay lore is only one aspect of the epic of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. Today the department deploys nearly 5,000 salaried and volunteer employees to protect and serve its 20,186 square miles of deserts, mountains, forests, and increasingly urban areas. This original cow-county sheriff's office went through many developments that are detailed in these vintage photographs sheriffs' administrations, equipment, investigations, and other exploits all culled from the department's archives, private collections, the California Room of the San Bernardino Public Library, and the San Bernardino Pioneer Historical Society.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 528 police officers (representing 218 police departments) and their 1122 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.
Riverside Police Department detective Christine Keers is the Co-author of The Riverside Killer. According to a book synopsis, “Between 1986 and 1992, Riverside County, California became the scene of a series of savage sex murders that shocked the nation. Nineteen prostitutes were raped and sexually mutilated by a killer who left his grisly trademark on each victim. For almost 6 years he terrorized the city, leaving a trail of false leads, few clues and even fewer suspects.”
According to David Lockeretz, “For someone who lives in southern California (particularly the Riverside area, where the crimes took place) this is an interesting and frightening book to read, and even people who have never heard of Suff before will likely feel revolt at the heinousness of his crimes. No matter how one judges the prostitutes he murdered, it is hard not to recoil at the mention of a light bulb stuffed deep inside one of the naked bodies post mortem and of other sadistic details.”
Matthew J. Lyons, a corporal on the Oceanside Police Department (California) and former Marine is the author of Oceanside Police Department. According to the book description, “The Oceanside Police Department has provided a century of service to a community that has grown from a small seaside resort—doubling as a bedroom community for the U.S. Marine Corps’s nearby Camp Pendleton—into a city of more than 170,000 people. City marshals patrolled Oceanside from 1888 to 1906, and it is indicative of the city’s formative years that the first lawman, former Texas Ranger Charlie Wilson, was also the first to be killed in the line of duty.
The photographs in this remarkable collection inventory the department’s past, covering the administrations of city marshal J. Keno Wilson (Charlie Wilson’s brother), Chiefs Charles Goss, Ward Ratcliff, and others. Showcased are images from the archives of the Oceanside Police Department and the collection of Delores Davis Sloan, the daughter of former captain Harold B. Davis, Oceanside’s top cop of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.”
Matthew J. Lyons has donated the royalties from his book to the National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Fund.
Author and historian M. David DeSoucy is a retired veteran of 25 years of service in the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. He is the author of San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, a history of that department. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is the primary law enforcement agency for the county of San Bernardino. San Bernardino County (California) is geographically the largest in the nation, encompassing 20,186 square miles. In 1853, the County’s first sheriff, Robert Cliff, established Central Station which current serves unincorporated areas of the City of San Bernardino as well as nearby contract cities.
According to the book description, “The largest county in the continental United States has seen its share of colorful pursuits of suspects and fugitives, including the search for the last Native American in the United States to be tracked to his tragic end by a lawman's posse: "Willie Boy" at Ruby Mountain. San Bernardino County also was the setting for the shoot-outs at Baldy Mesa and Lytle Creek. Yet gunplay lore is only one aspect of the epic of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. Today the department deploys nearly 5,000 salaried and volunteer employees to protect and serve its 20,186 square miles of deserts, mountains, forests, and increasingly urban areas. This original cow-county sheriff's office went through many developments that are detailed in these vintage photographs sheriffs' administrations, equipment, investigations, and other exploits all culled from the department's archives, private collections, the California Room of the San Bernardino Public Library, and the San Bernardino Pioneer Historical Society.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 528 police officers (representing 218 police departments) and their 1122 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.
True Crime and True Law Enforcement History
Police-Writers.com is a website dedicated to listing state and local police officers who have authored books. Police-Writers.com added three police officer authors who have added to our understanding of law enforcement history through their work on true crime and histories of their agencies.
Riverside Police Department detective Christine Keers is the Co-author of The Riverside Killer. According to a book synopsis, “Between 1986 and 1992, Riverside County, California became the scene of a series of savage sex murders that shocked the nation. Nineteen prostitutes were raped and sexually mutilated by a killer who left his grisly trademark on each victim. For almost 6 years he terrorized the city, leaving a trail of false leads, few clues and even fewer suspects.”
According to David Lockeretz, “For someone who lives in southern California (particularly the Riverside area, where the crimes took place) this is an interesting and frightening book to read, and even people who have never heard of Suff before will likely feel revolt at the heinousness of his crimes. No matter how one judges the prostitutes he murdered, it is hard not to recoil at the mention of a light bulb stuffed deep inside one of the naked bodies post mortem and of other sadistic details.”
Matthew J. Lyons, a corporal on the Oceanside Police Department (California) and former Marine is the author of Oceanside Police Department. According to the book description, “The Oceanside Police Department has provided a century of service to a community that has grown from a small seaside resort—doubling as a bedroom community for the U.S. Marine Corps’s nearby Camp Pendleton—into a city of more than 170,000 people. City marshals patrolled Oceanside from 1888 to 1906, and it is indicative of the city’s formative years that the first lawman, former Texas Ranger Charlie Wilson, was also the first to be killed in the line of duty.
The photographs in this remarkable collection inventory the department’s past, covering the administrations of city marshal J. Keno Wilson (Charlie Wilson’s brother), Chiefs Charles Goss, Ward Ratcliff, and others. Showcased are images from the archives of the Oceanside Police Department and the collection of Delores Davis Sloan, the daughter of former captain Harold B. Davis, Oceanside’s top cop of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.”
Matthew J. Lyons has donated the royalties from his book to the National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Fund.
Author and historian M. David DeSoucy is a retired veteran of 25 years of service in the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. He is the author of San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, a history of that department. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is the primary law enforcement agency for the county of San Bernardino. San Bernardino County (California) is geographically the largest in the nation, encompassing 20,186 square miles. In 1853, the County’s first sheriff, Robert Cliff, established Central Station which current serves unincorporated areas of the City of San Bernardino as well as nearby contract cities.
According to the book description, “The largest county in the continental United States has seen its share of colorful pursuits of suspects and fugitives, including the search for the last Native American in the United States to be tracked to his tragic end by a lawman's posse: "Willie Boy" at Ruby Mountain. San Bernardino County also was the setting for the shoot-outs at Baldy Mesa and Lytle Creek. Yet gunplay lore is only one aspect of the epic of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. Today the department deploys nearly 5,000 salaried and volunteer employees to protect and serve its 20,186 square miles of deserts, mountains, forests, and increasingly urban areas. This original cow-county sheriff's office went through many developments that are detailed in these vintage photographs sheriffs' administrations, equipment, investigations, and other exploits all culled from the department's archives, private collections, the California Room of the San Bernardino Public Library, and the San Bernardino Pioneer Historical Society.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 528 police officers (representing 218 police departments) and their 1122 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.
Riverside Police Department detective Christine Keers is the Co-author of The Riverside Killer. According to a book synopsis, “Between 1986 and 1992, Riverside County, California became the scene of a series of savage sex murders that shocked the nation. Nineteen prostitutes were raped and sexually mutilated by a killer who left his grisly trademark on each victim. For almost 6 years he terrorized the city, leaving a trail of false leads, few clues and even fewer suspects.”
According to David Lockeretz, “For someone who lives in southern California (particularly the Riverside area, where the crimes took place) this is an interesting and frightening book to read, and even people who have never heard of Suff before will likely feel revolt at the heinousness of his crimes. No matter how one judges the prostitutes he murdered, it is hard not to recoil at the mention of a light bulb stuffed deep inside one of the naked bodies post mortem and of other sadistic details.”
Matthew J. Lyons, a corporal on the Oceanside Police Department (California) and former Marine is the author of Oceanside Police Department. According to the book description, “The Oceanside Police Department has provided a century of service to a community that has grown from a small seaside resort—doubling as a bedroom community for the U.S. Marine Corps’s nearby Camp Pendleton—into a city of more than 170,000 people. City marshals patrolled Oceanside from 1888 to 1906, and it is indicative of the city’s formative years that the first lawman, former Texas Ranger Charlie Wilson, was also the first to be killed in the line of duty.
The photographs in this remarkable collection inventory the department’s past, covering the administrations of city marshal J. Keno Wilson (Charlie Wilson’s brother), Chiefs Charles Goss, Ward Ratcliff, and others. Showcased are images from the archives of the Oceanside Police Department and the collection of Delores Davis Sloan, the daughter of former captain Harold B. Davis, Oceanside’s top cop of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.”
Matthew J. Lyons has donated the royalties from his book to the National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Fund.
Author and historian M. David DeSoucy is a retired veteran of 25 years of service in the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. He is the author of San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, a history of that department. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is the primary law enforcement agency for the county of San Bernardino. San Bernardino County (California) is geographically the largest in the nation, encompassing 20,186 square miles. In 1853, the County’s first sheriff, Robert Cliff, established Central Station which current serves unincorporated areas of the City of San Bernardino as well as nearby contract cities.
According to the book description, “The largest county in the continental United States has seen its share of colorful pursuits of suspects and fugitives, including the search for the last Native American in the United States to be tracked to his tragic end by a lawman's posse: "Willie Boy" at Ruby Mountain. San Bernardino County also was the setting for the shoot-outs at Baldy Mesa and Lytle Creek. Yet gunplay lore is only one aspect of the epic of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. Today the department deploys nearly 5,000 salaried and volunteer employees to protect and serve its 20,186 square miles of deserts, mountains, forests, and increasingly urban areas. This original cow-county sheriff's office went through many developments that are detailed in these vintage photographs sheriffs' administrations, equipment, investigations, and other exploits all culled from the department's archives, private collections, the California Room of the San Bernardino Public Library, and the San Bernardino Pioneer Historical Society.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 528 police officers (representing 218 police departments) and their 1122 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.
Monday, May 07, 2007
ASSESSMENT CENTER PREPARATION
Police-Fire-Corrections
Leadership & Management Development Course
June 9-10, Saturday & Sunday, 2007
San Diego, CA
Registration: $450
Hotel Reservations:
Doubletree Hotel (Mission Valley), 7450 Hazard Center Drive,
San Diego, CA 92108 Hotel phone: (619) 297-5466
http://www.doubletree.com/en/dt/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=SDGO-DT
Leadership & Management Development Course
June 9-10, Saturday & Sunday, 2007
San Diego, CA
Registration: $450
Hotel Reservations:
Doubletree Hotel (Mission Valley), 7450 Hazard Center Drive,
San Diego, CA 92108 Hotel phone: (619) 297-5466
http://www.doubletree.com/en/dt/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=SDGO-DT
For reservation information go to:
http://assessmentcenter.org/
Since 1990, KSA, Ltd. has specialized in teaching the supervision and management skills necessary to prepare for an Assessment Center, promotional tests, and to be successful as a new supervisor, manager or command officer.
Rick Michelson, Director of KSA, is the author of “PREPARING FOR PROMOTION - A Guide for Public Safety Assessment Centers” and “Preparing Future Leaders for Tomorrow: Succession Planning for Police Leadership” in the June 2006 issue of Police Chief Magazine.
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Sunday, May 06, 2007
Gunner’s Mate, Cop and DA Investigator
Hi Tech Criminal Justice maintains three websites involving police officers and military personnel who have written books. LAPDAuthors.com lists Los Angeles Police Department police officers; Police-Writers.com lists American state and local police officers who have written books; and, Military-Writers.com lists Americans who have served in the military and written books. Garth Wean was added to all three websites.
During World War II Gareth “Gary” Wean served as a Gunner’s Mate in the United States Navy. After the war, in February 1946, Gary Wean joined the Los Angeles Police Department. As a LAPD police officer, Gary Wean worked a variety of assignments, including traffic enforcement, patrol and detectives.
According to Wade Frazier, In 1947, Gary Wean “was pursuing an armed robber through the streets of Los Angeles on a high-speed chase. The suspect crashed his car as it barreled along at ninety miles an hour through LA’s streets. He tried escaping on foot, and Gary cornered him in the dark. The suspect begged for his life. As Gary approached, the man stuck his pistol (which had already killed somebody during the robbery) into Gary’s abdomen and fired. He fired a second shot that hit Gary in his hand. Gary then emptied his pistol into the man, while his partner also fired, killing the robber instantly. Gary’s partner rushed him to the hospital. Although Gary’s abdomen was in great pain, he did not want to unbuckle his Sam Brown belt (a wide leather belt which held his firearm and other police equipment) as they rushed to the hospital, because he thought it might be all that was holding him together. When Gary finally took off his belt, his partner saw that the bullet hit the belt and did not penetrate Gary’s skin.”
In 1952, Gary Wean resigned from the Los Angeles Police Department but continued his career in law enforcement as a Detective Sergeant for the Ventura Police Department (California); an investigator for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, Bureau of Investigation; and, finally, in 1966, as the Chief Investigator for the Ventura County Public Defender. He retired from his law enforcement career in 1970.
Gary Wean is also the author of There's a Fish in the Courthouse. According to one reader/reviewer, Gary Wean’s books is “a very sad but true tale of corruption in Ventura County, California. Based on sprawl growth from Los Angeles and the artificially created energy crisis, petroleum rich Ventura County was a necessary plum for the picking by corrupt interest. But, only if controlled by the "right" people and entities. Billions of dollars have been made and are yet to be made as real estate development continues to replace farmland and petroleum is extracted from the Los Padres National Forest. The result has been necessary control by any means for a minimum of 40 years. This control has resulted in corruption is all levels of government, including elected local, state and national officials, government staff, law enforcement, the District Attorney and the entire judicial system of the County and State.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 525 police officers (representing 217 police departments) and their 1118 books; LAPDAuthors.com lists 54 Los Angeles Police Department police officers and their 99 books; and, Military-Writers.com lists 19 former military personnel and their 36 books.
During World War II Gareth “Gary” Wean served as a Gunner’s Mate in the United States Navy. After the war, in February 1946, Gary Wean joined the Los Angeles Police Department. As a LAPD police officer, Gary Wean worked a variety of assignments, including traffic enforcement, patrol and detectives.
According to Wade Frazier, In 1947, Gary Wean “was pursuing an armed robber through the streets of Los Angeles on a high-speed chase. The suspect crashed his car as it barreled along at ninety miles an hour through LA’s streets. He tried escaping on foot, and Gary cornered him in the dark. The suspect begged for his life. As Gary approached, the man stuck his pistol (which had already killed somebody during the robbery) into Gary’s abdomen and fired. He fired a second shot that hit Gary in his hand. Gary then emptied his pistol into the man, while his partner also fired, killing the robber instantly. Gary’s partner rushed him to the hospital. Although Gary’s abdomen was in great pain, he did not want to unbuckle his Sam Brown belt (a wide leather belt which held his firearm and other police equipment) as they rushed to the hospital, because he thought it might be all that was holding him together. When Gary finally took off his belt, his partner saw that the bullet hit the belt and did not penetrate Gary’s skin.”
In 1952, Gary Wean resigned from the Los Angeles Police Department but continued his career in law enforcement as a Detective Sergeant for the Ventura Police Department (California); an investigator for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, Bureau of Investigation; and, finally, in 1966, as the Chief Investigator for the Ventura County Public Defender. He retired from his law enforcement career in 1970.
Gary Wean is also the author of There's a Fish in the Courthouse. According to one reader/reviewer, Gary Wean’s books is “a very sad but true tale of corruption in Ventura County, California. Based on sprawl growth from Los Angeles and the artificially created energy crisis, petroleum rich Ventura County was a necessary plum for the picking by corrupt interest. But, only if controlled by the "right" people and entities. Billions of dollars have been made and are yet to be made as real estate development continues to replace farmland and petroleum is extracted from the Los Padres National Forest. The result has been necessary control by any means for a minimum of 40 years. This control has resulted in corruption is all levels of government, including elected local, state and national officials, government staff, law enforcement, the District Attorney and the entire judicial system of the County and State.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 525 police officers (representing 217 police departments) and their 1118 books; LAPDAuthors.com lists 54 Los Angeles Police Department police officers and their 99 books; and, Military-Writers.com lists 19 former military personnel and their 36 books.
History, Management and Tactics
Police-Writers.com is a website dedicated to listing state and local police officers who have authored books. This round of additions to the website includes a police officer who has written an extensive history of one department as well as a police officer who has contributed to the making of law enforcement history.
Sergeant Sven Crongeyer has been employed with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for 17 years. His passion for historical research led him to write Six Gun Sound: The Early History of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which traces law enforcement efforts to meet the challenge of public safety that from the beginning were both enhanced and hampered by the influx of ranchers, cowboys, farmers, miners, gunfighters, and gamblers. Los Angeles was a den of iniquity that rivaled even the most famous towns of the Old West: Silver City, Tombstone, Dodge City, and Wichita.
Edward M. Davis was the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department from 1969 through 1978. Later, he was a California State Senator from 1981 to 1993. He also made an unsuccessful bid as the Republican candidate for the United States Senate in 1986.
Ed Davis pursued innovative approaches to crime. He balanced his tough law-and-order rhetoric with a boots-on-the-ground policing strategy that assigned police officers to specific neighborhoods in an effort to build personal ties with residents. His philosophy was incorporated in a program he called the "Basic Car Plan,” which divided Los Angeles into small geographical areas and assigned officers to meet with community representatives. Edward Davis, who assigned almost 900 officers to the program, believed that police would be more effective if their duties were tailored to each locality. The officers were instructed to find out which crime problems concerned residents the most and then devise crime-fighting plans.
Edward Davis also created the Neighborhood Watch program which encouraged police officers to spend time in the homes of local city residents, listen to their concerns and then set up effective crime fighting initiatives. Moreover, Ed Davis developed the idea of team policing wherein interdisciplinary groups of police officers were assigned as a unit to small, specific, geographic area. These interdisciplinary groups consisted of uniformed police officer, detectives and traffic enforcement officers working together on specific neighborhood crime problems.
Ed Davis’ programs were highly innovative for their time. Significantly, in the 9 years that Edward M. Davis served as police chief from, 1969 to 1978, crime rates actually dipped slightly by 1% in Los Angeles while rising nationwide by 55%. Furthermore, while subsequent Los Angeles Police Department police chiefs would dismantle or significantly reduce the programs, by the beginning of the 21st Century, more than two decades after his tenure as chief, the programs would either return wholesale, or new policing tactics would involve significant portions of Davis’ ideas.
In 1978, Senator Edward M. Davis authored Staff One: A Perspective on Effective Police Management. The term “Staff One” is the LAPD radio call sign for the Chief of Police.
Gabriel Suarez is a former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy sheriff and owner of Suarez International, a company that provides training in weapons, tactics and combat. Gabriel Suarez is the author of seven books on tactics and firearms: Tactical Pistol Marksmanship: How to Improve Your Combat Shooting Skills; Tactical Advantage: A Definitive Study Of Personal Small-Arms Tactics; The Combative Perspective: The Thinking Man's Guide to Self-Defense; Tactical Pistol: Advanced Gunfighting Concepts And Techniques; Tactical Shotgun: The Best Techniques And Tactics For Employing The Shotgun In Personal Combat; Tactical Rifle: The Precision Tool For Urban Police Operations; and, Force on Force Gunfight Training: The Interactive Reality-based Solution.
According to Gabriel Suarez, “Today the police training I offer is a concepts-based, aggressive approach to gunfighting. I’ve taught this system all over the United States, as well as in Europe, Central America, and Africa. The police training involves some range work, but it also incorporates hand-to-hand combat and a good bit of interactive police training (force-on-force). This eclectic method of police training makes some traditional shooting teachers very uncomfortable, but progress sometimes does that to people. I’m not so concerned with fitting into a certain methodology as I am with accomplishing the mission of winning the fight.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 524 police officers (representing 217 police departments) and their 1117 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.
Sergeant Sven Crongeyer has been employed with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for 17 years. His passion for historical research led him to write Six Gun Sound: The Early History of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which traces law enforcement efforts to meet the challenge of public safety that from the beginning were both enhanced and hampered by the influx of ranchers, cowboys, farmers, miners, gunfighters, and gamblers. Los Angeles was a den of iniquity that rivaled even the most famous towns of the Old West: Silver City, Tombstone, Dodge City, and Wichita.
Edward M. Davis was the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department from 1969 through 1978. Later, he was a California State Senator from 1981 to 1993. He also made an unsuccessful bid as the Republican candidate for the United States Senate in 1986.
Ed Davis pursued innovative approaches to crime. He balanced his tough law-and-order rhetoric with a boots-on-the-ground policing strategy that assigned police officers to specific neighborhoods in an effort to build personal ties with residents. His philosophy was incorporated in a program he called the "Basic Car Plan,” which divided Los Angeles into small geographical areas and assigned officers to meet with community representatives. Edward Davis, who assigned almost 900 officers to the program, believed that police would be more effective if their duties were tailored to each locality. The officers were instructed to find out which crime problems concerned residents the most and then devise crime-fighting plans.
Edward Davis also created the Neighborhood Watch program which encouraged police officers to spend time in the homes of local city residents, listen to their concerns and then set up effective crime fighting initiatives. Moreover, Ed Davis developed the idea of team policing wherein interdisciplinary groups of police officers were assigned as a unit to small, specific, geographic area. These interdisciplinary groups consisted of uniformed police officer, detectives and traffic enforcement officers working together on specific neighborhood crime problems.
Ed Davis’ programs were highly innovative for their time. Significantly, in the 9 years that Edward M. Davis served as police chief from, 1969 to 1978, crime rates actually dipped slightly by 1% in Los Angeles while rising nationwide by 55%. Furthermore, while subsequent Los Angeles Police Department police chiefs would dismantle or significantly reduce the programs, by the beginning of the 21st Century, more than two decades after his tenure as chief, the programs would either return wholesale, or new policing tactics would involve significant portions of Davis’ ideas.
In 1978, Senator Edward M. Davis authored Staff One: A Perspective on Effective Police Management. The term “Staff One” is the LAPD radio call sign for the Chief of Police.
Gabriel Suarez is a former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy sheriff and owner of Suarez International, a company that provides training in weapons, tactics and combat. Gabriel Suarez is the author of seven books on tactics and firearms: Tactical Pistol Marksmanship: How to Improve Your Combat Shooting Skills; Tactical Advantage: A Definitive Study Of Personal Small-Arms Tactics; The Combative Perspective: The Thinking Man's Guide to Self-Defense; Tactical Pistol: Advanced Gunfighting Concepts And Techniques; Tactical Shotgun: The Best Techniques And Tactics For Employing The Shotgun In Personal Combat; Tactical Rifle: The Precision Tool For Urban Police Operations; and, Force on Force Gunfight Training: The Interactive Reality-based Solution.
According to Gabriel Suarez, “Today the police training I offer is a concepts-based, aggressive approach to gunfighting. I’ve taught this system all over the United States, as well as in Europe, Central America, and Africa. The police training involves some range work, but it also incorporates hand-to-hand combat and a good bit of interactive police training (force-on-force). This eclectic method of police training makes some traditional shooting teachers very uncomfortable, but progress sometimes does that to people. I’m not so concerned with fitting into a certain methodology as I am with accomplishing the mission of winning the fight.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 524 police officers (representing 217 police departments) and their 1117 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, May 05, 2007
Lost pets, cop jobs and police history
Police-Writers.com is a website dedicated to listing state and local police officers who have authored books. Police-writers.com add three authors whose books are about finding lost pets; law enforcement jobs; and, one who is part of the historical body of work on professional law enforcement.
In 1948, Lieutenant W. R. Kidd of the Berkeley Police Department authored Police Interrogation. In the forward of the book, August Vollmer stated, “The author presents to his readers a first-rate work on the subject of interrogating complainants, witnesses, suspects and defendants, and while he makes no claim for a complete and scientific work on interrogation, he does present the practical, workable experiences of years of service in the police field.”
Kathy "Kat" Albrecht was a police officer, field training officer, detective and K9 handler for the University of California at Santa Cruz Police Department. According to her website, “During her ten-year career as a search dog handler, Albrecht and her dogs located physical evidence, missing people, and criminals. In 1996, Albrecht's bloodhound A.J. escaped from his yard and was missing. In her panic, Albrecht brought in another search dog that she used to successfully track down A.J. This is what sparked the idea, "Why not train dogs to track lost pets?" In their first four searches, Kathy Albrecht and her search dog Rachel physically located two lost cats and one lost dog. Since 1997, Albrecht has effectively utilized law enforcement techniques and technologies to recover lost pets and has trained several other search dogs and human pet detectives.
In 2001, Kat Albrecht founded Missing Pet Partnership, a national nonprofit organization that is working to research the behavioral patterns of lost pets, educate pet owners in how to properly search for a lost pet, and educate animal shelter staff and volunteers in the science of lost pet behavior. In 2004, Kat Albrecht founded Pet Hunters International, a pet detective academy that will train and certify Missing Animal Response Technicians, Investigators, and MAR search dogs trained to locate lost pets. Kat Albrecht’s first book, her memoir, The Lost Pet Chronicles: Adventures of a K-9 Cop Turned Pet Detective, explores her transition from police detective to pet detective.
Randy E. Narramore is the Chief of Police of the Huntington Park Police Department (California). He has dedicated the past twenty-six years of his life to law enforcement. Chief Randy Narramore has an A.S. Degree in Police Science, a B.S. Degree in Administration of Justice, and a Masters Degree in Public Administration. He is also a graduate of the FBI. National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. He has received numerous professional awards and has earned all of California's Peace Officer Standards and Training Certificates. Chief Randy Narramore also has extensive experience as a college instructor.
Chief Randy E. Narramore is the author of How to Prepare for an Interview and Obtain a Job as a Law Enforcement Officer; How to Become an Emergency Dispatcher; The Law Enforcement Assessment Center; How to Prepare for an Interview and Obtain a Job as a Firefighter; How to Pass the Written Exam for Police Officer; How to Pass the Written Exam for Police Supervisor; and, How to Prepare for a Law Enforcement Promotional Interview.
Police-Writers.com now hosts 521 police officers (representing 217 police departments) and their 1108 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 1948, Lieutenant W. R. Kidd of the Berkeley Police Department authored Police Interrogation. In the forward of the book, August Vollmer stated, “The author presents to his readers a first-rate work on the subject of interrogating complainants, witnesses, suspects and defendants, and while he makes no claim for a complete and scientific work on interrogation, he does present the practical, workable experiences of years of service in the police field.”
Kathy "Kat" Albrecht was a police officer, field training officer, detective and K9 handler for the University of California at Santa Cruz Police Department. According to her website, “During her ten-year career as a search dog handler, Albrecht and her dogs located physical evidence, missing people, and criminals. In 1996, Albrecht's bloodhound A.J. escaped from his yard and was missing. In her panic, Albrecht brought in another search dog that she used to successfully track down A.J. This is what sparked the idea, "Why not train dogs to track lost pets?" In their first four searches, Kathy Albrecht and her search dog Rachel physically located two lost cats and one lost dog. Since 1997, Albrecht has effectively utilized law enforcement techniques and technologies to recover lost pets and has trained several other search dogs and human pet detectives.
In 2001, Kat Albrecht founded Missing Pet Partnership, a national nonprofit organization that is working to research the behavioral patterns of lost pets, educate pet owners in how to properly search for a lost pet, and educate animal shelter staff and volunteers in the science of lost pet behavior. In 2004, Kat Albrecht founded Pet Hunters International, a pet detective academy that will train and certify Missing Animal Response Technicians, Investigators, and MAR search dogs trained to locate lost pets. Kat Albrecht’s first book, her memoir, The Lost Pet Chronicles: Adventures of a K-9 Cop Turned Pet Detective, explores her transition from police detective to pet detective.
Randy E. Narramore is the Chief of Police of the Huntington Park Police Department (California). He has dedicated the past twenty-six years of his life to law enforcement. Chief Randy Narramore has an A.S. Degree in Police Science, a B.S. Degree in Administration of Justice, and a Masters Degree in Public Administration. He is also a graduate of the FBI. National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. He has received numerous professional awards and has earned all of California's Peace Officer Standards and Training Certificates. Chief Randy Narramore also has extensive experience as a college instructor.
Chief Randy E. Narramore is the author of How to Prepare for an Interview and Obtain a Job as a Law Enforcement Officer; How to Become an Emergency Dispatcher; The Law Enforcement Assessment Center; How to Prepare for an Interview and Obtain a Job as a Firefighter; How to Pass the Written Exam for Police Officer; How to Pass the Written Exam for Police Supervisor; and, How to Prepare for a Law Enforcement Promotional Interview.
Police-Writers.com now hosts 521 police officers (representing 217 police departments) and their 1108 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.
Practical, academic and biographical law enforcement
Police-Writers.com is a website dedicated to listing state and local police officers who have authored books. Three local police officers were added to the list: Thomas Lee, Terence Green and O.W. Wilson.
Lieutenant Thomas O. Lee, New York State Police (retired), is the author of Firearms and Weapons Laws: Gun Control in New York. According to the book description, the book is a “complete source for answers to questions about the laws governing firearms licensing and use of weapons in New York. Contains all the statutes governing weapons possession, licensing and use, with expert commentary explaining what they mean and how they really work.”
Terence Green has spent over 29 years in local law enforcement. As an Oakland Police Department (California) police officer he has worked patrol, traffic, juvenile and detectives. He retired from the Oakland Police Department at the age of 50 and began working at the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Behavior Science Unit. He worked there for 11 years.
Terence Green is the author of Old School. Old School “tells the true story of a career police officer as he advances through the ranks of the Oakland Police Department from a patrolman working a one man car to the Commander of the Homicide Detail.” According to one reader/reviewer, “This is a definite recommend to those interested in reading stories about how police work used to be. The book reads as if the author is sitting back in an easy chair with a glass of scotch telling you about the good old days. Definitely enjoyable and a good read that transcends generations.”
O.W. Wilson obtained his degree in Criminology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1924. To pay for his tuition, he joined the Berkeley Police Department, serving under another famous police officer, scholar and writer, August Vollmer. O.W. Wilson went on to become influential police scholar as well as the chief of police of the Fullerton Police Department (California) and chief of police of the Wichita Police Department (Kansas); and, the superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army as a public safety officer.
O.W. Wilson is the author of at least three books on policing and law enforcement: Police records: Their Installation and Use; Police Planning; and, Police Administration. O.W. Wilson’s book, Police Administration, is one of the most influential books in America on local law enforcement. Indeed, it was revised in 1996 and is used today in many colleges and universities. According to the revision description, “perhaps no other book in policing has captured more admiration and market share than O.W. Wilson's "Police Administration". Now Wilson's text has been revised by three top scholars in the field. This long awaited revision combines the nuts and bolts approach of the original with an up-to-date theoretical and policy perspective that makes it accessible to students and practitioners alike.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 518 police officers (representing 216 police departments) and their 1099 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.
Lieutenant Thomas O. Lee, New York State Police (retired), is the author of Firearms and Weapons Laws: Gun Control in New York. According to the book description, the book is a “complete source for answers to questions about the laws governing firearms licensing and use of weapons in New York. Contains all the statutes governing weapons possession, licensing and use, with expert commentary explaining what they mean and how they really work.”
Terence Green has spent over 29 years in local law enforcement. As an Oakland Police Department (California) police officer he has worked patrol, traffic, juvenile and detectives. He retired from the Oakland Police Department at the age of 50 and began working at the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Behavior Science Unit. He worked there for 11 years.
Terence Green is the author of Old School. Old School “tells the true story of a career police officer as he advances through the ranks of the Oakland Police Department from a patrolman working a one man car to the Commander of the Homicide Detail.” According to one reader/reviewer, “This is a definite recommend to those interested in reading stories about how police work used to be. The book reads as if the author is sitting back in an easy chair with a glass of scotch telling you about the good old days. Definitely enjoyable and a good read that transcends generations.”
O.W. Wilson obtained his degree in Criminology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1924. To pay for his tuition, he joined the Berkeley Police Department, serving under another famous police officer, scholar and writer, August Vollmer. O.W. Wilson went on to become influential police scholar as well as the chief of police of the Fullerton Police Department (California) and chief of police of the Wichita Police Department (Kansas); and, the superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army as a public safety officer.
O.W. Wilson is the author of at least three books on policing and law enforcement: Police records: Their Installation and Use; Police Planning; and, Police Administration. O.W. Wilson’s book, Police Administration, is one of the most influential books in America on local law enforcement. Indeed, it was revised in 1996 and is used today in many colleges and universities. According to the revision description, “perhaps no other book in policing has captured more admiration and market share than O.W. Wilson's "Police Administration". Now Wilson's text has been revised by three top scholars in the field. This long awaited revision combines the nuts and bolts approach of the original with an up-to-date theoretical and policy perspective that makes it accessible to students and practitioners alike.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 518 police officers (representing 216 police departments) and their 1099 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.
Law Enforcement Stress, Survival and History
Police-Writers.com is a website dedicated to listing state and local police officers who have authored books. Police-Writers.com added one police officer who has written on street survival with language skills; one who has written on law enforcement stress; and, one whose writers are part of law enforcement history.
Joe Blanco is a retired police officer from the Greensboro Police Department (North Carolina). After retiring from the Greensboro Police Department, he became a Security Operations Manager for the Department of Homeland Security. He is the author of three books for law enforcement and other emergency services personnel on Spanish: Survival Street Spanish for Police Officers; Survival Street Spanish for EMS/Fire Personnel; and, Survival Street Spanish for 911 Telecommunications.
Lieutenant Peter Pranzo served as a New York Police Department police officer for 21 years. During his career, he earned over 60 NYPD medals and awards including the Police Combat Cross and the Medal for Valor. As a lieutenant, he was assigned to the elite NYPD Street Crime Unit where his team made 2000 felony arrests. A frequent contributor to law enforcement related magazines, Peter Pranzo is the author of Stress Management for Law Enforcement.
According to the book description, “this vital handbook covers stress and trauma associated with the law enforcement and criminal justice professional. Includes: Anatomy of a Breaking Point; From Stress to Burn Out; Learning to Cope; Post Trauma; Cures, Rehabilitation and Treatment; and Psychological Testing for Police Recruits in addition to related topics dealing with this growing problem.”
George W. McWatters was known in some New York social circles as the “Literary Policeman” as well as the “Prince.” Likely born in Scotland, he was raised and educated in Ireland. As an adult he worked in Ireland as a mechanic and early in his adult life moved to London where he continued to work as a mechanic and met his wife. George McWatters and his family immigrated to the United States in the middle of the 19th Century and he studies law in Philadelphia between 1848 and 1849. From Philadelphia he went to California and after nine months returned to the East Coast, settling in New York. He joined the New York Police Department in 1858, and retired in 1870. He is the author of Knots untied: Or, Ways and by-ways in the hidden life of American Detectives.
Police-Writers.com now hosts 515 police officers (representing 216 police departments) and their 1094 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.
Joe Blanco is a retired police officer from the Greensboro Police Department (North Carolina). After retiring from the Greensboro Police Department, he became a Security Operations Manager for the Department of Homeland Security. He is the author of three books for law enforcement and other emergency services personnel on Spanish: Survival Street Spanish for Police Officers; Survival Street Spanish for EMS/Fire Personnel; and, Survival Street Spanish for 911 Telecommunications.
Lieutenant Peter Pranzo served as a New York Police Department police officer for 21 years. During his career, he earned over 60 NYPD medals and awards including the Police Combat Cross and the Medal for Valor. As a lieutenant, he was assigned to the elite NYPD Street Crime Unit where his team made 2000 felony arrests. A frequent contributor to law enforcement related magazines, Peter Pranzo is the author of Stress Management for Law Enforcement.
According to the book description, “this vital handbook covers stress and trauma associated with the law enforcement and criminal justice professional. Includes: Anatomy of a Breaking Point; From Stress to Burn Out; Learning to Cope; Post Trauma; Cures, Rehabilitation and Treatment; and Psychological Testing for Police Recruits in addition to related topics dealing with this growing problem.”
George W. McWatters was known in some New York social circles as the “Literary Policeman” as well as the “Prince.” Likely born in Scotland, he was raised and educated in Ireland. As an adult he worked in Ireland as a mechanic and early in his adult life moved to London where he continued to work as a mechanic and met his wife. George McWatters and his family immigrated to the United States in the middle of the 19th Century and he studies law in Philadelphia between 1848 and 1849. From Philadelphia he went to California and after nine months returned to the East Coast, settling in New York. He joined the New York Police Department in 1858, and retired in 1870. He is the author of Knots untied: Or, Ways and by-ways in the hidden life of American Detectives.
Police-Writers.com now hosts 515 police officers (representing 216 police departments) and their 1094 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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