Police-Writers.com adds the 91st Police Author

August 15, 2006 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com, a website dedicated to police officers turned authors, has added its 91st police author, Dave Case. Dave is a 19 year veteran of the Chicago Police Department. Dave entered the academy in 1985 and afterwards was assigned to uniformed patrol in the 007th District-Englewood. In 1990, Dave transferred to the 018th district which is located in the heart of Carbini Green.

Cabrini-Green is a public housing development on Chicago's North Side. At its height, Cabrini-Green was home to 20,000 people, living in mid and high-rise apartment buildings. Gang violence and the city's neglect created terrible conditions for the residents, and the name "Cabrini-Green" became symbolic of the problems associated with public housing across the nation. As of 2005, only about 5000 residents remain. Several of the buildings have been razed and the whole neighborhood is being redeveloped into a combination of high-rise buildings and row houses.

After a short career break wherein Dave went to work for the St. Paul Police Department, he returned to Chicago and was ultimately assigned to their Special Operations Section. During his tour with the Special Operations Section Dave worked on the Chicago Police Department’s Hostage, Barricade and Terrorist Team which is the Chicago Police Department version of SWAT. After his promotion to sergeant, Dave has worked patrol, the Special Operations Section and now the Education and Training Division.

Dave’s debut novel, Out of Cabrini, has been described as a “fargo-esque” blend of comedy and tragedy. According to Connie Fletcher, of the American Library Association, “Case pulls out a wealth of knowledge about Chicago street-gang members, juxtaposing their street smarts against the "rent-a-victim" innocence of suburbanites The plot offers a wild ride centered on a gangbanger's car, a Lexus GS300, impounded with a four-kilo fortune in drugs inside, picked up in an illegal sale by a wealthy businessman, who presents it to his mistress. The street gang is desperate to find the car, terrorizing and murdering as they search, while hero Stacy Macbeth of the Eighteenth District Tactical Team coordinates the cop chase. Case fills the plot with the kind of funny, exuberant, outrageous details only a longtime cop could know.”

Police-Writers.com now lists 91 police authors and their 243 books in six categories.