Police-Writers.com adds Henry, Briant and Huffman

September 4, 2006 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com, a website dedicated to police officers turned authors, has added three police authors – Vincent E. Henry (New York Police Department), John H. Briant (New York State Police) and Richard Neal Huffman (Bangor Police Department).

Vincent E. Henry earned his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the City University of New York (John Jay), and is associate professor and director of Long Island University's Homeland Security Management Institute. He earned B.A. and M.S. degrees from Long Island University (C.W. Post Campus) and an M.Phil. degree from the City University of New York. A first responder to the 9/11 World Trade Center terrorist attack, Vincent retired from the New York Police Department in 2002 following a 21-year police career in which he served in a wide variety of uniformed and plainclothes patrol, undercover decoy, training, investigative, supervisory and management assignments.

Vincent Henry is the author of numerous publications in the fields of law enforcement management, police corruption and reform, psychological trauma, terrorism, and homeland security. His books include "The COMPSTAT Paradigm: Management Accountability in Policing, Business and the Private Sector" and "Death Work: Police, Trauma, and the Psychology of Survival"

John H. Briant was born in Theresa, New York. He served three years and three months with the 27th Infantry Division, 108th Infantry, until 1950, when he entered the U.S. Air Force, during the Korean War. In 1953 he became a member of the New York State Police, where he served in Troop "D" and in Troop "B." He was a Station Commander from 1960-1963. His fascinating autobiography, “One Cop’s Story: A Life Remembered,” details his life and service with the New York State Police.

Briant is also famous for the Adirondack detective series. The crime novels take place in the Adirondacks Mountains of New York. The Adirondack area comprises six million acres and is larger than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Great Smoky, and Everglades National Parks combined. Briant introduces the character of Jason Black, retired State police member and private investigator. Black, a man at the prime of middle age, works wholeheartedly for his world of small towns, long lakes, and large forests, where honest people care about and reach out to help one another. Briant has written both a frightening crime adventure and a tribute to the spirit of the Adirondack.

Richard Neal Huffman was born the son of a sharecropper. At the age of two his parents migrated to southwest Michigan. At 20, Richard was drafted into the United States Army where he served as a medic. After discharge, he joined the National Guard and later the Army Reserves. Richard joined the Bangor Police Department and throughout his career he would serve as a patrol officer, training officer, sergeant, detective and assistant chief of police. Richard’s first book, “Dreams in Blue: The Real Police,” is an autobiographical journey that takes the reader inside the world of the small town cop. He introduces the reader to people, situations, and a culture that is both interesting and unique. Richard’s second book, “Rubal,” is a fictional account of a Union soldier during
the Civil War.

Police-Writers.com hosts 110 police officers and their 334 books in six categories.