Police-Writers.com adds Jewel thief, motorcycle gang member and President Reagan's bodyguard

September 8, 2006 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com, a website dedicated to police officers turned authors, added Jim Silvania. During his 32 years of law enforcement and private investigations, Jim has been a jewel thief, motorcycle gang member and President Reagan's bodyguard. Before working as Chief Investigator for a law firm, Jim was a police officer with the Columbus Police Department. During his law enforcement career, he spent 13 years as a detective in the Intelligence Bureau investigating organized crime throughout Ohio. Along with his police department experience, he has a master’s degree in criminal justice and has been an assistant professor at Columbus State Community College for 14 years.

While working for the Columbus Police Department, Jim experienced many dangerous and exciting assignments. One of his most memorable was when he was Ronald Reagan's bodyguard in 1984 when Reagan was campaigning in Ohio for President. He was also the bodyguard for Israel's Premier Defense Minister in the late 70's while he was visiting Columbus.

Jim has gone deep undercover to expose a national motorcycle gang. He "became" a fringe member of the Dayton, Ohio based "Outlaws" motorcycle gang, helping to bring charges against them for murder, drug trafficking and receiving stolen property. He has also gone undercover with a group of jewel thieves to expose their operation.

Jim brings his extensive law enforcement experience to his books, the novel “Cowtown” and “How to Become a PI in Ohio and Other States.” In his novel, “Cowtown” two vice officers take along a local television news personality with them when they raid a house of prostitution. Things start to happen after the raid, which of course made the 6:00 o'clock news. The house of ill-repute turns out to be an FBI run operation. Political corruption, murder, cover-up and all the goodies connected with a government gone bad are the backdrop for Cowtown.

Police-Writers.com hosts 114 police officers and their 345 books in six categories.