Smith, Hartenstine and Griffin

July 26, 2007 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com is a website that lists state and local police officers who have written books. The website added three police officers: Enes Smith; Donald Hartenstine; and Sean Patrick Griffin.

Enes Smith has worked in law enforcement for over twenty-five years. He has had assignments as a homicide detective, a SWAT Team supervisor and commander, and has held ranks of sergeant, lieutenant, captain and chief of police. In 1994 and 1995 and again in 2005 and 2006, Enes Smith was the Chief of Police of the Warm Springs Tribal Police (Oregon).

Enes Smith taught criminal justice and sociology courses for a number of years at a local community college. Enes Smith currently teaches a seminar, "Writing the Popular Novel." In addition to keynote speeches and seminar presentations, Enes Smith instructs casino employees in the subtleties of detecting deception. His is the author of Cold River Rising; Dear Departed; and Fatal Flowers. Ann Rule said “Fatal Flowers is a chilling authentic look into the blackest depths of a psychopath's fantasies, not for the faint at heart...Smith is a cop who's been there, and a writer on his way straight up. Read this on a night when you don't need to sleep. You won't.”

Lieutenant Donald Hartenstine (ret.) graduated from the Pennsylvania State Police Academy Hershey Pennsylvania in 1970. He served on the Lower Alsace Township Police Department Berks County (Pennsylvania) for over three years. Donald Hartenstine then served with the Exeter Township Police Department (Pennsylvania) for the remainder of his law enforcement career.

Donald Hartenstine served as a patrolman, sergeant, was later promoted to Lieutenant. He received a certification as a firearms instructor, hostage negotiator. Throughout his police career, he is well-trained in evidence collection, crime scene investigation, and received numerous certificates in law enforcement. Part of his training included police management courses at Penn State University. His police experience spanned thirty years. Lieutenant Donald Hartenstine (ret.) is the author of To Serve and Protect with Laughter.

According to the book description of To Serve and Protect with Laughter, “the world of law enforcement isn’t just about policemen cracking mysterious cases and nabbing villainous outlaws- it’s also a realm of blundering criminals, zany cops, and wacky wild-goose chases. Yes folks, behind the serious face of law enforcement lies one hit comedy show that, perhaps thankfully, never gets shown in the news reports.”

Sean Patrick Griffin, Ph.D. is a former Philadelphia Police Department police officer who is now associate professor in the Administration of Justice at Penn State Abington. He has authored numerous articles on organized and white-collar crime and been an invited panelist on national crime forums. He is the author of Black Brothers, Inc.: The Violent Rise and Fall of the Philadelphia Black Mafia.

According to Sean Patrick Griffin’s publisher, the book is “researched with scores of interviews and unique access to informant logs, witness statements, wiretaps and secret FBI files, Black Brothers, Inc. is the most detailed account ever of an African-American organized crime mob, and a landmark investigation into the modern urban underworld.”

Police-Writers.com now hosts 677 police officers (representing 304 police departments) and their 1452 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.