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Florida Cop Books
May 21, 2008 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com
is a website that lists state and local police
officers who have written books. Continuing its
leadership in
criminal justice
books the website added 3
police officers
from Florida; now listing well over 1000 state
and local
law enforcement
officials who have authored books.
Thomas Brodie
is retired from
Metro Dade Police
Department (Florida) at the rank of
captain.
Thomas Brodie
law enforcement
career included more than twenty-four years as
a founder of the Miami Bomb squad and
supervisor of its crime scene unit. Over the
course of his career, Captain
Thomas Brodie
investigated approximately 350 bombings and
assisted in the disposal of over 4000 bombs and
tons of explosives. He is a charter member of
the International Association of Bomb
Technicians and Investigators and among other
awards and honors, he was knighted by the Queen
Elizabeth II for his role in protecting the
British Empire in the Caribbean. Thomas
Brodie is the author of Bombs
and Bombings: A Handbook to Protection,
Security, Detection, Disposal and Investigation
for Industry, Police and Fire Departments.
According to the
book description of Bombs and Bombings: A
Handbook to Protection, Security, Detection,
Disposal and Investigation for Industry, Police
and Fire Departments, “This expanded
new edition provides law enforcement personnel,
firefighters, and security professionals with
the most up-to-date information and procedures
on the investigation, detection, and disposal
of dangerous bombs and explosives and the
evidence obtained from them.”
Henry Holden
is the author of numerous adult and children
books as well as more than 600 magazine
articles on Aviation History. In 1994, he
rece3ived the New Jersey Institute of
Technology’s Author’s Award.
Henry Holden
was a deputy sheriff for the
Orange County Sheriff’s
Department (Florida) from 1979 to
1981. He is the author of 31 books such as:
To Be a U.S. Air Force Pilot; FBI 100 Years:
An Unofficial History; Rescue Helicopters and
Aircraft; Hovering: The History of the
Whirly-Girls: International Women Helicopter
Pilots; To Be a Crime Scene Investigator;
American Women of Flight: Pilots and Pioneers;
and Crime-Fighting Aircraft.
According to the book description of FBI
100 Years: An Unofficial History, “On
the eve of the FBI's centenary, this book
offers the first comprehensive illustrated
account of the Bureaus 100-year history.
Granted unprecedented access to the FBI
headquarters in Washington, D.C., and academy
at Quantico, Virginia, author
Henry Holden
presents a rare inside view of the agency’s
workings, as well as a compelling, closely
observed picture of its ever-changing role,
powers, notable cases, and controversies
through the years.
After three years in the US Marines, the
Leigh McEachern
became a rookie cop with the St. Petersburg
Police Department. Promoted to detective, he
took part in many notable cases, including the
conviction of the vice-mayor, a prominent
defense attorney, on a federal felony. He went
on to serve as deputy chief of the
Winter Park Police
Department, and then as chief deputy
of the
Orange County Sheriff's
Department (Florida).
Leigh McEachern
is the author of The Appearance of
Justice.
Police-Writers.com now
hosts 1011
police officers
(representing 423 police departments) and
their 2152
criminal justice books
in 33 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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