Police-Writers.com
announced the 2008 Book of the Year and 2008 Author of the Year.
What Every Chief Executive Should
Know: Using Data to Measure Police Performance, (Looseleaf Law Publications, 2007) by Captain Jon M. Shane (ret.),
was selected as the 2008 Police-Writers.com Book of the Year. Jon Shane’s
book stood out among the entrants because it significantly advances management decision making in the field of law enforcement. The book provides models and mathematical approaches to management questions like:
“How many officers do we need? Are we efficiently using the ones we have? Is there a relationship between the number
of officers we have and our crime rate? What is the status of our patrol car fleet? Are citizens satisfied with our work?
What is the cost of our special programs and what are the actual benefits?”
One Police-Writers.com
judge noted that Jon Shane’s book “took a daunting subject and broke it down into pieces that anyone could understand
and put to use. Not only did he give simple and easy to understand explanations,
he also provides examples of types of data and how to work with that data to make intelligent decisions. Plus, he provides a CD with ready-to-use Excel spreadsheets for an executive to use right away.” A second judge noted, “Shane’s book goes beyond the use of math
to solve management questions in policing. The hidden value in the work may be
that it demonstrates new ways of thinking about crime. Potentially, it could
help put the word “analysis” back into “crime analysis.”
James H. Lilley was
selected as the 2008 Police-Writers.com Author of the Year. The author of the
year selection was based in part on writing ability and in part on career and community service.
James H. Lilley began
his lifetime as a United States Marine in 1961. Shortly after his discharge,
he joined the Howard County Police Department (Maryland), graduating first in his class.
During his career his received numerous honors such as Medal of Valor, four Bronze Stars, four Unit Citations and the
Governor’s Citation. James
H. Lilley has published six novels, articles in Police Chief Magazine and authored an International Association of Chiefs
of Police training key. Moreover, he began studying Martial Arts in the early
1960s and is a 8th Degree Black Belt in Shorin Ryu Karate; the first American to achieve this recognition and honor
from Sensei Takeshi Miyagi.
James Lilley submitted
as an example of his work The Eyes of the Hunter (PublishAmerica 1997). One of the Police-Writers.com judges said of James’ writing, “He is a mature writer with strong
plot, character and story development.” Another judge said, “easy
to read, and it was very good escapism. The writer has some absolutely beautiful passages wherein he describes a sound or
a vista. The sex scenes are pretty hot, too.”
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now hosts 839 police officers (representing 382 police departments) and their 1772 law enforcement books in 32 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.
