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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.
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About the New York State Police
In 1913, a construction foreman named
Sam Howell was murdered during a payroll robbery in Westchester County. Because Westchester County was a very rural area then,
there was no local police department and Mr. Howell's murderers escaped, even though he identified them before he died.
his
vicious crime spurred Mr. Howell's employer, Moyca Newell (left) and her friend, Katherine Mayo (right), to initiate a movement
to form a State Police department to provide police protection to rural areas.
As a result of their efforts, the
State Legislature established the New York State Police as a full service police agency on April 11, 1917.
Since the first 237 men rode out of their
training camp on horseback to begin patrolling rural areas, troopers have been there to fulfill the law enforcement needs
of the people of New York State with the highest degree of fairness, professionalism and integrity.
During the 1990s, the New York State Police
focused on three primary objectives: dealing with the rising tide of violent crime, much of it drug related; increasing cooperative
ventures with local law enforcement agencies to more efficiently and effectively provide police services to the people of
New York; and preparing for the challenges of the rapidly approaching 21st Century.
Source:
troopers.state.ny.us/
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