Derrick Parker was an undercover narcotics and homicide detective with the New York Police Department. Over time, he became NYPD’s go-to-guy for investigating hip-hop related crimes. As he collected
more and more information about hip-hop artists, his information became intelligence on rap stars and crime related to that
industry. You can read about his career in his book, Notorious C.O.P.: The Inside Story of the Tupac, Biggie, and Jam Master Jay
Investigations from the NYPD's First "Hip-Hop Cop."
Stephen Peach emigrated from England to the United States in
1986. In 1991, after becoming a U.S. Citizen, he joined the San Bernardino Police Department. Stephen
authored the book Friendly Fire. According to Peach himself, “This book exposes the dirty underside of Law Enforcement
politics. I was a highly regarded gang and SWAT officer that was the victim of 2 accidental shootings within 2 weeks of each
other by other officers.” Stephen Peach further comments about his book, “My book
exposes the corruption that City Governments allow to occur to protect their civil liability. Many other corrupt activities
that I have exposed in my book have never been exposed before. This is a true story of many different crimes that administrators
and their corrupt subordinates have committed that they would rather not have exposed.”
In 1982, after attending Chabot College, Richard Paloma became a reserve deputy sheriff for Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. Later,
he joined the Newark Police Department (California) as a full-time police officer. After
fourteen years with the Newark Police Department, he decided to move to a department closer to his home in the Central California
Valley. He joined the Stockton Unified School District Police Department as a sergeant. Richard Paloma has worked as field training officer, detective and field sergeant.
Richard Paloma’s writing in his novel, Beach Club, has reminded reviewers of Joseph Wambaugh’s early work. According to one reader, “Paloma's novel is an intriguing police ride-a-long through the fictional
East Bay city of Eden Valley, California newly plagued by a serial rapist. More than a look at department politics and procedures,
readers are invited into the investigations, antics and lives of the swing shift officers, affectionately dubbed the “Beach
Club”
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