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Maryland and Maine
July 2, 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 authors, two from
Maryland and one from
Maine:
Michael E. Bemis;
Mark Lindsay; and,
James H. Lilley.
Michael E. Bemis is a career police officer who
was also elected as the Sheriff of York County (Maine).
He is the author of three books: Snow Waste; Safe & Sound: How to Buy a
Safe, Private, Quiet Home; and, Safe From Terrorism: How to Protect and Save
Yourself and Your Family At Home, Work and Play.
According to the editor of
WordWeaving.com, Three extremely diverse perspectives expose the dangers of
greed, necessity and innocence in author
Michael E. Bemis' SNOW WASTE.
While the text is rather dense at times with needful explanation and exploration
of technicalities and legalities, Bemis' elegant prose flows beautifully, making
it easy for those who know the information to scan detail quickly yet keeping
the explanations palatable for the uninitiated - truly a remarkable narrative
feat. Indeed, Bemis utilizes his years in law enforcement and love of the snow
to render a tale that is both powerful and thought provoking. SNOW WASTE
comes very highly recommended.
Mark Lindsay was a police officer and detective
for the
Baltimore Police Department (Maryland)
for over twenty years. He has a BS in
criminal justice and an MS in clinical
psychology. He is a licensed psychological associate in the State of Maryland
and has worked extensively in suicide investigations and hostage negotiations,
and he has lead training courses for
law enforcement personnel.
Mark Lindsay is the co-author of Suicide
by Cop: Committing Suicide by Provoking Police to Shoot You. According
to the book description, This book examines what we know about the phenomenon
of suicide by cop and places this behavior in a broader context. For example,
some murder victims (perhaps as many as a quarter) provoke the murderer, to some
extent, into killing themso-called victim-precipitated homicide. In some cases,
it has been suspected that murderers kill and act thereafter in such a way as to
provoke the state into executing them. The authors then examine some of the
issues specific to suicide by cop, such as whether there is a racial bias in
these acts and what the legal implications are. Finally, they discuss the
process of hostage negotiation (since those involved in suicide by cop often
take hostages during the confrontation with police), the need to provide
counseling for police officers involved in suicide-by-cop incidents, and how we
might reduce the incidence of this behavior.
James H. Lilley is a former Marine and Police
Sergeant with the
Howard County Police Department (Maryland).
He worked in the Uniformed Patrol Division, Criminal Investigations Division,
Forensic Services (CSI) and Drug Enforcement Division. His Street Drug Unit was
featured in the book "Undercover" by Hans Halberstadt and published by Simon and
Schuster. Some of his awards include The Medal of Valor, Four Bronze Stars, Four
Unit Citations and the Governor's Citation. He is also an 8th Degree Black Belt
in Shorin Ryu Karate and the first American to be promoted to the rank of Black
Belt by Mr. Takeshi Miyagi.
James Lilley is the author of six books:
A Question of Honor; The Eyes of the Hunter; The Far Side of the Bridge; Just
Retribution; A Miracle for Tony Clements; and, Death Knocks Twice.
According to the book description
of Death Knocks Twice, Halloween night, with a Hunter's Moon in
the sky, finds Detective Jefferson Daniel Lewis on the scene of a murder.
Another child molester's been killed with the signature double tap to the head.
Two .22 caliber bullets, and little else to go on, puts Lewis in the middle of
right and wrong when sentiment rests on the side of the killer. To complicate
matters, he's assigned a new partner. Maria Santana, a dark-eyed, raven-haired
beauty works beside him day and night, but knows she'd like to be a lot more
than just his partner.
Police-Writers.com now hosts 608
police officers (representing 261 police
departments) and their 1273 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.
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