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Cops in Mississippi and Missouri
July 11, 2007 (San Dimas, CA)
Police-Writers.com is a website that lists state and local police officers who
have written books. The website added one police officer from
Mississippi and two from
Missouri:
James R. Kelly;
Troy Cole; and,
F.D. Jordan.
In 1966,
James R. Kelly served one tour of duty in
Vietnam with the
United States Marine Corps.
James Kelly received his BS degree from the
University of Southern Mississippi. In 1971, he joined the ranks of the
Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics; becoming one
of the organization's first agents.
James Kelly retired from the
Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics 1995. He is
the author of two books: Prescription for Murder and Casting
Alpha: Amtracs in Vietnam.
Casting Alpha: Amtracs in
Vietnam, depicts the daily life of
U.S. Marine Corps amtrac crewmen during the
Vietnam War and the continuing anxiety, as a result of enemy land mines,
referred to as the big wait.
James Kelly served with A Company, 3rd Amtracs,
1966-67.
Troy Cole is a retired homicide investigator
from the
Kansas City Police Department (Missouri). He
is the author of Rites Of Burial. According to the book
description, This books tells the gruesome true story of Robert Berdella, a
serial killer while inhuman crimes of murder and dismemberment might have served
to inspire Jeffrey Dahmer
According to a reader of
Rites of Burial, I was quite shocked by the graphic details and
disturbing pictures in this book. Other reviewers have said this book is
insensitive and biased. Although I understand this point, I disagree. If you
truly want to examine the depravity of serial murderers, you have to know the
details of their crimes to be able to understand the things of which these
people are capable. In addition, other reviewers have charged the authors with
being homophobic. I did not find this to be the case. Rather, the authors did
expose how the homophobia of the KC police dept. affected their investigations
and their handling of the victims and Berdella
F.D. Jordan has over 21 years experience as a
police officer working for the
Kansas City Police Department (Missouri). He
has extensive experience working the
Kansas City Police Department Special Victims Unit,
Sex Crimes Section. His is the author of
Sex Crime Investigations: The Complete Investigator's Handbook.
According to the description of,
Sex Crime Investigations: The Complete
Investigator's Handbook, when a sexual act occurs in combination with a
physical or emotional assault, as in rape or child sexual abuse, highly
sensitive issues often get misdirected, especially in the
criminal justice system. For this reason,
sex crime investigation in one field that
investigators can ill afford to learn by trial and error. This book takes you
step-by-step through how successful sex crime investigations are conducted and
provides a clear and comprehensive look at the complexities and realities of the
field that investigators and their agencies must learn to deal with, including
selecting appropriate investigative personnel, gathering evidence at crime
scenes, interviewing victims, interrogating suspected sex offenders and getting
confessions, working with child sexual abuse victims, building solid cases for
prosecution and much more. It is a must for investigators, prosecutors, defense
attorneys, social workers, sexual assault victim advocates and the victims and
their families.
Police-Writers.com now hosts 628
police officers (representing 276 police
departments) and their 1341 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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