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Mystery, Biography and Real Estate
July 24, 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 police officers who have authored
books:
Jeff Pate;
Ronald Kaye Rawlings; and,
Chuck Smith.
In 1987,
Jeff Pate joined the
High Point Police Department (North
Carolina). In 1998, he finished his first Novel, Winner Take
All. After attempting to publish the novel through traditional routes,
he ended up forming Harlan Publishing and creating a hardcover version of his
novel. In 2000, the book and publishing company were so successful,
Jeff Pate left the
High Point Police Department to write and
publish full-time. In 2001, he published his second novel, Eye of the
Beholder.
Of 2003,
Jeff Pate stated, when I was at my very worst,
the Lord revealed Himself and His awesome love and I surrendered to His grace.
Jeff Pate has, since 2003, formed Branches of the Vine Ministries and Diakonia
Publishing. Diakonia publishing is a publishing house dedicated to helping
ministers and Christian authors fulfill Ephesians 4:12.
Jeff Pate is also the author of The
Last-Day Apostles: Calling of the Twelve (The Last-Day Apostles) and
By the Grace of God I Am What I Am.
Ronald Kaye Rawlings honorably ended a tour of
the
US Army as a Military Policeman and began his
career as a Clayton Police Officer in
North Carolina. After four and a half years as
a Clayton Police Officer, he would pursue his life long dream of being a North
Carolina State Trooper. Although he was turned down three times by the
North Carolina State Highway Patrol,
Ronald Rawlings would ultimately preserve in
his goal and complete a 26 year career.
Ronald K. Rawlings retired from the
North Carolina State Highway Patrol as a
District First Sergeant and with a Master's Degree in Administration.
Ronald Kaye Rawlings is the author of A
Black Cop in the South. According to the book description, it is about
a fascinating true story involving a young black man who was raised in a large
single parent, southern family home in North Carolina. Ronald Kaye Rawlings is
the author and his dream as a young child was to be a North Carolina State
Trooper. He was able to achieve that goal and even more, but the road was filled
with pitfalls, disappointments, racism, and tragedy.
Chuck Smith is a former
Cleveland Police Department (Ohio)
police officer with over 15 years
law enforcement experience. According to
Chuck Smith, I went from being a full-time
street cop dodging bullets, struggling to make ends meet with a family of six,
to making $582,263 cash in hand, part-time in real estate. My first year full
time as a real estate investor, I made $1,263,483 cash in hand.
Chuck Smith is the author of From Cop to
CEO.
Police-Writers.com now hosts 665
police officers (representing 295 police
departments) and their 1424 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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