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Small Towns, Big Cities and Officers at
Risk
August 4, 2007 (San Dimas, CA)
Police-Writers.com is a website that lists nearly 700 state and local police
officers who have written books. The website added
Warner Jack Berry,
Scott Fielden and
Dennis L. Conroy.
Warner Jack Berry served for twenty years in
law enforcement in the cities of Memphis (Tennessee)
Dallas (Texas)
and West Helena (Arkansas).
In 1982, he continued his law enforcement career for another 18 years when he
became the chief of police of the
Lakeview Police Department (Arkansas).
After retiring from the
Lakeview Police Department (Arkansas),
he became the Justice of the Peace in Blake County (Arkansas).
Jack Berry is the Author of When
You are the Only Cop in Town: A writer's guide to small town law enforcement.
According to the book
description of When you are the Only Cop in Town, it is An
indispensable guide to facts, procedures, and the how-to's of small town
law enforcement from Debra Dixon, author of
GMC: Goal, Motivation, and Conflict.
Jack Berry has over 30 years in law
enforcement, the last 17 as Chief in a small town. He also happens to be Debra's
dad. Crack the covers of this book and enjoy a writer's feast of the funny, the
odd, and the mundane. Find out what you need to know and what it's really like
on the mean streets of Smallville, U.S.A.
Scott Fielden has been affiliated with the
Washington County Sheriffs Office (Tennessee)
since 1997, and is currently a reserve lieutenant. He holds a BA in
marketing/management from East
Tennessee State University, and is employed by
Johnson & Johnson World Products as a senior pharmaceutical sales specialist.
He is the author of Music City Blues: From the Training Academy to the
Streets.
According to one reader/reviewer of Music City Blues:
From the Training Academy to the Streets, If you've ever wondered what
it's really like to be a cop, "Music City Blues" provides the answer. From
domestic disputes, DUI's, high-speed police pursuits and prostitution stings,
the reader is introduced to a side of
law enforcement not often seen by the public.
Police can be both gruesome and glorious, and it's these moments of
soul-wrenching tragedies and fist-pumping triumphs that bring the book to life.
Dr.
Dennis L. Conroy recently retired after over 30
years service with the
Saint Paul Police Department (Minnesota).
During his law
enforcement career he worked a variety of assignments, including:
Patrol Officer, Patrol Supervisor, Vice/Narcotics Investigator, Director of
Professional Development Institute, Director of Field Training Program,
Communications Center Supervisor, and Juvenile Officer, Director of Employee
Assistance Program.
In addition to this
law enforcement experience,
Dennis Conroy has 25 years of clinical
experience includes working with children, adolescents, and adults. As a
psychologist, his specific areas of interest are
stress management, trauma response, hypnosis
and working with
law enforcement officers. Dennis Conroy is the
author of Officers at Risk.
According to one reader of Officers at Risk,
it should be required reading for anyone training for a
career in law enforcement and also for
department administrators. The last two chapters explain how individuals and
then departments can identify and manage stress related problems. For the
individual, it should speak for itself. For police departments and correctional
institutions, it can deter many potential problems from poor performance to
costly and embarrassing lawsuits to suicides. I thank God that I was part of a
department that in many ways pioneered employee assistance in
law enforcement, and in a state that recognizes
the long-term effects that can occur.
Police-Writers.com now hosts 689
police officers (representing 311 police
departments) and their 1481 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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