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Two Cops
and a Civilian
September 23, 2007 (San Dimas,
CA) Police-Writers.com is a website that lists nearly 750 state and local police
officers who have written books. The website added two police officers and one
civilian police consultant.
Sergeant
Timothy Staab began his career with the
Glendora Police Department (California)
in June 1983 as a Police Cadet. In February 1985, Sergeant
Timothy Staab was hired as a Glendora Police
Officer. He has served as a Patrol Officer and motor cycle officer. As a
motorcycle traffic officer he spent nearly six years enforcing traffic laws and
investigating traffic accidents.
Throughout his career, Sergeant
Timothy Staab has taken a special interest in
investigating traffic collisions. In 1993, he
became an Accredited Traffic Accident Reconstructionist, joining an elite
group of approximately 800 such accredited individuals worldwide.
Timothy Stabb is the author of The Pocket
traffic Accident Reconstruction Guide.
According to the book description
of The Pocket traffic Accident Reconstruction Guide Traffic
accident investigators and reconstructionist probably have the common speed and
sliding formulas memorized. However, there likely are formulas out there that
you havent committed to memory. While its not practical to carry around a
large textbook to every accident scene, having some type of reference would make
your job easier. That is why the Pocket Traffic Accident Reconstruction
Guide was created.
Laurence Miller, PhD is a clinical, forensic,
and police psychologist in Boca Raton
Florida. He is the consulting psychologist for
the West Palm Beach Police Department, a forensic psychological examiner for the
Palm Beach County Court, and a police trainer and instructor at the Police
Academy-Criminal
Justice Institute of Palm Beach Community College. Dr.
Laurence Miller is the author of numerous
publications in
law enforcement journals, as well as nine
books, including Practical Police Psychology: Stress Management and Crisis
Intervention for
Law Enforcement and the upcoming book
METTLE: Mental Toughness Training for
Law Enforcement.
According to the book description
of Practical Police Psychology:
Stress Management and Crisis Intervention for
Law Enforcement, it addresses the psychologically complex world of
modern policing. It analyzes the unusual crises and everyday challenges faced by
all
law enforcement personnel, from the street cop
to the departmental brass. But Practical Police Psychology goes beyond mere
academic analysis, to offer usable, down-to-earth, and immediately applicable -
that is, practical -guidelines and recommendations for improving the quality of
policing on a daily basis.
Jerry C. Scott is a 29-year-veteran
law enforcement officer. After four years in
the U.S. Air Force as an air traffic controller during the beginning years of
the Vietnam conflict, stationed in Okinawa, he began his work as a city police
officer in the state of Washington, in 1966. He spent a year as a motorcycle
cop, walked the beat in the downtown tavern district, worked radar, and
performed patrol duties.
After five years he moved to
Provo,
Utah, in 1977 and took up his profession with
the
Utah County Sheriff's Office. He moved through
the ranks as a patrol deputy, patrol sergeant, lieutenant division commander,
and finally operations bureau chief, holding the rank of captain before his
retirement in 1995. His many police experiences include being a co-captain and
assisting in the organization of the first department SWAT team in 1974. The
team members joined the 19th Airborne Special Forces Group with the Utah State
National Guard, and they held the distinction of being the only jump-qualified
SWAT team in the United States.
Jerry Scotts assignment was sniper and bomb
technician. He was a graduate of the Redstone Bomb School in Alabama, and was a
member of the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigations.
He was also an explosive instructor for a number of years at the
Utah State Police Academy and Weber State
College. As a jail commander during the 80's, he rewrote the
Utah State Jail Standards and served on the
Utah State Jail Inspection Team.
During all the years of his
law enforcement career, nothing was more
rewarding and enjoyable than his patrol duty assignments. The excitement of
conduction arrests of drug suspects and burglars, and the general assistance to
the public in general, are experiences he holds sacred.
Jerry C. Scott is the author of Glass
Mountain.
According to the book description
of Glass Mountain, true police experiences topple over each other
as this fictional narrative unfolds starting with the watts riots, engaging the
Mexican mafia, and creating an unforgettable love story. This story involves the
real guts of police work.
Police-Writers.com now hosts 743
police officers (representing 346 police departments) and their 1583
police 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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