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California
Law Enforcement Writers
October 22, 2007 (San Dimas, CA)
Police-Writers.com is a website that lists nearly 800 state and local police
officers who have written books. The Website added three California Law
Enforcement officials who have authored books.
Steven D. Moss is a consultant to
law enforcement agencies throughout California
and an instructor at the San Diego Regional
Law Enforcement Training Facility in
Traffic Investigation and Collision Analysis.
He designed and implemented revised field procedures for DUI and served as
instructor in the techniques for attorneys and
law enforcement agencies. He was a police
officer for the
San Diego Police Department from 1977 until his
retirement in 2005. His assignments include patrol, collision, investigation
bureau, drinking driver enforcement, off-road enforcement, motors/speed
enforcement, detective - traffic investigation unit.
Steven D. Moss has an advanced POST certificate
from the State of California and has qualified in both municipal and superior
courts for the state of California as an expert witness in all facets of
collision reconstruction.
Steven Moss has a BPA and an MBA, both from
National University. He is a general partner in the firm of C and M Collision
Analysis and a college instructor in
traffic investigation and collision analysis.
Steven Moss is the co-author of Basic
Collision Analysis and Scene Documentation.
Steve R. Willard is a 20-year member of the
San Diego Police Department. A writer for
law enforcement periodicals,
Steven Willard also serves as the vice
president of the San Diego Police Historical Association, which supplied the
vintage photos for his Images of America,
San Diego Police Department. Since
joining the
San Diego Police Department in 1985,
Steve Willard has worked patrol, crime
prevention and the detective bureau. In addition to extensive expertise in
forensic video and composite artistry and covert alarm systems, Vice President
Willard holds a certificate in intermediate Crime Scene Investigation from
California State University Long Beach and an advance certificate from the
California Department of Justice. He has also obtained certificates in
intermediate and advanced courses in fingerprint classification and
identification through the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He is also the
author of Americas Finest: The History of San Diego City Law Enforcement.
According to the book description
of Images of America,
San Diego Police Department, The
San Diego Police Department dates to 1889, when
out-of-control crime forced the end of the highly ineffective city marshals
office. With violence on every corner and Tombstones venerable Wyatt Earp
running the marshals gambling interests, change was desperately needed. But the
first days of the SDPD werent easy. Within two years of its formation, the
citys economy tanked, 36,000 of the towns 40,000 citizens left, and the
departments newly appointed chief refused to take the job. Still, San Diego
eventually developed into one of the nations largest cities and most popular
tourist destinationa multifaceted metropolis perched between the extremes of
Los Angeles and Mexico, the Pacific Ocean and the desert. Today more than 2,000
highly trained sworn SDPD officers, 700 support staff, and more than 1,000
volunteers form one of the worlds most innovative and internationally
recognized police forces.
Gary L. Hoving is the Chief Deputy of the
San Luis Obispo County Sheriffs Department.
He is the author of Crime Scene Investigation: A Manual for Patrol
Officers and Journey of Justice.
Police-Writers.com now hosts 780
police officers (representing 351 police departments) and their 1664
law enforcement 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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