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Scott R. Morales

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Scott Morales said of his career, "Some people have been always wanted to be writers. I didn’t. I just wanted to be a cop.

That was until September 11, 2001.

After the attacks on the twin towers, I felt the need to re-connect with many of my old friends and in doing so, stories started forming in my head. Ideas of “what If, and “If, then” pushed my imagination to take some of the things I had learned from law enforcement and in life and craft tales which have encompassing both. From out of these thoughts and ideas, my books emerged and have pushed me to tell these stories.

In 2013, I retired from law enforcement after 32 years as a Patrolman, Crime Scene Investigator and Detective with East Baton Rouge, Louisiana Sheriff’s Office and the Fort Wayne Indiana Police Department. My career in police work, as well as my extensive studies in criminology, investigative procedures and tactics, have helped groom me toward writing Crime Fiction. (And growing up watching ‘Adam-12” and ‘Batman” groomed me to be a “Crime fighter.”}

I am married to my wife Angela, who is a certified Master Herbalist and professional photographer We have four children and three grandchildren. We reside in Middle Tennessee outside of Nashville." Scott Morales is the author of Strawberry Concrete.

According to the book description of Strawberry Concrete, "Detective Jack Lefleur of the Camp Simmons Indiana P.D. has had a difficult year. After returning to the job from suspension, facing an impending divorce and financial ruin, he receives a phone call from an enigmatic recluse, who passes on a dire warning of a history changing event and a clue to a mystery.


Acting on the tip, Lefleur discovers a body and evidence, that puts the dead man in Dallas, Texas in 1963, on the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. As the investigation yields more questions than answers, Lefleur learns of an attempted assassination of the sitting U.S. President. While Lefleur works to stop the assassin, he learns the truth behind two of the 1960's most defining moments." 

About the Fort Wayne Police Department

Fort Wayne's police force was first organized when Conrad Penn was appointed over a night watch of three men. They patrolled from sundown to dawn. At this time the population was 12,000. The Fort Wayne Daily Sentinel commended the Night Watch on December 12, 1863 when it stated, "Well done thou good and faithful servants for their fine work in the community."

 

By 1869, there were eight officers and they worked from 6:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. and 7:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. The uniform consisted of a dark blue double-breasted frock coat with two rows of gilt Police Buttons on the breast, a vest and pantaloons. Today, the Fort Wayne Police Department has an authorized strength of 460 sworn officers. The Department's budget for 2007 is approximately $46,000,000.  The major organizational components of the department are: Patrol Uniform Operations consisting of four divisions (Northeast, Northwest, Southeast and Southwest); Investigative Support Division; and, Information Services Division. Each division is commanded by a Deputy Chief (except Information Services, which is headed by a civilian Director). All Division heads report to the Assistant Chief of Police and the Chief of Police.

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