Public Safety was addressed in Greeley in 1871 with the establishment of a police force under the leadership of its first Police Chief, S.B. Wright. Today, the Greeley Police Department has more than 205 sworn and civilian employees. In October, 2006, the department received an award from the International Association of Chiefs of Police for its…
Lieutenant Peter Pranzo served as a New York Police Department police officer for 21 years. During his career, he earned over 60 NYPD medals and awards including the Police Combat Cross and the Medal for Valor. As a lieutenant, he was assigned to the elite NYPD Street Crime Unit where his team made 2000 felony arrests. A…
Sarah Cortez has been in law enforcement since 1993. She began her career as a full-time police officer with the University of Houston Police Department and then went to work at Harris County, Precinct Four. She is currently a reserve deputy with the Harris County, Precinct four. During her career she has worked as a patrol officer,…
William O’Shea began his public service career in 1968 when, as a Chicago Police Cadet, he was assigned to the infamous Democratic National Convention. In the ensuing decades as a Chicago Police Officer he had many adventures, some of which are chronicled in his first novel, THE FOOT POST. In 1992 Bill moved to southern…
After a distinguished career combating crime with the New Jersey State Police, Frederick T. Martens retired at the rank of lieutenant. He then served as Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Crime Commission. Lieutenant Frederick T. Martens is the author of We’ll Make You An Offer You Can’t Refuse: A Primer On The Investigation Of Public Corruption,…
Nick Navarro served as the sheriff of Broward County, Florida from 1984 through 1992. Navarro oversaw a period during which Broward County Sheriffs Office grew both in size and in prominence as a local institution. While Navarro was sheriff, the BSO’s staff doubled to 3,000 and its budget eclipsed $200 million. As sheriff, Navarro courted public…
“Evidence Dismissed” is “the inside story of the police investigation of O.J. Simpson.” The authors, Detective Tom Lange and Detective Phillip Vannatter, were the lead detectives during the infamous case. Detective Tom Lange joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 1967 after earning a Bronze Star in Vietnam as a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. In…
Captain Marshall Frank, Metro-Dade Police Department (Ret.) in Miami, Florida, “spent the majority of his thirty years investigating murders or commanding those who did. Born to vaudevillian parents in New York City, Frank moved to Miami, Florida at the age of five in an era when more Seminole Indians strolled Main Street than Cuban-Americans. After…
Bob Erler, an ex-Green Beret, became a police officer in Hollywood, Florida and soon was known as a “supercop.” One day he came home and found his wife and son had left him. Still suffering from the effects of a high speed pursuit crash, Bob Erler went into depression. Later, on a day off, while jogging on…
Susan Goreck is a deputy sheriff with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office (Florida). Her book, Poisoned Mind, tells the story of her year undercover investigating a murder suspect. According to the book description, “Many of us have had neighbors whose loud music, objectionable habits, or destruction of property get on our nerves. This is the story of a…
