Welcome to a bonus episode of the Cops And Writers Podcast, where the tables, or mics, are turned. Today on this special Author Spotlight, I’m being interviewed by book coach and editor, Lori Puma.

A little about Lori: Lori Puma helps authors write novels that inspire readers to skip bathroom breaks and survive on chips and salsa. She started her writing career by publishing scientific papers. (Great reading if it’s 3:12 am and you’ve run out of Ambien.) Since then, she’s worked a variety of jobs, many of which involved telling stories.

Now a developmental editor and story coach, Lori works with writers who are trying to figure out how to tell a story readers can’t put down, as well as seasoned authors who are looking for ways to make their stories stand out.

For today’s interview, Lori will pick my brain, analyzing what today’s crime writers can learn from the Edgar Allan Poe classic The Murders in the Rue Morgue. Of course, we go off course a bit with some of my war stories from working the streets.

I had a lot of fun chatting with Lori and learned a bunch! Lori asked some excellent questions that will be of service for crime writers. Please enjoy this informative and fun interview with Lori steering the boat.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

· Edgar Allan Poe's classic The Murders in the Rue Morgue.

· What is a ‘locked room’ mystery?

· My first locked-room mystery on the street.

· Interviewing a potential homicide suspect.

· Managing a chaotic homicide scene with multiple witnesses/suspects.

· Setting up a formal interrogation.

· Being the first cop on the scene of a homicide with over 100 people running out of a tavern.

· The surprising way police obtain confessions from a suspect.

All of this and more on today’s episode of the Cops and Writers podcast.

Visit Lori's website to learn more about her and her services!

Check out the new Cops and Writers YouTube channel!

Check out my newest book, The Good Collar (Michael Quinn Vigilante Justice Series Book 1)!!!!!

Enjoy the Cops and Writers book series.

Please visit the Cops and Writers website.

Welcome back for the conclusion of my conversation with retired Chief of Police and Author Brian Brady.

Brian was born and raised in the San Francisco area and became a police officer in Berkeley, California, in the late sixties. He moved around to four different police departments, eventually attaining the rank of Chief of Police.

After decades of serving and protecting, he retired from police work and transitioned to becoming a corporate security executive. This path led him to holding executive positions at prestigious organizations such as NBC Universal and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Brian has published two crime novels and is working on his third.

I really enjoyed talking to someone like Brian, who has seen the evolution of police work through the years and worked his way up from police officer to chief. Brain is one of the few police chiefs I have known who didn’t lose their way and bend to politics and ego. He has a good heart, and that is what’s needed if you are going to lead a police force in today’s world of distorted priorities and egos. Please enjoy this informative and wide-ranging conversation with Brian Brady.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

· How departments are falsifying crime stats.

· Why would you want to be a police chief?

· Brian being in four different departments and did most jobs within the PD. What were his favorite positions and department? What was his least favorite?

· How could the Alec Baldwin situation have happened?

· Retired from law enforcement and going to corporate security. How difficult was it for him to transition to that?

· The billion-dollar business of fine art security.

· Where do art thieves fence priceless pieces of art?

· The secret world of fine art forgeries.

· Artificial intelligence and writing.

· Talking about Harry Bosch and Titus Welliver!

· His latest book, Greed. What is it about, and what should we expect?

· The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist, which occurred on March 18, 1990, where 500 million in art was stolen.

· If your book made it to the big screen, who would you want playing the main role?

All of this and more on today’s episode of the Cops and Writers podcast.

Check out Brian's website to learn more about him and his books!

Check out the new Cops and Writers YouTube channel!

Check out my newest book, The Good Collar (Michael Quinn Vigilante Justice Series Book 1)!!!!!

Enjoy the Cops and Writers book series.

Please visit the Cops and Writers website.

On today’s episode of the Cops and Writers Podcast, I have with me retired Chief of Police and Author Brian Brady.

Brian was born and raised in the San Francisco area and became a police officer in Berkeley, California, in the late sixties. He moved around to four different police departments, eventually attaining the rank of Chief of Police.

After decades of serving and protecting, he retired from police work and transitioned to becoming a corporate security executive. This path led him to holding executive positions at prestigious organizations such as NBC Universal and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Brian has published two crime novels and is working on his third.

I really enjoyed talking to someone like Brian, who has seen the evolution of police work through the years and worked his way up from police officer to chief. Please enjoy this informative and wide-ranging conversation with Brian Brady.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

· Growing up in San Francisco.

· Brain’s law enforcement influences.

· Brian starting his LE career in Berkeley in the late 60s. Lots going on in the world, and of course, Berkeley was the epicenter of turmoil.

· The innovations that came from the Berkeley Police Department.

· No formal FTO program when he started in Berkeley.

· Brian’s first foot chase, apprehending a purse snatcher and getting scolded for not following protocol.

· Typing police reports on a manual typewriter?

· Why the rank of sergeant is the most influential and important in law enforcement.

· Novato PD as Police Chief. What did he expect being chief, and what surprised you about the job? Are you the “Political Pinata”?

· Being the incident commander at an officer-related shooting where an officer was forced to take a life.

· The pros and cons of CompStat.

All of this and more on today’s episode of the Cops and Writers podcast.

Check out Brian's website to learn more about him and his books!

Check out the new Cops and Writers YouTube channel!

Check out my newest book, The Good Collar (Michael Quinn Vigilante Justice Series Book 1)!!!!!

Enjoy the Cops and Writers book series.

Please visit the Cops and Writers website.