Steve C. Rose, a retired Los Angeles police officer announced the release of his new book – Hit the Streets- the other side of the badge!  According to Raymond E. Foster, editor, LAPDAuthors.com, “Rose was a Los Angeles Police Officer for 21 years.”  Rose’s first book, Hit the Streets, “gives the reader an inside look at police work.” 

The book is available for sale through the publisher: www.publishamerica.com/bookstore, www.Amazon.com, and www.BarnesandNoble.com, (Search by title/ author). Rose joins the ranks of 26 retired and active Los Angeles Police Officers who have authored books.  “Maybe it’s the proximity to Hollywood, but LAPD officers have written more books than any other law enforcement agency,” Foster said.  The 26 LAPD authors have written a combined total of 63 books.  The subjects include academic works about policing, true crime novels, biographical accounts of policing and “some of the best cop fiction ever written,” Foster added.

Although the lapdauthors.com only listed authors, Foster said that LAPD officers have been very active writers in television and movies.  Probably the most famous former LAPD officer to write and produce in Hollywood was Gene Roddenberry who is best known for creating Star Trek.  However, the authors aren’t far behind in notoriety.  Joseph Wambaugh and Paul Bishop are “well-known writers of crime fiction,” Foster said.  The writers come from all ranks within the department.  Indeed, the current Chief of Police, William Bratton, and two former chiefs, Daryl F. Gates and William H. Parker are noted authors. 

More information about Steven C. Rose, his book and other authors of the Los Angeles Police Department can be obtained at www.lapdauthors.com. Steve has several events coming up in the greater Los Angeles and Orange County areas of Southern California: 

1. Author talk and book signing, March 10, 2006, 7:30 P.M., Barnes and Noble Booksellers, 791 South Main St. (Across from the Main Place Mall, Orange, California.

2. Author talk and book signing, March 23, 2006, 7:30 P.M., Barnes and Noble Booksellers, 1201 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, California.

3. Book signing at Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, UCLA on April 29- 30, 2006.

LAPD Authors contact information:

Raymond E. Foster

1034 W. Arrow Highway, Suite D

San Dimas, CA 91773

909.599.7530, www.LAPDAuthors.com