Cops and Writers Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Retired F.B.I  Special Agent Jerri Williams joins us for today's show! Jerri Williams served 26 years as a Special Agent with the FBI. Jerri takes us on her journey from being a juvenile probation agent to becoming a special agent in the FBI. Jerri also reveals the selection and testing process she went through to become a special agent in the FBI. Jerri gives...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text You have the right to get your facts straight to know what happens after you have been arrested and need a lawyer. Our guest today, Jennifer Severino has spent ten years as a Criminal Defense Attorney and will give us her perspective of the criminal justice system. Jennifer shares stories from the courtroom and reveals what kind of relationships defense attorneys ha...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Today's special guest is none other than Craig Martelle! Craig explains his journey from being an intelligence officer in the United States Marine Corps for twenty years, becoming an attorney, working as a business consultant, and eventually becoming a full-time author. Craig dispels myths and misconceptions regarding military characters, especially the way Mar...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Today our special guest is Coroner Darren Dake. We discuss his 30-year career in law enforcement including 20 years being a death investigator, and most recently his election to the position of coroner.  Darren takes us into death investigations in detail. We discuss cases involving infants to senior citizens. Because of this, some may find this episode unsettling a...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text In today's episode, Scott Moon shares with us how he balances his job as a police lieutenant with a successful author career. Scott shares his journey as a young man traveling to  Los Angeles to be in a metal band playing guitar. How years later he wound up being a police officer and now attained the rank of lieutenant, and his continuing success running his au...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text In today's show, Josh Hayes of Keystroke Medium takes us on his Journey from police officer to full-time author. Josh takes us down his path from growing up as a military brat, joining the United States Air Force, becoming a police officer where he worked as a patrol officer, bicycle officer, community policing officer,  and being a member of the bomb squad, to...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Today we are going to take you into the courtroom with our special guest former Assistant District Attorney Sharon Riek of the Racine County District Attorney’s Office. Have you ever wondered what happens next after a person is arrested and processed by the police? Who ultimately decides on what criminal charge a person will face and will try this case in a court of...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Today we are going to the crime lab with our special guest Forensic DNA Analyst Melissa Kreikemeier.  If you write stories that involve forensic science and want to get your facts straight regarding this often-misunderstood field of police science, this episode is for you. Melissa will also take us on her journey into how she got into this fascinating field of foren...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Do you write stories involving the Royal Canadian Mounted Police? Or are you just curious about this historic police organization or police work in Canada? If you answered yes, this is the episode for you! In today's episode, we're going north to Canada to learn about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police force. (Retired) Sergeant Patrick O'Donnell interv...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text In today's episode, Patrick O'Donnell interviews veteran Police Detective Adam Richardson of the "Writers Detective Bureau" Facebook group and podcast. (Retired) Sergeant  Patrick O'Donnell and Det. Richardson discusses how a police officer becomes a detective and what special training and testing are required to become a detective. Richards...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Episode one of the Cops and Writers podcast. Your host Patrick O'Donnell welcomes all of you who want to write more compelling and accurate crime stories. In this short introductory episode, O'Donnell explains that most of his shows will be interviews with members of state, federal, and local law enforcement. He will ask the questions that you want answers...