Cops and Writers Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Today’s episode takes us to the Great White North, yes, we are going to my neighbor to the north, Canada to speak with retired Det. Sergeant Desmond Ryan of the Toronto Police.  Born and raised in Toronto, Desmond P. Ryan graduated from the University of Toronto and joined what was then the Toronto Police Force. He has been a front-line officer, a beat cop, a patrol...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Happy St. Patrick's Day! Here is a rebroadcast from a few years ago with my favorite Irish Garda! In this special St. Parick's Day bonus episode, Marie O'Hlloran shares her experiences as a 22 year veteran of the Irish Polic Force, An Garda Síochána. Marie and I chat about everything from her training at Garda College, experiences on the job, and a tr...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Thank you for joining us today for the conclusion of a special two-part interview with retired FBI Special Agent Kyle Vowinkel.  Kyle Vowinkel dedicated 33 years of service to his country as an FBI Special Agent, U.S. Army officer, and West Point graduate. He has significant leadership experience as an FBI senior executive who served at multiple FBI offices and reti...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Thank you for joining us today for episode one of a special two-part interview with retired FBI Special Agent Kyle Vowinkel.  Kyle Vowinkel dedicated 33 years of service to his country as an FBI Special Agent, U.S. Army officer, and West Point graduate. He has significant leadership experience as an FBI senior executive who served at multiple FBI offices and retired...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Today’s episode is very exciting for two reasons. First, I will be chatting with RJ Beam. RJ is currently a police academy instructor and has worked in public safety for most of his adult life. RJ was a volunteer firefighter/EMT before starting work as a city cop. During his career, he has held positions in patrol, bike cop, SWAT, and CSI. Investigations and CSI wor...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Welcome back to the conclusion of our special two-part interview with retired Police Sergeant John Ferriso of the New York Police Department.  John Ferriso was a member of the NYPD from 1993-2013. With 20 years of experience as Patrol Officer, September 11th Rescue and Recovery and Patrol Supervisor, Sergeant in charge of both the Internal Affairs Bureau and the Mis...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Today is episode one of a special two-part interview with retired Police Sergeant John Ferriso of the New York Police Department.  John Ferriso was a member of the NYPD from 1993-2013. With 20 years of experience as Patrol Officer, September 11th Rescue and Recovery and Patrol Supervisor, Sergeant in charge of both the Internal Affairs Bureau and the Missing Persons...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text On today’s show, I speak with Dennis Benigno, who is the founder and CEO of Street Cop Training.  His law enforcement career began in 2001 at 19 years of age as an NJ Corrections Officer. In 2004, Benigno became a police officer with the US Park Police Dept. in Washington, DC, and in 2005 moved over to the position of a police officer in one of NJ's largest mun...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Today’s show takes us to the Big Apple. Yes, today we are going to New York City to chat with Author and Police Officer Kevin Sullivan of the NYPD. Kevin “Sully” Sullivan has been with the NYPD for about ten years and is assigned to the transit and counterterrorism unit.  Among other things, Kevin is a musician, surfer, and indie author. In today’s episode, we discu...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Today’s show takes us back to the Windy City, The City of Big Shoulders, yes, of course, I’m talking about the place of my birth and where I spent my youth, Chicago. Today we will be speaking with Retired Chief of Detectives of the Chicago Police Department, Eugene Roy. Gene has over 40 years in various law-enforcement roles. He started his career as a dispatcher fo...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Today’s show takes us to the Windy City, The City of Big Shoulders. Yes, of course, I’m talking about the place of my birth and where I spent my youth, Chicago. Today we will be speaking with Pulitzer Prize nominee John Gorman. John Gorman started his journalism career at the storied City News Bureau of Chicago before joining the Chicago Tribune. He spent half of hi...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Today’s show marks my 100th episode of the Cops and Writers Podcast!!! I would like to take a minute and thank all of you who support me and the show. My wonderful patrons, everyone who has purchased a book in my Cops and Writers series and my new Brew City Blues series. And, of course, the amazing guests I have had on the show over the last two years. And a big tha...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text On today’s show, we have Morgan Wright. Morgan is currently the co-host/co-producer of the Game of Crimes podcast with Steve Murphy of Narcos fame.  Previously Morgan was a Senior Advisor in the US State Department Antiterrorism Assistance Program, taught behavioral analysis at the National Security Agency, and spent a year teaching the FBI how to conduct internet i...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text On today’s show, we have author, non-verbal communications expert, and former Police Officer Sean Grogan! Sean Grogan is a former special investigations detective that spent his career with the Woodbridge, N.J. Police Department. Besides spending most of his career in the narcotics unit as a detective, he was also a K-9 handler and gang investigator. Sean has travel...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text On today's show, we travel to Texas to speak with author, podcaster, and Police Officer David Viergutz! David Viergutz is a disabled Army Veteran, an 8-year law enforcement veteran, the majority in rural Texas, and Field Training Officer. His experience is in drug interdiction, interview/interrogation, and investigations. He is also a mental health investigator...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Four time zones, two counties, and an ocean can't separate these heavy hitters in publishing! This is why I still do the podcast! It is so much fun being with all of you and I want to share the wisdom of this hive. Today’s show is for the writers out there who want to level up their author careers! My guests, that’s right guests, are none other than Author and...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text My guest on today’s show is best-selling author and retired Police Captain Frank Zafiro! During his law enforcement career, Zafiro worked as a patrol officer, corporal, and detective before entering leadership roles and becoming a sergeant in 2002. He was fortunate enough to command patrol officers, investigators, K-9 officers (and their dogs!), and the SWAT team. H...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text Today's show takes us into the "real" Chicago P.D. with retired Detective Lieutenant Richard Rybicki! The good lieutenant served for over 29 years on the Chicago Police Department where he worked as a Patrol Officer, Tactical Officer, Gang Crimes Specialist, Detective, Patrol Sergeant, Detective Sergeant, Patrol Lieutenant, and Detective Lieutenant. H...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text My guest on today’s show is best-selling author, and retired Detective David Putnam! During his law enforcement career, “Deputy Dave” Putnam worked primarily in California on teams for Patrol, Investigations, SWAT, Narcotics (street level and majors), Violent Crimes, Criminal Intelligence, Internal Affairs, and the Detective Bureau. He rounded out his law enforcemen...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text My guest on today’s show is New York Times and U.S.A. Today best-selling author, speaker, and consultant, Eva Lesko Natiello! Eva, a former VP of Global Communications for Estee Lauder Inc. which jump-started a 20+ year career as a communication, marketing, and branding expert. Eva now coaches authors on how to market their books in order to increase visibility and...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text My guest on today’s show is George Cramer, an enrolled descendant of the Karuk Tribe of California.  George began his forty-year investigative career in law enforcement and then moved into private and corporate investigations. He attended the Institute of American Indian Arts, earning his MFA-Creative Writing. As a corporate and private investigator, Mr. Cramer cond...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text My guest on today’s show is best-selling author and coordinator of the world’s biggest and best indie author conference, 20 Books Vegas, Craig Martelle  Craig is a fountain of knowledge as he breaks down the conference for us today that is happening November 14-18, 2022 at Bally's / Horseshoe Las Vegas.  In today’s episode we discuss: ·      How 20 Book Vegas s...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text My guest on the show today is Author and Crime Scene Investigator, Donna Jaconi.   Officer Jaconi had a distinguished career for 29 years with the City of Philadelphia Police Department. Starting as a fingerprint technician and then being accepted to the police academy. She worked patrol and got her experience on the streets of Philly. Officer Jaconi worked the majo...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text My guest today is Gary Edgington. I wanted to give a special thank you to Gary who shared the story of his own father who was a police officer, being murdered in the line of duty on this day in 1979 on today’s show.  Gary's long career in law enforcement includes police officer and detective in several southern California jurisdictions, and Special Agent with t...

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text My guest on the show today is international best-selling author Matthew Dicks.  Matthew has won numerous literary awards and has had his books translated in over 25 countries worldwide.   When he is not writing award-winning, best-selling books, Matthew fills his days as an elementary school teacher, a storyteller, a marketing and storytelling consultant, a speaking...