Det. Adam Richardson

Writer's Detective Bureau

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The Writer's Detective Bureau is a podcast hosted by retired Police Detective Adam Richardson. Adam answers questions about criminal investigation and police work posed by crime-fiction authors and screenwriters writing crime-related stories. To submit a question, visit https://www.writersdetective.com/ask

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Det. Adam Richardson

Episodes

SWAT Teams, FBI Offices, and Cocaine Production 27.06.2020 15:06

Black Lives Matter 02.06.2020 4:21

Investigating a Murder of One of Your Own, Filming Props, and Testimony Dialogue 23.05.2020 19:23

Cellphone Photos, Real-Life Red Herrings, and Courthouse Waiting Rooms 10.05.2020 19:04

Writer's Detective's Fifth Birthday, Police Firearms, and Protecting a Victim 30.04.2020 20:12

Sex Registrants, Trust Issues, and Re-Interviewing a Witness 15.04.2020 18:26

The Newhall Incident, Undercover Reasoning, and 3rd Party Justifiable Homicide 07.04.2020 17:27

MasksForDocs, Inmate Release After Acquittal, and CSI the TV Show 31.03.2020 14:44

StayHomeWriMo, Public Health, DEA Cases, and more Counter-Surveillance 25.03.2020 17:34

Medicolegal Death Investigators and Swatting 16.03.2020 17:15

Interview Dialogue and a Cozy Missing Person turned Murder Mystery 09.03.2020 22:51

Recorded in a wiretap, What gets kept as Evidence, and Counter-surveillance 02.03.2020 16:51

Experience is the Greatest Teacher, Prosecuting a Serial Killer, and Federal Supervised Release 23.02.2020 22:25

Privatizing the Police, Driving Philosophy of Law Enforcement, and Sucking Chest Wounds 15.02.2020 21:00

Security Clearances, Task Forces, and FBI RAs 09.02.2020 25:54

Quarantine, Narcotics Case Jurisdiction, and SAR 02.02.2020 18:03

Sgt. Patrick O'Donnell of Cops and Writers 26.01.2020 25:23

Sanctuary, Off-Sites, and the Day After 19.01.2020 15:23

FlowersAndForensics, Seeing the Judge, and Knock & Notice 12.01.2020 13:16

Adam gives you a tip on a great new forensic science resource and answers questions about getting a warrant signed by a judge and the realities of knock and notice. Transcript available at writersdetective.com/74

Items in Evidence, Assessing Urgency, and Police Radio Encryption 05.01.2020 15:55

Adam talks about whether a search warrant is needed to seize evidence from another police agency's evidence room, assessing urgency, and the realities of police radios being encrypted. Transcript and links to donate for Australia's wildfires at writersdetective.com/73

One Free Phone Call from Jail, Video Evidence, and Inmate Release Notifications 03.01.2020 15:40

Adam answers your questions about: your one free phone call from jail, obtaining video evidence, and notifying victims of an offender's release from custody. Transcript available at writersdetective.com/72

Transgender Protagonists, Inside Man, and Romance Undercover 16.12.2019 19:56

Adam answers your questions about: how human resources at a police department would handle confidentiality of a transgender employee, poking plot holes through the movie Inside Man, and handling romance while undercover. Transcript available: writersdetective.com/71

Boot, Deconfliction, and Pending Further Leads 01.12.2019 16:50

Adam talks about being on field training as a trainee police officer, how inter-agency deconfliction works for narcotics investigations, and what paperwork duties in the detective bureau might really look like. Transcript: writersdetective.com/70

Justified Shootings, FBI Arrests, and Calling for Back-Up 24.11.2019 24:23

Adam answers your questions about: an investigation into a justified shooting, where FBI books their arrestees, and calling for back-up. A transcript is available at writersdetective.com/69

20BooksVegas, POIs and UNSUBs, and Wiretap Technicalities 17.11.2019 20:46

Adam talks about the 20BooksVegas conference and answers questions about police acronyms and slang like POI and UNSUB, as well as the more technical side of setting up a wiretap investigation. Transcript available at writersdetective.com/68