Marlo, Bollinger and Winston

Editor's Note: One of the authors is prior military.

April 4, 2008 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com is a website that lists state and local police officers who have written books. The website added three police officers from California law enforcement agencies.

John Marlo was a San Jose Police Department (California) police officer from 1955 to 1961. In in1961, he became the City Attorney for the City of Capitola (California). In 1973, he became a Superior Court Judge and was the Presiding Judge of the Santa Cruz County Superior Court four times during his judicial career. John Marlo is the co-author of The Police Officer and Criminal Justice.

Pete Bollinger first became interested in law enforcement while serving in the United States Air Force, where he attained the rank of Sergeant. While in the military, he obtained AA Degrees in Industrial Security from the College of the Air Force and Criminal Justice from Devils Lake College in North Dakota. After honorable discharge, Mr. Bollinger continued his education, obtaining a BS Degree in Public Administration from the University of La Verne and a Masters Degree in Management from the University of Phoenix.

Pete Bollinger has been a police officer with the Santa Ana Police Department since 1988 and has worked a variety of assignments throughout his career. First and foremost, he is proud that the majority of his work history has been on patrol. He has served in an undercover capacity, both purchasing and selling narcotics, in vice programs with prostitutes, transvestites and other dregs of society. Pete Bollinger was fortunate enough to earn an assignment in Personnel, specifically in the background unit. He attained the rank of Sergeant and now supervises a team of Officers. Pete Bollinger is the author of 45 Days of Perfection; And God Made Eve; First, Kill the Lawyers; Man Landers; and, Rx for Justice.

Steve Winston was hired in law enforcement in 1981 and has worked in several assignments. For the last nine years he has been a background investigator with the Santa Ana Police Department and involved in the hiring of over 1,000 employees, including both police and firefighters. Steve Winston and Pete Bollinger are the co-authors of How to Get Hired in Law Enforcement & Fire.

Police-Writers.com now hosts 927 police officers (representing 391 police departments) and their 1941 police books in 33 categories, there are also listings of United States federal law enforcement employees turned authors, international police officers who have written books and civilian police personnel who have written books.