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Minnesota Police Officers
Police-Writers.com is a website that lists state and local police officers who have written books. The website added three police officers from the State of Minnesota: Neil Haugerud; Al Palmquist; and, James Frie.
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July 9, 2007 (FPRC) -- Neil Haugerud began his career in public office when he was Elected sheriff of Fillmore County in 1958. In 1968, he was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives, where he served until 1977 He was appointed chairman of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission by President Carter in 1977. He began publishing the column "Jailhouse Stories" in the Fillmore County Journal. Neil Haugerud is the author of Jailhouse Stories: Memories of a Small-Town Sheriff and Do-it-yourself guide to Minnesota probate.
According to the book description of Neil Haugerud’s Jailhouse Stories, “In the 1950s and 1960s, Neil Haugerud served as sheriff of Fillmore County in southeastern Minnesota. In Jailhouse Stories, Haugerud describes what it was like to live next to a prison, where jailbirds and jailbreaks were part of family life. We meet colorful people on both sides of the law, whose problems range from the ordinary to the offbeat to the downright bizarre. In the end, Haugerud emerges with his faith in human nature intact.”
Al Palmquist was a police officer for the Minneapolis Police Department. He is the author and/or co-author of eight books: Minnesota Connection; The Real Centurions; What's in a Name?; The love factor; Miracle at city hall; 99 ways to protect your children: From molesters, pimps & pornographers; Whatever Became of the Drug Scene?; and, Con games kids use to trick their parents concerning drug use .
James Frie is a police officer for the Northfield Police Department. His is the author of The Scarce Man. According to the book description of The Scarce Man, it “centers on Agent Mike Rawlings of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. He is Minnesota's top murder detective and is nearing retirement when he's called in to handle the most baffling and dangerous case of his career. Someone with a violent M.O. is killing certain people in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Rawlings deduces that the murders are politically motivated, but what he doesn't know is that the killer, who in the days following 9/11, has become obsessed with the idea that he alone can begin a chain of events that will launch the social revolution he believes will save the country.”
Police-Writers.com now hosts 623 police officers (representing 272 police departments) and their 1335 books in six 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.
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