Richard P. Rosenthal is an American author and law enforcement officer. In 2011, he retired as the

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, where he served for over 20 years. Prior, he served two decades as an NYPD officer, retiring at the rank of lieutenant. Rosenthal has written two books on police work, one on " skycops" and one on K-9 units, as well as a novel and a memoir about police

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work. He is the 100th writer to have been added to Police-Writers.com, a website dedicated to police officers turned authors. As a

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cop for the

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, he was assigned to work undercover in the

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; it is the subject of his fourth book.

Books

* 1992: ''Murder of Old Comrades,'' (novel) With Amy Rosenthal. Eric Tobias, ed.

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. . . * 1994: ''Sky Cops: Stories from America's Airborne Police.'' With Amy Rosenthal. Pocket Books. . . * 1997: ''K-9 Cops: Stories from America's K-9 Police Units.'' Pocket Books. , . * 2000: ''Rookie Cop: Deep Undercover in the Jewish Defense League.'' (memoir) Leapfrog Press. , . * 2014: ''Practical Handgun Training''

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.. * 2014: ''Self-Publishing Simplified!''

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosenthal, Richard P. Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Wellfleet, Massachusetts Law enforcement officials from Massachusetts Law enforcement officials from New York City Writers from New York City American police chiefs American male writers