J.E. Smith

J. E. Smith started his law enforcement career in Southern California in 1986. He has worked as a municipal police officer and deputy sheriff as well as having served a stint as a federal law enforcement officer. He was on the front lines as a police officer during the 1992 Los Angeles Rodney King riots.

He is now semi-retired and working as a security consultant in the south-east United States while he pursues his passion for writing about all things police and politics. He is the author of The Police Academy and The Ferguson Effect: Policing A Divided Nation.

He is an avid motor sports fan and history buff.

He is currently at work on his third book which is tentatively scheduled to be published in January of 2017.