Retired HCPD Sergeant Receives “Author of the Year” Recognition

James H. Lilley, a retired Sergeant of the Howard County Police Department and a County resident was selected as the 2008 Author of the Year by Police-Writers.com. The author of the year selection is based on an independent judging of published writing, a distinguished career in law enforcement, and service to the community.

Jim Lilley’s novels reflect the various roles he played as a police officer and supervisor and his renowned success in the martial arts. He joined the Police Department in 1967 following service in the United States Marine Corps. During his career in the HCPD, he received numerous awards and honors including the Medal of Valor, four Bronze Stars, four Unit Citations and the Maryland Governor’s Citation. He retired as a Sergeant in 1992. His success in publishing includes six novels, articles in Police Chief Magazine, and a Training Key for the International Association of Chief’s of Police.

As a young Marine, Jim began studying martial arts in Okinawa. He received national and worldwide recognition as the first American to achieve the 8th Degree Black Belt in Shorin Ryu Karate, receiving the honor from the honored Sensei Takeshi Miyagi.

Jim’s novel The Eyes of the Hunter (Publish America, 2006) was one of the works considered during the intense competition for author of the year. One of the Police-Writers.com judges said of Jim’s writing, “He is a mature writer with strong plot, character and story development.” Another judge said, “…easy to read, and it was very good escapism. The writer has some absolutely beautiful passages in which he describes a sound or a vista.”

Police-Writers.com is an organization of 839 police writers, representing 382 state and local police departments. Collectively, they have published 1772 books in 32 categories. The organization also consists of federal and international law enforcement officials who have authored books.

During his 25-year career in the Police Department, Jim worked in Uniformed Patrol, Criminal Investigations, Forensic Services, the Police Academy, and Drug Enforcement. The Street Drug Unit he established and supervised was featured in the book “Undercover” by Hans Halberstadt, published by Simon and Schuster. In addition to his career and writing, he provides community programs and seminars for women and children in self-protection.

Jim Lilley’s six novels include: A Question of Honor; The Eyes of the Hunter; The Far Side of the Bridge; Just Retribution; A Miracle for Tony Clements; and, Death Knocks Twice.

For additional information, contact Police-Writes.com or James H. Lilley, by e-mailing jlilleyz@aol.com February 21, 2008

Articles by James H. Lilley:
• The Sinking Ship of America
• ACLU Leads the Fight against Christmas
• RAPE, MUTILATION AND MURDER: A Horror Story Hidden from National Attention
• The Surge of Violence: Who's to Blame
• IT’S TIME TO STEP UP FOR OUR DISABLED VETERANS
• GLORIFYING THUGS AND THIEVES
• GRAVE SITES OF AMERICAN VETERANS VANDALIZED
• The Dark Side of the Badge
• AN OPEN LETTER TO THE U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
• WILL VIOLENT CRIME SPARK VIGILANTE JUSTICE?
• OUR FAILING JUSTICE SYSTEM

Biography

James Lilley is a former Marine and highly decorated 25 year veteran of the Howard County, Maryland Police Department. During his career with the police department he worked in the Uniformed Patrol Division, Criminal Investigations Division, investigating crimes from auto theft to burglary, robbery and murder. He also spent 3 years as the Supervisor of the Forensic Services Section, working with Crime Scene Investigators (CSI) gathering and processing evidence at various crime scenes. Mr. Lilley then moved on to supervise the police department’s Street Drug Section, which was responsible for making 2,000 drug related arrests in just over two years. With those arrests came a reputation that was feared by those in the drug culture and loved by families wanting to live a peaceful existence in their own neighborhoods.

Known as the “Cops in the Black Shirts” they came out of nowhere dressed as construction workers, telephone repairmen, housing inspectors, survey takers and Mr. Lilley also posed as a drug dealer during a sting operation. Arrests made by officers in his section led to the seizure of 116,000 doses of LSD along with a large quantity of Marijuana and Peyote in Oregon. Mr. Lilley and the officers in his Street Drug Section were also featured in the book Undercover, written by Hans Halberstadt and published by Simon and Schuster in August, 1998. In addition to his regular duties he taught at the Police Academy and directed In-Service training classes for veteran officers. Some of Mr. Lilley’s many awards include the Medal of Valor, 4 Bronze Stars, 4 Unit Citations, a Governor’s Citation and dozens of awards for outstanding service to the community.

While serving with the United States Marine Corps, James was stationed in Okinawa where he began practicing the Martial Art of Karate. He began his study almost 44 years ago under Sensei Takeshi Miyagi and was the first American ever to be promoted to the rank of Black Belt by Mr. Miyagi. In August, 2002 Mr. Lilley was promoted to the rank of Eighth Degree Black Belt and is a certified and licensed teacher by the Okinawa Shorin Ryu Karate Do Association. Additionally, while he served with the Howard County Police Department, he was certified as a Physical Training and Defensive Tactics Instructor by the Maryland Police and Corrections Training Commission.

Mr. Lilley is a published author, with six novels to his credit. The following books are available at Amazon.com, or through his web site, http://www.jameshlilley.com

A Question of Honor
Just Retribution
The Far Side of the Bridge
Death Knocks Twice
The Eyes of the Hunter
A Miracle for Tony Clements  

I was notified by Lieutenant Raymond Foster, LAPD (Ret) that he has added my name to a list of police writers from across the country. This site is exceptionally well done, and provides a link to the officer/writer's particular department, as well as so many other interesting sites. And, having served in the Marine Corps, he's also added my name to the list of military writers. If you have time, look the sites over and please pass along the information to your listeners and readers.

http://www.police-writers.com/james_lilley.html
http://www.military-writers.com/james_lilley.html

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