Dennis J. McGowan
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Dennis J. McGowan |
| "Tantalizing Characters" "Natural Storyteller" "Stand-out Writer" "Stunning Accomplishment" | Dennis J. McGowan was born the younger of two sons of Irish
immigrant parents on the upper west side of Manhattan in New York
City. He graduated cum laude from St. Thomas Aquinas College with
a bachelor of science degree in social science, and received an
associates degree in police science from Rockland Community
College. McGowan gleaned his research from firsthand knowledge as commander of the detective Bureau, a member of the statewide narcotics task force and as a police officer in the Rockland County suburb of Suffern, New York. Through his career he served as president, first vice president, and public relations director of the Rockland County Patrolmen's Benevolent Association. In that capacity, he was director/writer and moderator of The PBA Speaks on WRKL radio. As the commanding officer of the Suffern Detective Bureau, he became the first president of the Rockland County Detective Endowment Association before its charter. As an instructor at Rockland Community College, he taught criminal investigation (profiles of deviant behavior) and his presentations to John Jay College and C.W. Post-Long Island University were in lecture format. Report on Consolidation, the first law enforcement system evaluation was submitted to the Rockland County Legislature and the New York State Legislature. McGowan's manuscripts pending publication include the mysteries following False Stature's main characters: Echoes of Ignorance, and Untouchable Trinity. He is also working on a memoir, The Box, a button accordion gifted to the author in childhood by his father. This manuscript weaves the golden thread of Dennis J. McGowan's Irish Traditional roots through the music of his life's joys and pains. McGowan is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, National Writers Union, New York Conference of Police, New York Shields, Police Writers Association, and the Retired Police Association of NYS. |
