September 2, 2006 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com, a website dedicated to police officers turned authors, has added its 98th police author, Robert Leuci.  Leuci joined the New York Police Department in 1961.  Readers are likely familiar with some of the story of Leuci’s career because part of it was told in the best-selling book and movie “Prince of the City.”  As a narcotics detective, Leuci worked undercover for prosecutors investigating police corruption in the 1970s New York Police Department.

Robert Leuci retired from the New York Police Department in 1981.  He began a second career as a writer, lecturer and teacher.  Leuci is frequently called upon to lecture at universities, law schools and police academies on police corruption.  In addition to his writing, he is an adjunct professor of English and Political Science at the University of Rhode Island.

In his most recent book, “All Thee Centurions: A New York City Cop Remembers His Years on the Street, 1961-1981,” Leuci fleshes out the details of his role in “Prince of City.”  On reviewer rather harshly noted that Leuci “traces in detail the incremental steps that turned him from a naïve and idealistic beat cop into an arrogant dirty one, who easily rationalized ripping off drug dealers and playing along with rampant graft. To his credit, Leuci doesn't sugarcoat or paper over his lies, his betrayal of the public and his family, or pretend that he was unaware at the time that what he was doing was wrong. These flaws make him a classic tragic figure, especially when he begins to make a belated effort to redeem himself by cooperating with the Knapp Commission.”  A second reviewer was somewhat kinder when he commented Robert Leuci’s newest novel was “as vivid and entertaining as the best crime novels, All the Centurions is the story of a man descending into a hell of his own making who ultimately finds his way out through truth and justice.”

In addition to “All Thee Centurions: A New York City Cop Remembers His Years on the Street, 1961-1981,” Robert Leuci has authored for fictional crime novels, Blaze, Snitch, Fence Jumpers and Renegades.

Police-Writers.com now lists 98 police authors and their 308 books in six categories.