Nick
Mangieri
Author of Broken Badge
A Navy veteran who served in the southwest Pacific at the end of World War II, Nick Mangieri has had a varied career. As a freelance writer for the early men's adventure magazines, he took many solo junkets into foreign locales, including the interiors of Central and South American countries, where he diamond-prospected in the jungles, hunted jaguar, and mountain-climbed.Mangieri's interest in law enforcement began in New York City when he worked as a private detective. That whetted his appetite for work in the more organized governmental agencies. He was later to become a deputy sheriff (California), a chief of police (Alaska), and a federal agent (Washington, D.C). In the intervening years, he held a variety of state and federal civil service positions in the administrative and analyst fields. He also has ridden in horse shows and rodeos.
On the academic side, Mangieri has also been a professional student. He obtained his bachelor's degree from the University of the Pacific (English) and his master's degree from Virginia Commonwealth University (public administration and administration of justice). He has done extensive graduate work at California State University (in both government and criminal justice); attended law school at the University of the Pacific; and took additional courses at The College of William and Mary's Law School while he pursued a doctoral degree.
He has also been an instructor and lecturer at the University of Alaska in police science and developed and taught a course in police ethics for a Washington-area international center that trained Saudi Arabian police students.
Contact Mr. Mangieri at: nickm@widomaker.com and please visit his website at http://www.brokenbadge.com