{"id":4,"name":"jschembra","url":"http:\/\/www.jschembra.com","description":"I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and in 1969 I was drafted into the U.S. Army.  After completing basic training and military police school, I spent a year with the 557th MP Company at Long Binh, South Vietnam, in 1970.  My time as a combat M.P. provided the basis for my first book, M.P., A Novel of Vietnam, a work of fiction based in part on my personal experiences during my tour of duty.  Upon completing my military service, I joined the Pleasant Hill Police Department. I retired in 2001 as a Sergeant after 30 years of service.  Currently, I am the lead Emergency Vehicle Operations Course (EVOC) instructor for the Contra Costa Sheriff\u2019s Office.  I earned a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Administration of Justice through California State University, Sacramento, and a Master\u2019s Degree in Public Administration through California State University, Hayward. In addition to M.P.,  I have had several articles published in law enforcement periodicals, including, Law and Order, Police Officer\u2019s Quarterly, and The Backup.  I am also a contributing author in True Blue \u2013 Police Stories by Those Who Have Lived Them, a collection of short stories released by St. Martin\u2019s Press.  My second novel, Retribution, a fictional story of the hunt for a serial killer in San Francisco, was published in the spring of 2007, and my third book, Diplomatic Immunity,  is currently at the publishers.  I live in Concord, CA. with Charlene, my wife of 39 years.  We have two children, Alexandria, 34, and Scott, 30, who both reside in the Sacramento area.\r\nHappy reading,  John","link":"https:\/\/writers-exchange.com\/author\/jschembra\/","slug":"jschembra","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8784f32a3a40da68334efde0e1755217064c6a528db8b058afff0629de672223?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8784f32a3a40da68334efde0e1755217064c6a528db8b058afff0629de672223?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8784f32a3a40da68334efde0e1755217064c6a528db8b058afff0629de672223?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writers-exchange.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writers-exchange.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}