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The December 20, 2012, episode ofAmerican Heroes Radio will feature a conversation with retired NYPD policeofficer Michael J. Kannengieser, the author of The Daddy Rock.
Topic: The Daddy RockDate: December 20, 2012Time: 1500 PacificListen Online:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lawenforcement/2012/12/20/the-daddy-rock
Michael J. Kannengieser is “aretired New York City police officer who lives on Long Island, in New York withhis wife and two children. Michael worked as the Managing Editor for Fiction atThe View from Here Magazine; a U.K. based literary publication. Currently, heis employed at a performing arts college as an Instructional TechnologyAdministrator. He has been published at The View from Here, and in Newsday, aLong Island newspaper. Michael speaks as a guest lecturer on campus.”  Michael J. Kannengieser is the author of TheDaddy Rock.
According to the book descriptionof The Daddy Rock, “Roger Price is a retired NYPD officer battling depressionafter his wife and young daughter are killed by a drunk driver. He is contactedby a woman who claims that he is the father of her twenty-two year olddaughter, Bonnie, who has leukemia and needs his bone marrow to survive. WhenBonnie is diagnosed with leukemia, neither Claire, Brad, nor their otherchildren are a match for Bonnie which stirs Claire's suspicion that Roger isactually her biological father. After learning about Bonnie and the possibilitythat he is her father, and that she is gravely ill, he vows to help her.Roger's bone marrow is a match, and DNA proves he is her father. Bonnie thenundergoes dangerous "conditioning" with radiation prior to receivingRoger's tissue donation. At the same time, Roger's best friend, Danny, also aretired NYPD detective, is pursued by gang members that he arrested while hewas a rookie. They served their sentences and are seeking revenge.”
About the Watering HoleThe Watering Hole is policeslang for a location cops go off-duty to blow off steam and talk about work andlife.  Sometimes funny; sometimes serious; but, always interesting.
About the HostLieutenant Raymond E. Foster was asworn member of the Los Angeles PoliceDepartment for 24 years.  Heretired in 2003 at the rank of Lieutenant. He holds a bachelor’s from the Union Institute and University in Criminal JusticeManagement and a Master’s Degree in Public Financial Management from CaliforniaState University, Fullerton; and, has completed his doctoral course work.Raymond E. Foster has been a part-time lecturer at California State University,Fullerton and Fresno; and is currently a Criminal JusticeDepartment chair, faculty advisor and lecturer with the Union Institute andUniversity.  He has experience teachingupper division courses in law enforcement, public policy, law enforcement technology and leadership.  Raymond is an experienced author who haspublished numerous articles in a wide range of venues including magazines suchas Government Technology, Mobile Government, Airborne Law Enforcement Magazine,and Police One.  He has appeared on theHistory Channel and radio programs in the United States and Europe as subjectmatter expert in technological applications in law enforcement.
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