Author Stacy Dittrich

The brutal homicides of 4 Oakland (CA) police officers, and a 5th officer wounded, this past Saturday is beginning to paint a greater picture of what’s to come. The horrific turn of events began when two officers on motorcycles initiated a routine traffic stop on Lovelle Mixon, 26, of Oakland. With the knowledge that he had an arrest warrant, without a bond, Mixon opened fire on both officers killing one at the scene—the other died two days later. Mixon fled on foot to a nearby apartment building, where he was subsequently surrounded by SWAT members. As the team entered the apartment, Mixon shot and killed two other policemen before he was fatally shot by return fire.

Stacy is the author of the CeeCee Gallagher thriller series about a female detective. She and her first novel in the series, The Devil’s Closet, were featured on CNN’s Nancy Grace. Based on an actual case Stacy investigated, the novel debuted in October, 2008. The highly anticipated follow-up, Mary Jane’s Grave, debuts in May 2009. Stacy’s first true-crime book, Murder Behind the Badge: True Stories of Cops Who Kill, will debut in September, 2009 (Prometheus), and her memoir, Stumbling Along the Beat: A True Story of a Policewoman’s Journey, debuts in Spring 2010 (Kaplan).

Stacy is a member of the International Thriller Writer’s Association, Sisters in Crime, and is a regular contributor on Women in Crime Ink, a new web blog by an impressive group of award-winning true-crime authors, print and broadcast journalists, crime novelists, producers for CNN and CBS News, television personalities, and criminal justice professionals. Stacy is also a guest contributor at OfficerResource.com. Stacy is co-owner of Justice Interrupted, LLC; a media and advocacy team along with LA Deputy District Attorney, Robin Sax, and famed author and violence expert, Susan Murphy-Milano. Justice Interrupted Radio is a regularly featured show on Blogtalk radio and Justice Interrupted is currently being developed for television.

Stacy has appeared as a law enforcement commentator on Fox, CNN, Fox’s Geraldo at Large, The Nancy Grace Show, E! True Hollywood In Crime, The War On Crime, The Dana Pretzer Show, “That’s Life” with Cleveland’s Robin Swoboda, and hundreds of radio stations nationwide. She has appeared in the pages of SELF magazine, Women’s World magazine, Allure Magazine, The Boston Herald, The UK Observer, and The Miami Herald to name a few.

Stacy has given her expert and professional opinion on cases ranging from the Jon Benet Ramsey and Caylee Anthony case, to the Manson Family and Natalee Holloway. She has spoken on topics ranging from the American Mafia to Islamic honor killings, and just about everything in between.

Stacy comes from a long line of law enforcement, as her husband, father, and uncles are police officers.