The 2016 Writers’ Police Academy: It’s a Hot One!

2016 WPA: It's a hot one

 

The 2016 Writers’ Police Academy. It’s coming! Soon you’ll be driving actual patrol cars, firing police weapons, investigating homicides, touring a prison, observing a meth lab operation, working an arson scene (yes, there will be real fire and live firefighters!), attending a police roll call and briefing, searching for bad guys in the tactical training house, and please, stand aside as the helicopter lands (weather permitting, of course).

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The WPA is the real deal—actual police, fire, forensics, and EMS training at an exciting, state of the art international facility. Yes, law enforcement professionals come from all over the world to train at our new Green Bay, Wisconsin facility, and for the first time ever this spectacular academy has opened its doors to writers! The 8th annual WPA is over-the-moon, heart-thumping exciting. It is THE experience of a lifetime!

Details coming soon and, as always, we have HUGE surprises in store for you.

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It’s Coming! The Fabulous 2016 Writers’ Police Academy

It's coming! 2016 WPA

 

The annual Writers’ Police Academy is now in its eighth year, and the memories we’ve created together are nothing short of wonderful.

Each year we strive to top the last, which is an extremely difficult challenge, but we always come through, and the 2016 event is absolutely over-the-moon exciting! Believe me, we’ve pulled out all the stops.

The 2016 WPA is THE most action-packed, heart-thumping and thrilling event we’ve ever produced. Believe me, you do NOT want to miss this one of a kind event. There is nothing else like the WPA on the planet! Not even close.

Registration for the 2016 Writers’ Police Academy is scheduled for February 14, 2016. Please visit the WPA website for details. By the way, we will soon have an all new website and we can’t wait for you to see it along with all the new details and exciting new workshops and other hands-on sessions.

Today, in celebration of Lisa Gardner’s new release, 3 Truths and a Lie, a tale that takes place at the Writers’ Police Academy, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the times we’ve shared over the years. You know, those quiet and lazy times when the crickets are chirping, gentle breezes caress, and soft and soothing…gun blasts, police sirens, explosions, car chases, and laughter, lots of laughter are heard just outside your window.

Here’s how we roll…

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*Images by a variety of photographers, including Breann Turner (Bee’s Photography), Patti Phillips, Julie Goyette, Quay Williams, and Molly Weston. I apologize if I’ve neglected to mention anyone. Thanks to you all!

*Pictured in the photos above – Lisa Gardner, Michael Connelly, Karin Slaughter, Alafair Burke, Lee Child, John Gilstrap, April Henry, Katherine Ramsland, Catriona McPherson, Donna Andrews, Denene Lofland, Lee Lofland, Hannah Schwartz Haworth, Edith Maxwell, Liz Mugavero, Marcia Clark (yes, that Marcia Clark), J.D. Allen, Nancy Kattenfeld, Vonda Valasky, Kathy Harris, Mike Roche, Melanie Atkins, Ellie Oberth, Jennifer Oberth, and many more members of the WPA family. That’s how we think of each and every one of you guys…as members of our family. Thank you again for all your support and we’ll see you in August!

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