| Paul Bishop | |
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| Los Angeles Police Department | |
| Place of birth | Shoreham-By-Sea, England |
| Years of service | 1977- present |
| Rank | Sworn in as an officer - 1977b - Police Officer 3 - Detective I - Detective II (Sergeant) - Detective III (Sergeant) |
| Awards | Detective of the Year Quality and Productivity Commission Award |
| Other work | Author, Screenwriter |
Paul Bishop is an author and a detective in the Los Angeles Police Department with the current rank of Detective III.[1] He is also a writer with numerous published novels and produced episodes of episodic television and feature film scripts.[2] As a nationally recognized interrogator, Paul also co-stars with his professional partner, bestselling author and prosecutor, Mary Hanlon-Stone, as the regular interrogators and driving force behind the new ABC reality show Take The Money and Run from producers Bertram Van Munster and Jerry Bruckheimer.[3]
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The Los Angeles Times has called Paul Bishop ‘the closest equivalent of Joe Wambaugh yet,’ and stated Hot Pursuit ‘could hardly be better.’ The New York Times proclaimed him a ‘first-class writer,’ and called Deep Water a ‘lively, bloody adventure.’ Publishers' Weekly cited Croaker: Kill Me Again, as ‘gripping, intense, labyrinthine, complex, and compelling.’ And author Dominick Dunne declared Croaker: Grave Sins to be a ‘tough, taut, terrific tale!’ Bishop has also written feature film scripts and numerous episodic scripts for television.