Anthony M. Pesare

Chief Anthony M. Pesare recently retired from the Middletown, RI Police Department. He previously served as Dean of the School of Justice Studies at Roger Williams University. He was a member of the Rhode Island State Police, where his law enforcement career spanned twenty-four years, and he obtained the final rank of Major. During his work in the Intelligence Unit for the State Police, he investigated organized crime, which forms the basis for his Gino Peterson Novels, of which Back in the Game is the second in a series (beginning with They Always Win). Pesare received his B.S. degree in Administration of Justice from Roger Williams University, his Master of Public Administration from the University of Rhode Island, and his Juris Doctor from the New England School of Law, Boston, MA.