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Kenton V. Smith
Micheal T. Hurley, a retired Supervisory Special Agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), served as a full-time law enforcement officer for over thirty-two years, six and a half with th...view moreMicheal T. Hurley, a retired Supervisory Special Agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), served as a full-time law enforcement officer for over thirty-two years, six and a half with the Oxnard, California Police Department as a patrol officer and detective. While with DEA his foreign assignments were in outposts such as Ankara, Turkey, and Kabul, Afghanistan. Along with his wife Carol, Hurley served six years in Cyprus with area responsibility for Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Israel as well. His domestic assignments included Los Angeles, Washington DC, Little Rock, New York, and Seattle. His association with law enforcement organizations now spans more than 50 years.
His current law enforcement affiliations include, being a life member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the board chairman for the Law Enforcement Association of Southwest Washington, the 2nd vice president of the International Police Association’s Region 24, a member of The International Narcotics Officers Association, a member of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, the Association of Former Federal Narcotics Agents, and a charter member of the Oxnard Police Alumni Association commonly known as The Fuzz That Wuzz.
Kenton Smith has spent most of his adult life teaching English at a small high school near Mt Rainier in Washington State. Smith, semi-retired, chooses to teach today at Centralia College East, a small satellite college also near Mt. Rainier. Smith was the co-author with Micheal Hurley of I Solemnly Swear: Conmen, DEA, the Media and Pan AM 103 and has since authored The Pipsqueak Kid, with Micheal and his brother Jerry Hurley’s assistance. Kent has received three Teachers of the Year Awards --- one from students, one from his fellow teachers, and one from the community which he serves --- and he treasures them as some of his highest achievements, although it is as a writer that Kent feels most comfortable. He has written several plays, one non-fiction work about the actual teaching of writing, and numerous short stories.
At the college level Kent usually teaches English 101, English Fundamentals, American Drama, Film, or Creative Writing.view less
Books by Kenton V. Smith
Offbeat: With Oxnard’S Finest I Solemnly Swear: Conmen, Dea, the Media and Pan Am 103 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings