Al Bermudez Pereira, a Florida resident is a retired New York State Correction Officer and Hispanic American writer. He was born in Brooklyn, NY, and was the third of seven children. His career service training included; NYS Municipal Police Training Council Division of Criminal Justice, NYS Department of Corrections, NYS Corrections Emergency Response Team, NYS Westchester County Fire Training, NYS Commission of Correction Suicide Prevention and Intervention, NYC Police Department Auxiliary Forces, Seminole County Sheriff’s Office Community Law Enforcement Academy and Lake Technical Center Institute Of Public Safety.
Commendations and Notable awards included:
National Rifle Association Recruitment Award, NYS Westchester County Law Enforcement Hispanic Society, NYS Correction Officers and Police Benevolent Association, NYS Sheriff's Association, NYS Law Enforcement Officers Union of Council 82, National Campaign for Tolerance and receiving commendations by Washington Correction Officers Local 3046, for his heroic efforts in entering an uprising and assisting in regaining control of Washington Correctional Facility, Comstock NY, and Superintendents commendation of Downstate Correctional Facility, Fishkill NY, for his heroic efforts in a well organized prison control domination, after a ration of unprovoked slashes and stabbing attacks against Correction Officers.
Al Bermudez Pereira is the first Latino Correction Officer in Sing Sing's 184 year history to write a book on Sing Sing State Prison. He is a member of Florida Freelance Writers Association and the National Society for Hispanic Professionals.
