The Voice Behind The Work
A career spent in the rooms most writers only research.
Richard Dicks Jr. is a retired public safety professional, investigator, author, and screenwriter whose storytelling is shaped by years of work inside criminal justice, civil rights, corrections, investigations, and institutional accountability.
His background gives his stories a grounded perspective on power, trauma, conflict, public systems, and the people most affected by them. Through experience in corrections management, criminal justice instruction, surveillance operations, investigative casework, and forensic interviewing, he brings authenticity to narratives involving vulnerable communities, institutional pressure, moral consequence, and the pursuit of justice.
Richard, the founder of RDJR & Associates, Sovereign Frame Productions, and Obsidian Center Court Films, uses literary projects to develop feature films, limited series, and television projects rooted in institutional accountability, human conflict, and cinematic tension. His work blends real-world insight with dramatic storytelling to explore power, family, accountability, and the systems meant to protect.
- Law Enforcement
- Civil Rights & EEO
- Forensic Interviewer
- Corrections Mgmt
- Screenwriter
- Licensed Mediator
