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A Cop's Tale transports readers back in time to some of New York City's most violent and corrupt years, the 1960s through the early 1980s. The guide for this descent into the Big Apple's most hellish days is Jim O'Neil, a highly-decorated detective. His career spanned the NYPD's transformation from a corrupt, inefficient force floundering in a city full of murder and mayhem to one of the cleanest, most efficient police departments in existence. O'Neil - whether describing the thrill of putting Harlem drug lord Leroy "Nicky" Barnes out of business, his key role helping the DEA end Frank Lucas's grip on the Harlem drug trade, breaking the Black Liberation Army case, or being first detective on the scene of the "Dog Day Afternoon" bank robbery - delivers a rare look into the bare-bones brand of law enforcement that has passed into history.
Acknowledgments and Note 9
Ch. 1 This Ain't Russia, Baby 13
Ch. 2 To the Academy 15
Ch. 3 Feathers 23
Ch. 4 Super Jew and Me 33
Ch. 5 All Hell Breaks Loose 41
Ch. 6 Wedding Bells and Malignant Melanomas 51
Ch. 7 Plain Clothes - Hell No, I Won't Go 55
Ch. 8 Fort Zinderneuf - 73rd Precinct 65
Ch. 9 A Little R&R and the Bigot 81
Ch. 10 A Bullet for Leroy - An Onion Sack for Frankie 87
Ch. 11 Two Notes in the Coop 97
Ch. 12 A & P Homicide 103
Ch. 13 A Kinder, Gentler Police Force 117
Ch. 14 Surprised at the 73rd 129
Ch. 15 Good-bye 73rd Squad, Hello Dog Day Afternoon 141
Ch. 16 War with the BLA 149
Ch. 17 Internal Affairs Division 173
Ch. 18 Dodge City - 32nd Precinct, Harlem 187
Ch. 19 May the Force Be with Us 203
Ch. 20 The End of Star Wars 225
Ch. 21 Senior Citizen Robbery Unit - I Get SCRU'd 233
Ch. 22 Return of the Rabbi 247
Ch. 23 Civil Rights - What the Hell Are Those? 257
Ch. 24 No More Easy Targets 265
Ch. 25 Oh To Be A Kid Again 269
Epilogue 273
Index 275
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Overview
A Cop's Tale transports readers back in time to some of New York City's most violent and corrupt years, the 1960s through the early 1980s. The guide for this descent into the Big Apple's most hellish days is Jim O'Neil, a highly-decorated detective. His career spanned the NYPD's transformation from a corrupt, inefficient force floundering in a city full of murder and mayhem to one of the cleanest, most efficient police departments in existence. O'Neil - whether describing the thrill of putting Harlem drug lord ...